EE 211 - Fall 2016

EE 211: Circuits and Signals I

(this page will be updated throughout the semester)

Instructor: Kevin Wedeward (Workman 221, 835-5708, kevin.wedeward@nmt.edu, https://sites.google.com/nmt.edu/kevin-wedeward/)

Class Syllabus/Webpage: https://sites.google.com/nmt.edu/kevin-wedeward/ee-211-fall-2016

Class Time/Place: MWF 10:00am-10:50am in Workman Center 113

Office Hours: MWF 09:00am-10:00am, MWF 11:00am-12:00pm

Textbook:

• Elementary Linear Circuit Analysis, 2nd Ed., by Leonard S. Bobrow, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195113723
• Author's website and errata

Prerequisites: MATH 132 (Calculus and Analytic Geometry II); EE 101 (Introduction to Electrical Engineering) or junior standing

Corequisite: None

Course Description from Catalog: Principles of electrical circuit analysis. Kirchhoff's laws, equivalent circuits, dependent sources, node and mesh analyses, signals, RLC components. Introductory circuits and operational amplifier circuits as examples.

Topics: Selected from chapters 1-6, 8, 9 of textbook.

• Ohm's Law for resistors
• Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL) and Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)
• Independent and dependent sources
• Instantaneous power and passive sign convention
• Nodal analysis and mesh analysis
• Operational amplifier (op amp) with ideal assumptions
• Thevenin's Theorem and Norton's Theorem
• Voltage-current relationships for inductors and capacitors
• Analysis of RLC circuits to find differential equations
• Solution of differential equations using classical (time-domain) techniques
• AC (sinusoidal steady-state) analysis
• AC power

Course Outcomes: Students will be able to

1. analyze circuits by applying voltage-current relationships for elements and basic laws such that algebraic equations or differential equations are found to relate voltages and/or currents to inputs/sources (constant, sinusoidal, switched, ...);
2. solve systems of linear equations and linear differential equations using classical (time-domain) techniques;
3. recognize when a circuit may be analyzed using AC analysis, represent the circuit appropriately in the frequency-domain, and analyze the circuit such that voltages and currents are determined; and
4. calculate instantaneous power and/or AC power absorbed by an element.

Grading:

• Homework: 15%
  • Typically assigned every other class.
  • Collaboration is encouraged, but the work turned in must be your own.
  • Homework should be neatly written with all steps clearly shown, single-sided and stapled when multiple pages.
  • Late homework is not accepted.
• Four exams (including final exam): 85%

Reading Assignments:

• Chapter 1 (08/22/2016)
• Chapter 2 (08/29/2016)
• Chapter 3 (09/14/2016)
• Chapter 4 (10/05/2016)
• Chapter 5 (10/17/2016)
• Chapter 6 (10/26/2016)
• Chapter 8 (11/07/2016)
• Section 9.1 (11/30/2016)

Homework:

1. Due Beginning of Class (BoC) F 08/26/2016 M 08/29/2016: Problems 1.10, 1.11
2. Due BoC F 09/02/2016: DE 1.8, DE 1.9 by any method, DE 1.11, P 1.29 (c) also finding powers absorbed by all elements, P 1.47 (a)
3. Due BoC M 09/12/2016: DE 2.7 with reference and v₁ interchanged, also finding current leaving + terminal of 3V source; P 2.6 also finding power absorbed by 6A source; P 2.10; P 2.11
4. Due BoC F 09/16/2016 W 09/21/2016: P 2.1 finding CW mesh-currents and i₁, i₂, i₃, i₄ as labeled; DE 2.7 finding CW mesh-currents and current leaving + terminal of 3V source; P 2.6 finding CW mesh-currents and power absorbed by 6A source; P 2.29
5. Due BoC M 09/26/2016: P 3.5, P 3.8, P 3.11, P 3.16
6. Due BoC W 10/05/2016: P 3.24, P 3.25, P 3.34, P 3.39
7. Due BoC M 10/10/2016: P 3.59, P 3.62, P 3.64
8. Due BoC W 10/19/2016: DE 4.7, P 4.6, P 4.15, P 4.53, P 4.54 (a)
9. Due BoC M 10/24/2016: DE 4.19, P 4.72, P 4.80
10. Due BoC W 11/02/2016: P 5.38, P 5.42, P 5.43, P 5.50
11. Due BoC M 11/07/2016: P 6.24, P 6.35 with v_s = 1 - u(t) + 4e^-3tu(t), P 6.40
12. Due BoC F 11/11/2016: P 6.29, 6.42; for underdamped responses, write using sines and cosines
13. Due BoC W 11/16/2016: P 8.2 (note forced response); P 8.11 c, f, h; P 8.17 c, f, h; P 8.18 c, f, h
14. Due BoC W 11/30/2016: P 8.21, P 8.24, P 8.28 a, P 8.31
15. Due BoC M 12/05/2016: P 8.35, P 8.41, P 8.45
16. Due BoC F 12/09/2016: P 9.4 finding average and reactive power absorbed by each element including source

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