EECE 210 Syllabus, Spring 2012

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT EECE 210 – Electric Circuits Course Syllabus Spring 2012 1. Instructor Name: Dr. Rabih Jabr Office: Bechtel 513 Extension: 3637 Email: rabih.jabr@aub.edu.lb Office hours: MW 10:00 am – 12:00 noon and by appointment. 2. Catalog Description The course topics include: Circuit variables, circuit elements and basic laws, simple resistive circuits, techniques of circuit analysis, operational amplifier, inductance and capacitance, responses of RL, RC, and RLC circuits, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, sinusoidal steady- state power calculations. 3. Time and Place • Section 1: MWF 8:00 - 8:50 am, Bechtel 405. • Section 4: MWF 9:00 - 9:50 am, Bechtel 541. 4. Prerequisites • High-school calculus including simple differential equations, algebra including complex numbers, and physics. 5. Textbook • Nilsson J.W. and Riedel S.A.: Electric Circuits. 9th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 07458, 2011 (Chapters 1–10). 6. Course Objectives The objectives of this course are: • To introduce students to the general fields of electric circuits • To highlight the relevance of the study of electric circuits to engineering • To impart a sound understanding of basic concepts of electric circuits • To instruct students in techniques for analyzing electric circuits • To foster problem solving skills Electric Circuits – Course Syllabus – Spring 2012 1/3 • To promote interaction and communication skills 7. Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, students: • Become familiar with the scope and general nature of the fields of electric circuits • Become aware of the relevance of the study of electric circuits to engineering • Acquire a sound understanding of basic concepts of electric circuits • Learn techniques for analyzing electric circuits • Acquire problem solving skills • Acquire interaction and communication skills 8. Course Topics (8 lectures) − Circuit variables: Nature and limitations of circuit analysis, voltage, current, and power. − Ideal circuit elements: Voltage and current sources, independent and dependent sources, resistance. − Basic laws: Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws. − Simple resistive circuits: Series and parallel connections, current and voltage dividers and measurement, the Wheatstone bridge, delta-to-wye equivalence. (8 lectures) − Techniques of circuit analysis: Node-voltage, mesh-current, and loop-current methods; Thevenin and Norton equivalents, superposition, and maximum power transfer. (4 lectures) − Operational amplifier terminals, terminal voltages and currents, the inverting and non- inverting amplifier circuit, the summing-amplifier circuit, and the difference-amplifier circuit. (4 lectures) − Inductance, capacitance and mutual inductance: Basic properties of inductors and capacitors, series and parallel combinations, mutual coupling and the concept of mutual inductance, and dot marking convention. (8 lectures) − Response of RL and RC circuits: Natural and step responses of RL and RC circuits. Sequential switching. − Natural and step responses of RLC circuits: Under-damped, critically-damped, and over- damped responses. (8 lectures) − Sinusoidal steady-state analysis: Phasor representation; passive circuit elements in the frequency domain; Y-Δ transformation; techniques of analysis; ideal transformers. − Average, reactive and complex power calculations; maximum power transfer. Electric Circuits – Course Syllabus – Spring 2012 2/3 Electric Circuits – Course Syllabus – Spring 2012 3/3 9. Student Assessment and Grading Percentage Quiz 1 25% Quiz 2 25% Final Exam 35% Homework and/or Drop Quizzes 10% Class Attendance 5% 9.1. Examinations for all sections: • Quiz 1 will be held on Friday March 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm. • Quiz 2 will be held on Monday May 7, 2012 at 6:30 pm. • Final exam will be held during the final examination period. • The Quizzes and final exam are of multiple-choice style 10. General Rules and Regulations • All graded work should be based on individual effort without external help, unless otherwise indicated. Any suspected misconduct will be handled according to the American University of Beirut rules and regulations. Consult the AUB’s website for details of these policies. • There might be unannounced drop quizzes during this course. The quizzes will be based on previously presented material. • You are required to be in class on time. • There is no makeup for drop quizzes and exams. • You are required to check the class website on Moodle or E-Reserve for information and updates. • As per AUB policy, students who miss more than one fifth of the lectures in the first ten weeks of the semester will be dropped from the course.