Fall 2016 > Circuit Analysis-ECE 240A
Fall 2016
Course Information:
Tuesday, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Room 502
Thursday, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Room 502
Course Description:
Circuit components, dependent and independent sources, Kirchhoff’s laws, loop and nodal analysis. Superposition, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, and other techniques for circuit simplification. Time-domain analysis of RLC circuits, initial conditions, transient response and steady-state. Phasor analysis, complex power. Ideal op-amps.
Prerequisite(s): Ma 113. Ma 240 is a suggested co-requisite Credit Hours: 3
Text (required): Engineering Circuit Analysis, 7th Edition. Author(s): Hayt, Kemmerly, and Durbin.
Text (suggested): Introductory Circuit Theory, Guillemin.
Grade Distribution:
Assignments & Quizzes 10%
Test I 30% (October 4)
Test II 30% (November 1)
Final Exam 30%
Tentative Course Outline:
| Week | Date | Topics | Concepts | Chapters | Homework |
| 1 | 6-Sep | Introduction and Basic Defenitions | Charge, Current, Voltage, Power, Energy, Circuit Elements | 2 | 10,11,12,13,15, 18-37 |
| 2 | 13-Sep | Basic Laws and Defenitions of Circuit Analysis | Kirchoff's Voltage and Current Laws | 3 | 1-9, 13-18, 20-23, 25-69 |
| 3 | 20-Sep | Analysis Methods | Mesh Analysis | 4 | 3-20, 24-39, 41-45, 47-54 |
| 4 | 27-Sep | Analysis Methods | Nodal Analysis | 4 | |
| 5 | 4-Oct | Exam | |||
| 6 | 11-Oct | Fundamental Theorems | Linearity, Time Invariance, Superposition, Source Transformation | 5 | 1-25, 29-32, 35, 36, 39 |
| 7 | 18-Oct | Fundamental Theorems | Thevenin and Norton Equivalance, Maximum Power Transfer | 5 | 40-69 |
| 8 | 25-Oct | First Order Circuits | RL/RC networks, natural and forced response | 7 & 8 | All Ch. 8 Prob. except OP-AMP |
| 9 | 1-Nov | Exam | |||
| 10 | 8-Nov | Second Order Circuits | RLC Networks, natural and forced response | 9 | 7, 21, 22, 26-30, 34-37, 51-54, 60-63 |
| 11 | 15-Nov | AC Circuits | Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis, Phasors | 10 | 11-17, 22-55,63, 67, 69, 76-82, 91-94 |
| 12 | 22-Nov | AC Power | Instantaneous and average power, effective values, complex power | 11 | 26-30, 45, 46, 48-53 |
| 13 | 29-Nov | Introduction to Frequency response | 16 | Class Notes and Examples | |
| 14 | 6-Dec | Op Amps, More on Analysis Methods | Graph Theory Approach | 6 | 1-28 |
| 15 | 13-Dec | Review |