ECE 3054: Electrical Theory

[Summer-I, 2005]; Dr. Pushkin Kachroo;CRN: 60366; Credits: 3

Fundamentals of electric circuits: circuit laws and network theorems, operational amplifiers, energy storage elements, response of first and second order systems, AC steady state analysis. Details

Taught by

pushkin@vt.edu

231-2976

Listserve

ece3054_60366@listserv.vt.edu

Grading

Tests: 65%; Final: 30%; Attendance: 5%

Guaranteed Grades: A- ( > 90%); B- ( > 80%); C- ( > 70%);

Lecture Room

Whit 349

Lecture Time

8:00AM - 09:15AM (M, T, W, Th , F)

Office Hours

Location: 459Durham;

Textbook

Required:

Hambley, Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall

Recommended

(for problems):

Schaum's Outline of Basic Circuit Analysis
by John O'Malley

T.A.

Emily (Chunchun) Xu ; Email:ccxu@vt.edu

Schedule

Dates

Days

Topics

Textbook

May 23

M

Circuit Variables, Elements

Ch 1(text)

Ch1(Schaum)

Experiment-Supplies

T

KCL, KVL, Resistors, Circuits

Resistance color-code

W

Examples

Capacitor codes

R

Problems

Ch2 (Schaum)

F

 

Test1

Takehome

May 30

M

No Class

 

T

Series, Parallel

Ch 2 (text), ch3 (Schaum)

W

Nodal and Mesh Analysis

ch4 (Schaum)

R

Problems

Takehome part test1 due in class.

F

 

Test2

Takehome

June 6

M

Circuit Theorems, Source Equivalence

Ch2 (Text), Ch 5 (Schaum)

T

Thevenin & Norton, Superposition, Wheatstone Bridge

 

W

Problems

 

R

 

 

F

 

Test3

Takehome

June 13

M

Operational Amplifiers

Ch 14(text), Ch6 (Schaum)

T

Energy Storage Elements (L & C)

Ch 3&4(text) and Ch 8&9(Schaum)

W

First Order Circuits

Takehome part test2 due

R

Second Order Circuits

 

F

 

Test4

Takehome

June 20

M

AC Steady State Analysis

Ch 5 (text), Ch10&12(Schaum)

T

Phasors, AC Thevenin, Norton

Test3 takehome due

W

AC Nodal & Mesh Analysis, Superposition

 

R

Frequency Response & Filters

Ch 6 (text)

F

 

Test5

Takehome

June 27

M

AC Power

 

T

AC Power for R, L and C

 

W

Power Factor and Correction

Tests4&5 takehomes due

R

Review

 

Sat:

8:00-10:00 A.M.

Comprehensive Final Exam

Major, Measurable Learning Objectives

Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:

a. Analyze the steady state and transient response of simple electric circuits

b. Analyze a general class of electric circuits with R, L, and C components.

c. Develop the Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits

d. Use differential equations to solve basic circuit problems.

e. Obtain the frequency response (transfer) function for simple circuits