Chapter 8 Goals

• Become familiar with how a mixer works

•  Analyze the mixer in LTspice, generating a spectrum using the FFT function

•  Build and test a mixer

Chapter 7 Goals

• Introduce the tank circuit as a bandpass filter

•  Become familiar with bandwidth and Q of a resonant circuit

•  Analyze the filter with LTspice

•  Breadboard and test filters

Chapter 6 Goals

Become familiar with, analyze, and construct the following amplifiers:

• Design and construct a square loop antenna

•  Tune antenna for optimum reception

Chapter 5 Goals

Become familiar with, analyze, and construct the following amplifiers:

• Introduce the common source FET amplifier and perform LTspice simulation

•  Add a CE amp; LTspice simulation

•  Breadboard the RF amplifier circuit

Chapter 4 Goals

• Become familiar with, analyze, and construct the following amplifiers:

• Understand a simple diode detector circuit and analyze it with LTspice

•  Understand a biased diode detector circuit and analyze it with LTspice

•  Analyze a complementary feedback pair (CFP) detector with LTspice

•  Breadboard and test simple diode detector, biased diode detector, and CFP detector circuits

•  Add your chosen detector circuit to your radio’s audio amplifier and test

Chapter 3 Goals

Become familiar with, analyze, and construct the following amplifiers:

• Common-collector (CC) amp

• CE-CC two stage amp

• Class AB push-pull amp

• CE-class AB two stage amp

• Op-amp audio amplifier

• Op-amp-class AB two stage amp

• LM386 audio amp

Chapter 2 Goals

• Become familiar with gain/bandwidth

•  Become familiar with a CE amplifier

•  Become familiar with LTspice and use it to analyze the CE amplifier circuit

•  Breadboard and test a CE amplifier circuit

Chapter 1 Goals

• Become familiar with lab test equipment

• Generate and measure sine waves

• Become familiar with amplitude modulation

• Generate and measure an AM signal