ESE 2320
Introduction to Electronic Circuits
Analysis and design of linear and nonlinear electronic circuits. Detailed analysis of operational amplifier circuits, including non-ideal characteristics. Terminal characteristics of active semiconductor devices. Incremental and DC models for diodes, metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs), and bipolar junction transistors (BJTs). Design and analysis of single- and multi-stage amplifiers. Introduction to CMOS logic as well as static and dynamic memory circuits. Students will be required to design, analyze, build and demonstrate several of the circuits studied, including frequency response analysis and use of simulation tools.
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Professor Wang is very knowledgeable in his field and 232 is a very interesting and useful class. However, the lecture pacing is extremely fast and oftentimes hard to follow, which is understandable given the amount of content that needs to be covered. Homework can be really time consuming. Make a solid cheat sheet for exams and you'll be fine.
5/10/2025
6-8 hrs/week
Very useful for circuit design involving diodes and transistors as well as broader applications with amplifiers and digital logic, but with a huge amount of material also comes with very little time to digest the content being delivered. Per a review from RMP, Professor Wang "runs a tight ship" during class and it does indeed feel like so much material is being squeezed into a semester. Wang also gives really good and succinct notes with great examples. Homework can be very time consuming, but AI recitation sessions are very helpful, as they help to clear confusions associated with certain problems that could be more involved than the examples covered in lecture. Make a really good and thorough cheat sheet for exams with detailed schematics and examples; they\'ll come in handy and are definitely worth the time considering that this class is very exam-heavy.
5/9/2025
Professor Wang runs a tight ship during lecture and covers a lot of material in a short period of time. Explanations are clear, and notes are detailed. Responsive to e-mail, and very receptive to questions on the material. Homework makes you think, but is straightforward. You'll learn a lot. Tests are fair -- make a good reference sheet!
5/15/2021
Nice guy, clearly does not care about teaching though. He will miss 50% of his own lectures and just sends a grad student or postdoc instead... Study his old exams and with open note tests you should be fine
7/13/2015
Hard to understand, lectures are almost never worth attending except when he reviews the homework, since he usually gives out some of the HW solutions.
4/12/2010
very boring, and if you want to make an A in his class, you basically have to cheat. because everybody else does.
4/13/2006
Unclear, boring lectures and slow at grading exams/PSpice problems.
5/11/2005
Unclear. He just goes on and on like reading off the book. His lecture is boring and confusing.
3/7/2005