Students will learn to model circuit elements, circuit models, and apply techniques for circuit analysis. Concepts include analyzing steady state response for inactive and active elements and the transient response of first and second order systems. Course includes a laboratory component.
Athena Title
Fund of Circuit Analysis Hon
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ECSE 2170
Prerequisite
(PHYS 1212-1212L or PHYS 1252) and (ECSE 1100 or ECSE 1100H or ELEE 1030 or CSEE 2200) and permission of Honors
Pre or Corequisite
MATH 2700 or MATH 2700E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to analyze a DC and AC resistive circuit using Kirchhoff’s Laws, Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems, Nodal and Mesh Analysis, Superposition, and Source Transformation.
Students will be able to determine maximum and average power in DC and AC.
Students will be able to determine power factor and correction.
Students will be able to understand introductory 3 phase power.
Students will be able to analyze steady state AC and DC circuit with ideal op amps.
Students will be able to analyze steady state AC and DC circuit with ideal transformer.
Students will be able to analyze steady state AC and DC circuit with ideal diode and NPN/PNP transistors.
Students will be able to determine first order network responses.
Students will be able to determine second order network responses.
Students will be able to understand basic applications of the Laplace Transform to circuit elements.
Topical Outline
AC Representations: Phasors, Complex, Rectangular, Polar
Capacitors, and Inductors
Steady State vs. Transient
Node and Mesh Analysis
Source Transformation
Superposition
Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems
Average and Maximum Power Transfer
AC Power
Power Factor and Correction
3 Phase Introduction
Ideal Transformer Circuits
Ideal Diode Circuits
Ideal Transistor Circuits
Ideal Op Amp Circuits
1st Order Network Transient Response
2nd Order Network Transient Response
Introduction to Laplace Transform
General Education Core
CORE III: Quantitative Reasoning
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
