EEG 208: Circuits I



ECG 220 - CIRCUITS I

CATALOG DATA

Introduction to linear circuit analysis. Kirchhoff's laws; operational amplifiers; node and loop analysis; Thevenin, Norton, and other network theorems; first order RL and RC circuits.

TEXTBOOK

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, by Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. Sadiku, McGraw-Hill. ISDN: 0-256-25379-X.

COORDINATOR

Yingtao Jiang, Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• to familiarize students with basic concepts in electrical devices, circuits, voltage and current, reference directions, power and energy

• to develop the students' ability to apply Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, Nodal analysis technique, and Mesh analysis technique in circuit analysis problems.

• to develop the students' ability to apply linearity property, superposition, source transformation in circuit analysis problems.

• to develop the students' ability to derive Thevenin's and Norton's equivalent circuits

• to develop the students' ability to conduct analysis on Op Amp-based circuits.

• to develop the students' ability to analyze and solve the first-order RL, or RC circuits with appropriate mathematical tools.

• to develop the students' ability to conduct circuit analysis using SPICE

PREREQUISITE BY TOPIC

1. Differential and integral calculus

2. Physics of electricity and magnetism

TOPICS

• Introduction, basic definitions, basic electric elements (3 classes)

• Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Laws (3 classes)

• Network Equivalence, Series Resistors and Voltage Division, Parallel Resistors and Current Division, Analysis of Series-Parallel Circuits (3 classes)

• Analysis techniques (Nodal, Mesh and Loop Analysis) (4 classes)

• Linear Property, superposition, source transformation theorems (1.5 classes)

• Thevenin and Norton Equivalent circuits (3 classes)

• Op-amps and Op-amp-based circuits (3 classes)

• The energy storage elements (3 classes)

• First order RL and RC circuits (3 classes)

• SPICE (3 classes)

COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

• analyze simple resistive circuits including those containing operational amplifiers and controlled sources with loop and nodal analysis

• analyze first order RL, RC circuits containing switches, independent sources, dependent sources, resistors, capacitors, inductors, and operational amplifiers for transient response using loop and nodal and node analysis

• derive Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits

• apply circuit theorems to simplify the analysis of electrical circuits

COMPUTER USAGE

Students use SPICE and/or Matlab to verify their calculations.

DESIGN CONTENT

None

CLASS SCHEDULE

Lecture 3 hours per week.

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION

Engineering Science: 3 credits or 100%.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES

These course outcomes meet the following program objectives:

a. Knowledge of scientific principles that are fundamental to the following application areas: Circuits, Communications, Computers, Controls, Digital Signal Processing, Electronics, Electromagnetics, Power and Solid State.

b. An ability to design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data, design a system, component, or process using the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools, incorporating the use of design standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic, environmental, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social and political.

COURSE PREPARER AND DATE OF PREPARATION

Yingtao Jiang, April 12, 2002 (version 1).

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