ESC-222 Electric Circuits
This course is designed as the introductory course in linear circuit analysis normally offered to engineering students in the sophomore year. It provides an introduction to the theory of circuit analysis. Subject areas include Kirchhoff's Laws, node and mesh analysis, source transformation, Thevenin and Norton theorems, RC, RL, and RLC circuits, sinusoidal response, phasors, and power. An introduction to op-amps is included. There is a strong emphasis on problem solving in the course
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Course Outline
Department
Science and Technology
Course Description
This course is designed as the introductory course in linear circuit analysis normally offered to engineering students in the sophomore year. It provides an introduction to the theory of circuit analysis. Subject areas include Kirchhoff's Laws, node and mesh analysis, source transformation, Thevenin and Norton theorems, RC, RL, and RLC circuits, sinusoidal response, phasors, and power. An introduction to op-amps is included. There is a strong emphasis on problem solving in the course
Credit Hours
4Course Learning Outcomes
- Analyze a D.C. electrical circuit using various theoretical methods and algebra to calculate voltage, current, and power.
- Analyze transient electrical circuits using various theoretical methods and calculus to calculate voltage, current, and power.
- Analyze an A.C. electrical circuit using various theoretical methods and complex numbers to calculate voltage, current, and power.
- Analyze a D.C. or an A.C. circuit using a simulation software.
- Compare measured voltage and current of circuits constructed in lab to the theoretically calculated values.
Topic Outline
- Introduction, voltage, current, power, energy, ideal basic circuit element
- Voltage and current sources, electrical resistance, Ohm's law
- Kirchhoff's laws, circuit with dependent source
- Resistors in series and parallel, voltage and current divider circuits
- Delta-to-wye circuits
- Basic Node-voltage method
- Node-voltage method with dependent sources and some special cases.
- Basic Mesh-current method
- Mesh-current method with dependent sources and some special cases
- Source transformations, Thevenin, Norton equivalent circuits
- Maximum power transfer, superposition
- Application of circuit simulation tool MultiSim
- Inductor and capacitor
- Series and parallel combinations of inductors and capacitors
- The natural response of RL and RC circuits
- Step response of RL and RC circuits
- General solution for step and natural responses, sequential switching
- Natural response of parallel RLC circuit
- Step response of parallel RLC circuit
- Natural and step responses of a series RLC circuit
- The sinusoidal source, the sinusoidal response
- The phasor, passive circuit elements in the phasor domain
- Kirchoff's laws, series, parallel, delta-to-wye simplifications in phasor domain
- Source transformations, Thevenin-Norton equivalent circuits in phasor domain
- The node-voltage and mesh-current method in the phasor domain
- Use and understanding of oscilloscopes