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Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis

Analytical Thinking

Course Description

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

Fundamentals of Circuit Analys

Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in ECSE 2170H

Prerequisite

(PHYS 1212-1212L or PHYS 1252) and (ECSE 1100 or ECSE 1100E or ECSE 1100H or ELEE 1030 or CSEE 2200)

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

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.


Syllabus

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