EE 221 Electric Circuits

Instructor: Branimir Pejcinovic



 

Course Outline


1.  Circuit variables

1.1 Prefixes
1.2 Voltage and current (reference polarity (voltage), reference direction(current))
1.3 Passive sign convention
1.4 Power and energy
2.  Circuit elements
2.1  Voltage sources (independent, dependent: voltage and current)
2.2  Current sources (independent, dependent: voltage and current)
2.3  Resistors (Ohm's law, conductance)
3.  Basic circuit analysis
3.1  Kirchoff's voltage law (resistors in series, equivalent resistance, voltage divider)
3.2  Kirchoff's current law (resistors in parallel, equivalent resistance, current divider)
3.3 Meter circuits (ammeter circuit, shunt resistor, loading effect; voltmeter circuit, multiplier resistor, loading effect; ohmmeter; potentiometer)
4.  Circuit analysis techniques
4.1  Network terminology: nodes, branches, meshes
4.2  Nodal analysis: inspection techniques, supernodes
4.3  Mesh analysis: inspection techniques, supermeshes
4.4  Nonideal sources (practical voltage and current sources)
4.5  Source transformations
4.6  Maximum power transfer
4.7  Thevenin's theorem: open-circuit voltage, thevenin resitance, dependent sources, test sources
4.8  Norton's theorem: short-circuit current, Thevenin resistance, dependent sources, test sources
4.9  The superposition principle
5. The operational amplifier
5.1  Terminal variables, voltage constraints, current constraints
5.2  Amplifier circuits (inverting: ideal and nonideal; noninverting: ideal and nonideal; integrating; differential)
6. Ideal energy storage elements
6.1  Inductors: voltage-current relationship, differential and integral form, energy equation, inductors in series and parallel
6.2  Capacitors: voltage-current relationship, differential and integral form, energy equation, capacitors in series/parallel
7. First-order circuits
7.1  Natural response: inductor-resistor and capacitor-resistor circuits
7.2  Step response: inductor-resistor circuit, capacitor-resistor circuit
7.3  General forcing fuction: general solution (natural and forced response), time invariance, linearity and superposition
8.  Sinusoidal analysis (steady-state)
8.1  The sinusoidal source: amplitude, frequency, period, phase angle
8.2  Sinusoidal response: transient response, steady-state response
8.3  The phasor: Euler's identity, the phasor transform, the inverse phasor transofrom
8.4  The phasor domain: Passive circuit elements (imedance, reactance), Kirchoff's laws (impdenance in series, equivalent impedance, voltage divider, impedances in parallel, equivalent impedance, current divider), source transformations (voltage-to-current and current-to-voltage), Thevenin's theorem (open-circuit voltage, Thevenin impedance), Norton's theorem (short-circuit current, Thevenin impedance), nodal analysis, mesh analysis, phasor diagrams
9.  Sinusoidal power (steady-state)
9.1  Real (average) power
9.2  Reactive power
9.3  Effective (rms) power: sinusoidal function, non-sinusoidal function
9.4  Complex power: apparent power (real and reactive components), power factor angle (leading and lagging power factor)
10.  Mutual inductance
10.1  Self-inductance: magnetic fields (flux linkage, right-hand rule), permeance
10.2  Magnetically coupled coils: terminal voltages (voltage-current relationships, the dot convention, mesh analysis, coefficient of coupling), stored energy
10.3  The linear transformer: phasor domain model (voltage-current relationships, reflected impedance, ideal conditions), nonmagnetic circuit model
10.4  The ideal transformer: basic properties, terminal variables (voltage-current relationships, turns ratio, the dot convention, reflected impedance)

Textbook:  J.W. Nilsson and S.A. Riedel: Electric Circuits, 6th edition, ISBN 0-201-43653-1, Prentice Hall, 1999.

Grading: based on three mid-terms (45 % total, 15% each) and final exam (55%). Quizes and final and closed book, calculators are alowed and paper will be provided.


Homework assignment
 
 
Week Reading Homework Drill exercises
1
Ch. 1, Ch. 2 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.8, 1.11, 1.20, 1.23, 1.27, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.12, 2.18, 2.29 1.7, 1.10, 2.2, 2.4, 
2
Ch. 3, Ch. 4.1 - 4.4 3.4, 3.7, 3.12, 3.21, 3.23, 3.29, 3.33, 3.37, 3.51, 4.3, 4.7, 4.8, 4.13, 4.16, 4.18, 4.20, 4.22 3.2, 3.5, 4.1, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8
3
4.5 - 4.8, 4.9-4.12 (1st Quiz) 4.27, 4.31, 4.33, 4.37, 4.39, 4.41, 4.43, 4.46
4.51, 4.54, 4.55, 4.57, 4.58, 4.62, 4.64, 4.67, 
4.71, 4.75, 4.80, 4.85, 4.89, 4.92
4.11, 4.12, 4.15, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, 4.25, 4.27
4
5.1 - 5.7 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 5.8, 5.11, 5.17, 5.22, 5.26, 5.29, 5.40 5.1, 5.2, 5.4,  5.6, 5.7
5
6.1 - 6.5 6.3, 6.7, 6.9, 6.12, 6.16, 6.18, 6.21, 6.25, 6.27, 6.31, 6.35, 6.39 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 
6
7.1 - 7.14 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9, 7.12, 7.14, 7.19, 7.22, 7.25, 7.28, 7.31, 7.36, 7.39, 7.42, 7.44, 7.47, 7.52, 7.55, 7.67, 7.72, 7.76, 7.83, 7.87 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.9, 7.13
7
Quiz, 9.1 - 9.5 9.1, 9.4, 9.8, 9.11, 9.14, 9.17, 9.21, 9.24
8
9.5-9.9 9.29, 9.31, 9.34, 9.39, 9.41, 9.43, 9.47, 9.54, 9.58, 9.63, 9.72
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Short quiz, 10.1-10.10 10.1, 10.4, 10.6, 10.8, 10.10, 10.13, 10.16, 10.19, 10.22, 10.24, 10.31, 10.34, 10.37, 10.39
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quiz, 9.10-9.11 9.63, 9.68