Circuits and Electronics

(2-0-0-2)

CMPE Degree: This course is for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is for the EE degree.

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

Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Courses for non-ECE majors

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Prerequisites: PHYS 2212/2232

Catalog Description

An introduction to electric circuit elements and electronic devices and a
study of circuits containing such devices.

Textbook(s)

Circuits, myDAQ

Course Outcomes

  1. determine voltages and currents in a resistive network.
  2. sketch the transient response of RC and RL circuits and be familiar with the standard transient responses of RLC circuits.
  3. use complex phasors to determine the steady-state responses of sinusoidal sources voltages or currents.
  4. understand and analyze the frequency response characteristics of filters.
  5. analyze power characteristics in reactive circuits.
  6. build and test real circuits containing RLC components, op amps, diodes, and transistors.
  7. design and build simple filters, rectifiers, and amplifiers.

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

Not Applicable

Topical Outline

Resistive Circuits (3.5 weeks)
Components
Ohm's Law
Resistors in parallel, series
Kirchhoff's Current and Voltage Laws
Voltage divider and current divider laws
Thevenin Equivalent Circuits
Superposition

Reactive Circuits (1.5 weeks)
Inductors and Capacitors
Parallel and series connections of inductors and capacitors
Transient Analysis of First-Order circuits

Frequency Analysis of Circuits (2.5 weeks)
Steady-state sinusoidal analysis and impedance
Transfer function
Bode plots
Filtering

Power in AC Circuits (1 week)
Real, reactive, and apparent power
Power factor

Fundamental Devices in Electronics (2.5 weeks)
Ideal diodes
Simple piecewise linear model of diode
MOS Field-Effect Transistors
Operational Amplifiers

Electronic Applications (3.5 weeks)
Rectifiers
Amplifiers
Active Filters

Students will perform hands-on activities using data acquisition boards. Some of these activities include exploration of RC and RLC circuits, op amp circuits, filters, and physically-motivated applications of electronic circuits.