ECE 20100 - LINEAR CIRCUIT ANALYSIS IFall 2015

Instructor: Dr. David Kozel Office: Potter 327Office Phone: (219) 989-2680 Email: kozel@purduecal.eduHome Phone: (219) 365-3407

Prerequisites: MA 16300, MA 16400, and PHYS 15200 with a minimum grade of CCorequisites: ECE 20700

Course Description: Volt-Ampere characteristics of circuit elements; independent and dependent sources; Kirchhoff’s Laws and circuit equations. Source transformations; Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems; Superposition. Transient response of RC, RL, and RLC circuits. Sinusoidal steady-state and impedance. Instantaneous and average power.

Text: “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits”; Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O. Sadiku, Fifth Edition, 2012, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 978-0-07-338057-5.

Link to book appendices containing tutorials of MATLAB and PSPICE.http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073380571/student_view0/appendices.html

Course Notes: To keep up with the speed of the lecture material, you will need the course notes. The course notes do not replace the text.

Course Goals: To give students an understanding of:1. Analysis of DC circuits.2. Analysis of the transient response for RL, RC, and RLC circuits.3. Analysis of circuits in the sinusoidal steady state.4. Instantaneous, average, apparent, reactive, and complex powers.

Class Schedule: Week Learning Objective

1. Introduction, define current, voltage, power, and the types of circuit elements.

2. Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, combining resistors in series and parallel, current division, and voltage division

3. Mesh analysis and Nodal analysis4. Linearity and Superposition, source transformations, maximum power

transfer, and Thevenin and Norton equivalents 5. Operational amplifiers6. Definition of inductance and capacitance and combining inductors or

capacitors in series and parallel7. Characteristics of the transient response of first order circuits8. Calculation of the transient response of RC and RL circuits

9. Characteristics of the transient response of second order circuits10. Characteristics of sinusoids and manipulation of complex numbers11. Phasors, definition of impedance, and combining impedances in series and

parallel12. Voltage division, current division, and Mesh for the sinusoidal steady state13. Nodal, op-amps, and Thevenin for the sinusoidal steady state.14. Effective values, instantaneous, average, apparent, reactive, and complex

power, and power factor15. Power factor compensation, maximum power transfer, and review for

final exam

Class Format: 2 - 80 minute lecture periods per week.

Grading: Weekly Quizzes* 80%Final Exam 15%HW 10%* Lowest weekly quiz will be dropped when determining quiz grades.

Cheating:You are encouraged to collaborate with your classmates on homework problems and studying for quizzes. However, cheating of any kind on quizzes or exams will not be tolerated. All university, school, department rules apply.

Students with Disabilities:Students who may need accommodations due to disability should contact the Office of Disability Resources (ODR) to discuss specific needs. The ODR is located on the third floor of the Student Union & Library Building, Room 341. If accommodations for a student are approved by that office, the student must provide his/her instructor with a copy of the official accommodations letter as soon as it is received in order to obtain accommodations. Students may contact the Office of Disability Resources by calling (219) 989-2455 or emailing odr@purduecal.edu.

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