EECE 311: Linear Circuits

Spring 2012

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Instructor: Dr. Hede Ma

Office: OCNL 317 Phone: 898-4957 E-mail: hma@csuchico.edu

Home page: www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~hma

Office Hours:

M 9:00am-11:30am

W 9:00am-11:30am

Class Hours:

LEC MWRF 8:00am-8:50am OCNL 123

Textbooks:

1. James W. Nilsson and Susan A. Riedel, Electric Circuits, 9th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2011.
2. Muhammad H. Rashid, PSpice Using OrCAD, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2004.

Catalog Data:

Circuit analysis techniques for networks with both independent and dependent sources. Network topology. Natural and forced response for RLC circuits. Complex frequency, poles and zeros. Magnetically coupled circuits and two-port networks. Introduction to linear algebra, circuit simulation using PSPICE, and mathematical analysis using MATLAB. 4.0 credit hours. Prerequisites: EECE 211; MATH 260 (may be taken concurrently).

Course Objectives:

• Teach AC/DC circuit analysis with dependent and independent sources using Superposition, Thevenin and Norton theorems
• Teach students to calculate and plot the transient response of first- and second-order networks
• Explain phasors, impedance, complex frequency, and resonance
• Teach students to calculate AC steady-state response, AC power, power factor, rms signal levels, and frequency response of networks
• Teach the analysis of circuits that include mutual inductance and transformers
• Teach students to derive and analyze two-port networks with y, z, t, and h parameters
• Demonstrate the use PSpice to find transient and frequency response of networks

Course Outline:

1. Circuit analysis with independent and dependent sources
2. Superposition, Thevenin and Norton Theorems
3. Circuit analysis using graph theory
4. Transient circuit analysis
5. Complex frequency and Bode plots
6. Magnetically coupled circuits
7. Two-Port networks

Course Outcomes:

Students shall be able to:

• Analyze linear circuits using Superposition Theorem
• Analyze Thevenin and Norton equivalent of circuits with independent and dependent sources
• Calculate solution of 1st order linear differential equations for R-L and R-C circuits with or without forced sources (natural and complete responses)
• Calculate solution of 2nd order linear differential equations for R-L-C circuits with or without forced sources (natural and complete responses)
• Analyze overdamped, critically damping, and underdamped parallel and series RLC circuits
• Determine complex frequency for AC circuits, find H(s) for Vout/Vin, Iout/Iin, etc.
• Find frequency response for AC circuits, including low-pass, high-pass, and band-pass filters
• Calculate power, current, voltage, and impedance in magnetically coupled circuits, especially by mutual inductance
• Derive admittance parameters, impedance parameters, and hybrid parameters in two-port networks
• Simulate RLC networks using PSPICE, and mathematically analyze circuits using MATLAB.

Program Outcome: a): "An ability to apply knowledge of math, science and engineering." This course is used to verify that students graduation from the ECE programs meet outcome a). Therefore, in addition to the grading policy stated above, to pass students must meet additional requirements.

Assessment Mechanism and Criteria:
The instructor will assess each student's ability to achieve this outcome by evaluating selected examination problems and homework.

Homework and examinations must demonstrate each student's ability to analyze circuits by:

· applying Kirchhoff's Laws and the concepts of energy and power

· solving for currents, voltages, and powers in circuit elements, mainly by hand calculations, using complex frequency concepts, linear algebra and calculus, including differential equations, as needed.

To pass this course, students must receive an average grade of D or higher on homework assignments, and examinations.

Grading:

Homework: 10%

Lab Projects*: 15%

First Exam: 20%

Second Exam: 20%

Final Exam: 35%

*Students must complete the projects to pass this course.

Homework, Lab, Project and Test Policies:

1. Homework is due at the start of the class period on the due date. Homework will be collected and graded on a random basis. Late homework will not be accepted.
2. A typed lab report is required for each lab assignment. The lab report should include: (1) Descriptive experiment title; (2) Date experiment performed and signatures of lab partners if any; (3) Purpose of experiment; (4) Equipment and software used; (5) Procedure used to conduct the experiment; (6) Experiment results; (7) Correlation with theory; (8) Conclusion; (9) References if any; (10) Appendix if any. The front page shall be signed by each team members to indicate their approvals with signature if the project is a group assignment. The lab report is due one week after the lab done. Late report will not be accepted.
3. There will be two scheduled 50-minute exams and a one-hour and 50-minute final exam. There will be no makeup exams. Final exam and course grades will be available approximately 8 days following the final exam. You can receive your course grades through TRACS or by leaving a stamped, self-addressed envelope with the instructor at the time of the final exam. The course grades will not be posted with names or student numbers by the instructor’s door.
4. Policy on cheating will be: (1) first offense – Zero on the paper being graded; (2) second offense – F in the course grade.
5. Any student who has more than three unexcused absences during the semester will fail the course.

Exams:

1. Two Mid-Term Exams will be arranged during the semester.
2. Final Exam, Week #17, 8:00am-9:50am, Friday, May 18, 2012, OCNL 123.