Circuit Analysis

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Required for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Required for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: CMPE Common Core, EE Common Core

Course Coordinator: Ying Zhang

Prerequisites: PHYS 2212 [min C, with concurrency] and MATH 2552 [min C, with concurrency]

Catalog Description

Basic concepts of DC and AC circuit theory and analysis.

Textbook(s)

Introduction to Electric Circuits, myDAQ unit

Course Outcomes

Analyze small RLC circuits by hand. 

Use network techniques, like node analysis and loop analysis, to write equations for large linear circuits. 

Apply Thevenin and Norton theorems to analyze and design for maximum power transfer.  

Apply the concept of linearity and the associated technique of superposition to circuits and networks. 

Analyze circuits containing ideal operational amplifiers.  

Explain the concept of steady state.  

Apply phasor analysis to AC circuits in sinusoidal steady state.  

Analyze the frequency response of circuits containing inductors and capacitors.  

Construct simple Bode plots for first- and second-order circuits.  

Apply the Laplace transform to linear circuits and systems.  

Analyze simple two-port circuits.

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. Basic Concepts
    1. Voltage, Current, Power and Energy
    2. Circuit elements (R, L, C, ideal operational amplifiers, ideal transformer)
    3. Independent and Dependent Sources
    4. Kirchhoff's Laws
    5. Series and Parallel Combinations of Elements
    6. Voltage Division and Current Division
  2. DC circuit analysis
    1. Node Analysis
    2. Mesh Analysis
  3. Network Theorems
    1. Linearity
    2. Superposition
    3. Source Transformations
    4. Thevenin's Theorem
    5. Norton's Theorem
  4. Circuits Containing Operational Amplifiers
    1. Ideal Op Amp model, with negative feedback condition
    2. Inverting and Non-Inverting Configurations
    3. Voltage Followers, Adders, Difference Amplifiers
  5. First and Second-Order Circuits
    1. Singularity Functions
    2. RC and RL Source-Free Circuits
    3. Constant and Non-Constant Forcing Functions
    4. Initial and Final Values
    5. Op-amp circuits for integration and differentiation
    6. Measurement of signals in physical circuits
    7. RLC circuits
    8. Time-Domain Analysis
  6. Sinusoidal Steady-State (SSS) Analysis
    1. Sinusoids
    2. Complex Numbers
    3. Complex Exponential Representations of Sinusoids (Phasors)
    4. Impedance and Admittance
    5. Superposition, Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems
    6. Analysis and Network Theorems for SSS
    7. Frequency response
    8. Bode plots
    9. Resonance
    10. Measurement of frequency response of physical circuits
  7. Power Analysis
    1. Instantaneous and Average Power
    2. Power Factor and Power Factor correction
    3. Complex Power
    4. Maximum Power Transfer