PHYS485

Electronic Circuits

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Prerequisite: PHYS405. Corequisite: PHYS374. Restriction: Must be in a major within CMNS-Physics department. Theory and application to experimental physics of modern semiconductor analog and digital circuits. Emphasis on understanding passive and active elements in practical circuits. Topics span the range from simple transistor circuits to microcomputers. Additional Note: Jointly offered with PHYS685. Credit only granted for PHYS485 or PHYS685.

Fall 2025

Sarah Eno

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Past Semesters

Sarah Eno

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Sarah Eno

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Sarah Eno

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Daniel Lathrop

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Sarah Eno

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Ki-Yong Kim

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Michael Coplan

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.56 between 316 students*

A-: 8.54%

A: 61.71%

A+: 7.59%

B-: 1.27%

B: 7.28%

B+: 4.43%

C-: 0.95%

C: 0.32%

C+: 0.63%

F: 2.85%

W: 3.48%

other: 0.95%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.