Course Syllabus

  • Class Meeting Schedule
  • Lecture: MWF, 10:10 - 11:00 am
  • Lectures meet in MK405
  • Policies
  • No late work will be accepted except in cases of documented medical emergences.
  • Collaboration is encouraged on all assignments except exams.
  • Assignments will be due in lecture on the day listed in the course schedule. The assignment is due at the beginning of the scheduled period.
  • All written assignments will be submitted through Canvas
  • Grading
  • Homework: 40%
  • Midterm: 25%
  • Final: 35%
  • Instructors
  • Professor Daniel Costinett
  • Email: ude.ktu@ttenitsoC.leinaD
  • Please use [ECE692] in the subject line for all course-related e-mails.
  • Phone:865-974-3572
  • Office: MK504
  • Office Hours: T 10-11:00am, W 4-5:00pm
  • Textbook
  • Corradini, Maksimovic, Mattavelli, and Zane, Digital Control of High-Frequency Switched-Mode Power Converters
  • Available at UT bookstore or through online retailers
  • Online Access from UTLibraries
  • Additional Readings
  • Additional notices for all students
  • If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. (865-974-6087, 2227 Dunford Hall).
  • Every effort will be made to reasonably and fairly deal with students who have serious religious observances that conflict with scheduled exams, assignments, etc. Please notify the instructor well in advance, so that there is time to make adequate arrangements.
  • All students of the University of Tennessee are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported. Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). For further information, please refer to the university Standards of Conduct and the academic policies and procedures, present in hilltopics
  • Course Topics
  • Switched Circuit Modeling
  • Discrete Time Models
  • Digital Control
  • Direct Digital Design
  • Nonlinear Phenomena