INEL 4075

Spring 2002

Course Meeting Schedule

Week 1

Meeting 1 (1/15): Introduction to the course

Discuss syllabus. Discuss SI units. Definition of electric circuit.

Meeting 2 (1/17): Current and Voltage

Definition of electric charge and current. Examples. Definition of voltage.

Week 2

Meeting 3 (1/22) Power, Energy, Active, Passive, Resistor

Definition of Power and Energy. Definition of Active and Passive elements. Introduction to resistor.

Assigned Problems: Exercises 1.4-2, 1.6-1, 1.6-2

Problems 1.3-1, 1.3-2, 1.3-3, 1.6-1, 1.6-2, 1.6-5, 1.6-9, 1.6-11, 1.6-13, 1.6-14, 1.6-17, 1.6-19

Meeting 4 (1/24) Independent sources, voltmeter and ammeter

Examples problems to compute power and energy in a resistor. Ideal independent sources: current and voltage.

Short Circuit and Open Circuit. Examples. Ideal ammeter and voltmeter.

Assigned Problems: Exercises 2.5-1, 2.5-2

Week 3

Meeting 5 (1/29) Dependent Sources. Transducers

How to connect an ammeter and voltmeter. Introduction to dependent sources. Types of dependent sources.
Transducers: potentiometer and temperature sensors.
Assigned Problems: Exercises 2.9-1, 2.9-2

Meeting 6 (1/31) Switches. Resistive circuits. KCL, KVL

Finish chapter 2: switches. Introduction to resistive circuits. Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL) and Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL).
Assigned Problems: Problems: 2.4-1, 2.4-2, 2.5-1, 2.5-2, 2.5-3, 2.5-4, 2.5-5, 2.5-6, 2.6-1, 2.6-2, 2.6-3, 2.6-4, 2.7-1, 2.8-1, 2.9-1

Week 4

Meeting 7 (2/5) Quiz #1. Examples KCL & KVL.

Quiz # 1: 10 points
Examples using KCL, KVL, and Ohm’s Law.
EXAM #1 Up to today’s material.

Meeting 8 (2/7) Single-Loop Circuit. Voltage Divider and Equivalent Resistance.

Voltage divisor. Resistors in series (equivalent resistance).
Assigned problems: Exercise 3.3-1, 3.4-1, 3.4-2, 3.4-3.

Week 5

Meeting 9 (2/12) EXAM #1

Meeting 10 (2/14) Elements in series.

Examples of voltage division. Intro to elements in parallel.

Week 6

Meeting 11 (2/21) [Monday classes on 2/19] Elements in parallel.

Parallel resistors problems. Current division. Intro to circuit analysis. Independent sources in series and in parallel.

Week 7

Meeting 12 (2/26) Introduction to node- voltage method

Independent sources in series and in parallel. Circuit analysis. Terminology. Announce Q2 and HW1 (due 3/5/02).
Assigned problems: Exercises 3.3-1, 3.4-1, 3.4-2, 3.4-3, 3.5-2, 3.7-2
Problems: 3.3-1, 3.3-3 (a) (b), 3.3-4, 3.3-5, 3.3-9, 3.4-1, 3.4-2, 3.4-4, 3.5-1, 3.5-2, 3.5-4, 3.7-1, 3.7-3, 3.7-6, 3.7-7, 3.7-11, 3.7-12, 3.7-14, 3.7-16

Meeting 13 (2/28) Introduction to node-voltage method.

Example of use of terminology for node-voltage method. Steps in methodology. Example

Week 8

Meeting 14 (3/5) Quiz #2. Node-voltage method.

Quiz # 2: 10 points.
Homework #1 due today
Steps in methodology, continuation. Example. Review of simultaneous equations.

Meeting 15 (3/7) Node-voltage method (cont.)

Finish review of simultaneous equations. Node-voltage method with voltage sources. Supernodes.
EXAM #2 Up to today’s material.
Assigned Problems: Exercises 4.3-1, 4.3-2, 4.4-1, 4.4-2
Problems 4.3-1, 4.3-2, 4.3-5, 4.4-1, 4.4-2, 4.4-3, 4.4-4

Week 9

Meeting 16 (3/12) Node-voltage method (cont.)

