EC ENGR 115B
Analog Electronic Circuits II
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, eight hours. Enforced requisite: course 115A. Analysis and design of differential amplifiers in bipolar and CMOS technologies. Current mirrors and active loads. Frequency response of amplifiers. Feedback and its properties. Stability issues and frequency compensation. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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When I first read the comments about Professor Abidi's lectures, I thought this was another case of the class pet defending a horrible lecturer who only they could learn from. You know, those lecturers who try to hide the fact they can't teach by making you feel like they're 100 times smarter than you and you're just too stupid to get it. But I was wrong. His lectures ARE excellent and I honestly think it would have been a great tragedy had I not taken this course with Professor Abidi. I have gained more understanding of circuits and EE in this one course than I have in all three years at UCLA combined. I don't care how harsh his grading is, it was totally worth it. I have also found the claims about him being arrogant to be entirely untrue. Maybe people just get that impression from his accent. In reality, this is a man who honestly cares about whether his students learn something or not, and I never once found him unapproachable. If you want to understand what it is you've been doing for the past few years at UCLA, take him!
When I first read the comments about Professor Abidi's lectures, I thought this was another case of the class pet defending a horrible lecturer who only they could learn from. You know, those lecturers who try to hide the fact they can't teach by making you feel like they're 100 times smarter than you and you're just too stupid to get it. But I was wrong. His lectures ARE excellent and I honestly think it would have been a great tragedy had I not taken this course with Professor Abidi. I have gained more understanding of circuits and EE in this one course than I have in all three years at UCLA combined. I don't care how harsh his grading is, it was totally worth it. I have also found the claims about him being arrogant to be entirely untrue. Maybe people just get that impression from his accent. In reality, this is a man who honestly cares about whether his students learn something or not, and I never once found him unapproachable. If you want to understand what it is you've been doing for the past few years at UCLA, take him!
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Winter 2025 - My review cannot express how incredible a quarter it was with Professor Razavi, who was able to teach concepts that are relatively difficult in such a way that you became fluent in them. In lecture, he would go over derivations and examples, which were extremely useful for homework. Not to mention that he has a recorded playlist on Youtube, which goes covers the same derivations in lecture. I will say that his lecture examples were more abundant and he tends to go more in-depth in person. He provided two practice exams for the midterm and final. All four were helpful. In my opinion, the midterm was a more difficult homework, but still manageable, problems. The final wasn't too bad; it was tricky but fair. The exams are open book and open notes, so I recommend doing as many examples as possible, that way you can reference them if you get stuck. Great quarter, Razavi is the GOAT.
Winter 2025 - My review cannot express how incredible a quarter it was with Professor Razavi, who was able to teach concepts that are relatively difficult in such a way that you became fluent in them. In lecture, he would go over derivations and examples, which were extremely useful for homework. Not to mention that he has a recorded playlist on Youtube, which goes covers the same derivations in lecture. I will say that his lecture examples were more abundant and he tends to go more in-depth in person. He provided two practice exams for the midterm and final. All four were helpful. In my opinion, the midterm was a more difficult homework, but still manageable, problems. The final wasn't too bad; it was tricky but fair. The exams are open book and open notes, so I recommend doing as many examples as possible, that way you can reference them if you get stuck. Great quarter, Razavi is the GOAT.
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