Welcome to the ENEE 610, Electrical Network Theory, Fall 2019, home page of R. Newcomb

  • Course Description updated 09/03/19 (file: 610desF18.pdf) here

  • Course Time Schedule updated 10/16/19 (file: 610timF19.pdf) here

  • Course Paper Choices updated 11/07/19 (file: 610F19_pprs.pdf) here

  • Paper Presentation Schedule updated 11/07/19 (file: 610F19present_schd.pdf) here

  • Base Paper Description (file: 610ppr_des_F19.pdf) here

  • Base Paper Report Grading Form (file: ee610rpt_grd_F19.pdf) here

  • Final Exam (file: 610F19finalexm.pdf) here

  • Homework problems


  • Homework set #1 due date Tu 09/10/19 (file: Hmwrk1_2019.pdf) here

  • Homework set #1 solutions of Ghabech, Chayban Mikhael andSuriyarachchi, Chethana Nilesh (file: HW1_610F19_solutions.pdf ) here

  • Homework set #2 due Tu 09/17/19 (file: Hmwrk2_2019.pdf) here

  • Homework set #2 Problem 1 solutions of Uday Saha (file: Hmrk-2-Prob-1sol.pdf ) here

  • Homework set #2 Problem 2 solutions of Sayma Nowshin Chowdhury (file: Hmrk-2-Prob-2sol.pdf ) here

  • Homework set #3 due Tu 09/24/19 (file: Hmwrk3_2019.pdf) here

  • Homework set #3 Problem 1 solution of Imiya Mudiy Karunathilake (file: Hmrk-3-Prob-1sol.pdf) here

  • Homework set #3 Problem 2 solution of Michael D. Pedowitz (file: Hmrk-3-Prob-2sol.pdf) here

  • Homework set #4 due Tu 10/01/19 (note: r1_subscrpt_2 means the two ports of the 2-port are both normalized to r) (file: Hmwrk4_2019.pdf) here

  • Homework set #4 Problem 1 solution of Erfaun Noorani (file:Hmrk-4-Prob-1sol.pdf ) here

  • Homework set #4 Problem 2 solution of Jessica R. Carvalho (file:Hmrk-4-Prob-2sol.pdf ) here

  • Homework set #5 due Tu 10/08/19 {note: in #2 v2=Kvv1 should be the corrected equation} (file: Hmwrk5_2019.pdf) here

  • Homework set #5 Problem 1 solution of Marilyn Duong (file: Hmrk-5-Prob-1sol.pdf) here

  • Homework set #5 Problem 2 solution of Fatemeh Alimardani (file: Hmrk-5-Prob-2sol.pdf) here

  • Homework set #6 due Tu 10/15/19 (file: Hmwrk6_2019.pdf) here

  • Homework set #6 Problem 1 solution of Arafat Hasnain (file: Hmrk-6-Prob-1sol.pdf) here

  • Homework set #6 Problem 2 solution of Chinmay Nanal (file: Hmrk-6-Prob-2sol.pdf) here

  • Homework set #7 due Th 10/24/19 (file: Hmwrk7_2019.pdf) here

  • Homework set #7 solutions of Yidi Shen and Kezhen Xu (file: Hmrk-7-Probs-sol.pdf ) here

  • Homework set #8 due Th 11/14/19 (file: Hmwrk8-.pdf) here

  • Class lectures


  • Lecture #1 of Tu 08/28/18 {Organize; Overview of course - no computer access}

  • Lecture #2 of Th 08/30/18 {KVL,KCL,graph, cut & tie sets} (file: 610_082919.pdf) here

  • Lecture #3 of Tu 09/03/19 [setting up semistate, linear Av=Bi; circuit & semistate equations] (file: 610_090319.pdf) here

  • Lecture #4 of Th 09/05/19 (Av=Bi for linear devices, nodal & indefinite Y equations) (file: 610_090519.pdf) here

  • Lecture #5 of Tu 09/10/19 (nodal admittances) (file: 610_091019.pdf) here

  • Lecture #6 of Th 09/12/19 (from semistate to realization) (file: 610_091219.pdf) here

  • Lecture #7 of Tu 09/17/19 (Constant R circuits) (file: 610_091719.pdf) here

  • Lecture #8 of Th 09/19/19 ( S matrix. use of S21, L2 functions) (file: 610_091919.pdf) here

  • Lecture #9 of Tu 09/24/19 (BR functions, bilateral Laplace transform) (file: 610_092419.pdf) here

  • Lecture #10 of Th 09/26/19 (PR, Lossless; Plancheral's theorem; Spice for S matrix added) (file: 610_092619.pdf) here

  • Lecture #11 of Tu 10/01/19 (PR lossless synthesis) (file: 610_100119.pdf) here

  • Lecture #12 of Th 10/03/19 (Richards' theorem, Bott-Duffin synthesis) (file: 610_100319.pdf) here

  • Supplement to Lecture #12 Mathcad file to plot R(jw) (file: minRPlot.mcd) here

  • Word version of Mathcad supplement to Lecture #12 (file: FileMCADminRPlot.doc) here

  • Lecture #13 of Tu 10/08/19 (Bott-Duffin example; Hurwitz test) (file: 610_100819.pdf) here

  • Lecture #14 of Th 10/10/19 (Richards' section LPR synthesis ){when carried out to the end the 3rd Richards' section ends in z=0 so a short instead of an open; see added material} (file: 610_101019.pdf) here

  • Lecture #15 of Th 10/15/19 updated 10/27/19 (state variable v2/v1 and exp(At) solutions) (file: 610_101519.pdf) here

  • Lecture #17 of Tu 10/22/19 update 10/24/19 (sensitivity via adjoint circuit) (file: 610_102219.pdf) here

  • Lecture #18 of Th 10/24/19 (Y synthesis from state eqs.; realization of poles at infinity) (file: 610_102419.pdf) here

  • Lecture #19 of Tu 10/29/19 updated 10/31 with Butterworth factors (approximation theory; maximally flat) (file: 610_102919.pdf) here

  • Lecture #20, Th 10/31/19 (v2/v1 ladder synthesis) (file: 610_103119.pdf) here

  • Lecture #21, Th 12/04/19 (grounding floating components, Van der Pol Oscillator, isolating dissipation) (file: 610_120319.pdf) here

  • Items of interest:

  • complex Richards' extraction (file: complex_Richards.pdf) here

  • MathCad code for synthesis via Bott-Duffin example (file: BttDuff_calc.xmcd) here

  • MathCad for synthesis via Bott-Duffin example written pages (file: BttDuff_calc_2.doc.docx) here

  • Location of Cadence S-Parameter PSpice application note of 12/2008 (file: www.cadence.com/rl/Resources/application_note/S-Parameter_Data_appnote.pdf) If this link does not work go to cadence.com and search application_note/S-Parameter_Data_appnote here or here

  • Path to bicmos12.lib file for PSpice in VCL: C:\Cadence\SPB_16.6\tools\capture\library\pspice\bicmos12.lib

  • The files cross listed below have various items of interest for the course.

  • The PSpice file for the part Gvalue is ABM, that for PARAM is SPECIAL, and that for the CA3600 (=same as CMOS 4007 full package) is ANL_MISC

    Microsystems Lab VLSI design page at http://www.ece.umd.edu/~newcomb/mslab-vlsi.html click here

    Contains Spice models, Cadence and MAGIC Layout tutorials, VLSI examples and Spice version 8.0 evaluation cd added 09/10/06

    URL address, this page: http://www.ece.umd.edu/~newcomb/courses/fall2019/610/ENEE610_fall2019.html