Node-voltage method with dependent sources.

Meeting 17 (3/14) EXAM #2

Week 10

Meeting 18 (3/19) Node-voltage method (cont.). Mesh-current analysis.

Node-voltage method with dependent sources. Announce Quiz #3 on April 4.
Introduction to mesh-current analysis
Assigned Problems: Exercises 4.5-2
Problems 4.5-1, 4.5-2, 4.5-3

Meeting 19 (3/21) Mesh-current method with current sources.

Mesh-current analysis, examples of the method using voltage sources.
Introduction to mesh-current analysis using current sources.

Week 11

Meeting 20 (4/2) Mesh-current method with dependent sources. Source transformations.

Mesh-current method with dependent sources. Source Transformations.
Assigned Problems:
Problems 4.6-1, 4.6-2, 4.6-3, 4.7-1, 4.7-2, 4.7-3, 4.7-4, 4.7-9, 4.7-10

Meeting 21 (4/4) Source transformations (cont.)

Quiz #3 about node-voltage method with dependent sources.
Examples of source transformations. Introduction to Superposition.
Assigned Problems:
Exercises: 5.3-1, 5.3-2, 5.3-3, 5.3-4
Problems 5.3-1, 5.3-2, 5.3-3

Week 12

Meeting 22 (4/9) Superposition. Thevenin’s Theorem

Superposition principle. Thevenin Theorem.
Assigned Problems:
Exercises: 5.4-3, 5.5-1
Problems 5.4-1 (one on, three off at a time), 5.4-2, 5.4-3, 5.4-4 (one on, two off at a time), 5.5-1, 5.5-2, 5.5-3, 5.5-4.

No classes on 4/11 – Friday classes

Week 13

Meeting 23 (4/16) Norton’s Equivalent. Maximum Power Transfer

Norton’s Equivalent. Maximum Power Transfer.
Assigned Problems:
Exercises: 5.6-1
Problems 5.6-1, 5.6-2

Meeting 24 (4/18) Cont. Max. Power Transfer. Operational Amplifiers.

Examples Max. Power Transfer. Operational Amplifiers.
Assigned Problems:
Exercises: 5.7-1
Problems 5.7-1, 5.7-2

Week 14

Meeting 25 (4/23) Review for Exam III. Introduction to Capacitor (Ch. 7)

Meeting 26 (4/25) Exam 3  INEL 4075

Week 15

Meeting 27 (4/30) Capacitor and Inductor.

Behavior of capacitor and inductor. Formulas. Power and energy in capacitor.

Meeting 28 (5/2) (Cont.) Capacitor and Inductor. Intro. to steady-state analysis.

Power and energy in inductor. Series and parallel combination of inductance and capacitance.
Sinusoidal sources.
Assigned Problems:
Exercises: 7.3-1, 7.3-2, 7.4-1, 7.4-2, 7.4-3, 7.5-1, 7.5-3, 7.6-1, 7.6-2, 7.7-1, 7.7-2, 7.8-1, 7.8-2
Problems 7.3-2, 7.3-3, 7.3-6, 7.4-1, 7.4-2, 7.4-5, 7.5-1, 7.5-2, 7.5-3, 7.6-3, 7.6-5, 7.7-1, 7.7-2, 7.8-1, 7.8-2

Week 16 (Last week of classes)

Meeting 29 (5/7) The phasor concept.

Examples of sinusoidal sources. The phasor. Review of complex numbers. Phasor relationship for R and L.
Assigned Problems:
Exercises: 10.3-1, 10.3-2, 10.3-3, 10.6-1, 10.6-2
Problems 10.3-2, 10.5-1, 10.5-2, 10.5-3

Meeting 30 (5/9) LAST DAY OF CLASSES

Quiz #4 about capacitors, inductors, and sinusoidal steady-state analysis. Review for final exam.
Discuss grading.

Week 17 (Finals week)

Meeting 31 (5/17/2002) FINAL EXAM

Final exam on Friday, May 17, 2002 at 7:30am in S-303.