| TEXT: | Fundamentals Of Electric Circuits, 3th Edition, C. K. Alexander, Matthew Sadiku; McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2004 ISBN 0-07-297718-3 |
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| INSTRUCTOR: | Walter L. Green, Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering, FH 503, Ph. 974-5438 email:wlg@utk.edu |
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| COURSE WEBSITE: | http://www.ece.utk.edu/~green | |
| DATE | SECTION OF TEXT | MATERIAL |
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| Jan - 10 - Tr | Ch. 1 : BASIC CONCEPTS pp 04 - 21 |
Course overview, system of units, charge and current, voltage, power and energy, circuit elements |
| Jan - 15 - T | Ch. 2 : BASIC LAWS pp 30 - 44 |
Ohm's Law, nodes, branches, loops, Kirchhoff's Laws, series resistor, voltage division |
| Jan - 17 - Tr | Ch. 2: pp 45 - 58 | Parallel resistors, current division, wye to delta and delta to wye transformations |
| Jan - 22 - T | Ch. 3 : METHODS OF ANALYSIS pp 82 - 92 |
Nodal analysis: with both voltage and current sources - independent and dependent |
| Jan - 24 - Tr | Ch. 3 : pp 93 - 105 | Mesh Analysis: with both voltage and current sources - independent and dependent |
| Jan - 29 - T | Ch. 3 : Open | Further application of nodal and mesh Analysis |
| Jan - 31 - Tr | ***** TEST #1 ***** | Chapters 1, 2, 3 |
| Feb - 5 - T | Ch. 4 : CIRCUIT THEOREMS pp 128 - 138 |
Review test #1, linearity & superposition; source transformation |
| Feb - 7 - Tr | Ch. 4 : pp 139 - 148 | Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theorem |
| Feb - 12 - T | Ch. 4 : pp 150 - 152 | Continuation of Thevenin and Norton; Maximum power transfer, applications |
| Feb - 14 - Tr | Ch. 5 : OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS pp 176 - 193 |
Fundamentals of operational amplifiers |
| Feb - 19 - T | Ch. 6 : CAPACITORS & INDUCTORS pp 216 - 225 |
Continuation of Op Amps, Capacitors as physical devices |
| Feb - 21 - Tr | Ch. 6 : pp 226 - 241 | Inductors as physical devices; analog computing |
| Feb - 26 - T | ***** TEST # 2 ***** | Chapters 4, 5, 6 |
| Feb - 28 - Tr | Ch. 7 : FIRST-ORDER CIRCUITS pp 254 - 265 |
Review test #2, Source free RC & RL circuits |
| Mar - 04 - T | Ch. 7 : pp 265 - 279 | Singularity functions, step response of RC circuit |
| Mar - 06 - Tr | Ch. 7 : pp 280 - 284 | RC and RL step response; op-amp integrator |
| Mar - 11 - T | Ch. 8 : SECOND ORDER CIRCUITS pp 314 - 325 |
Finding initial conditions, source free series RLC circuit |
| Mar - 13 - Tr | Ch. 8 : pp 326 - 331 | Source free RLC parallel circuit, step Response |
| Mar - 14 through 23 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Mar - 25 - T | Ch. 8 : pp 331 - 339 | Step response of the series and parallel RLC ckts |
| Mar - 27 - Tr | Ch. 9 : SINUSOIDS & PHASORS pp 370 - 394 |
Sinusoids, phasors, impedance, admittance, Kirchhoff's laws in the frequency domain |
| Apr 01 - T | Ch. 10 : SINUSOIDAL STEADY STATE ANALYSIS pp 414 - 431 |
AC circuits : mesh analysis, nodal analysis, Thevenin and Norton methods for AC ckts. Thevenin and Norton methods for AC ckts |
| Apr - 03 - Tr | ***** TEST # 3 ***** | Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| Apr - 08 - T | Ch. 11 : AC POWER ANALYSIS pp 458 - 470 |
Review Test 3, instantaneous and average power, maximum power transfer for AC Circuits, effective or RMS values |
| Apr - 10 - Tr | Ch. 11 : pp 470 - 482 | Apparent power and power factor, complex power, conservation of power, Power factor correction |
| Apr - 15 - T | Ch. 13 : MAGNETICALLY COUPLED CIRCUITS pp 556 - 573 |
Mutual inductance, energy in coupled circuits, linear transformers |
| Apr - 17 - Tr | Ch. 13 : pp 573 - 584 | Ideal transformers |
| Apr - 22 - T | Ch. 13 : pp 573 - 584 | Ideal transformers - continuation |
| Final Exam: | ||
| Section 001 : May 01, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM, Ferris Hall 510 | ||
| Section 002 : May 06, 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM, Ferris Hall 510 | ||
GRADING:Your course grade will be determined using the following distribution. Grades are not curved.
| A : | 90 - 100 |
| B+: | 87 - 89 |
| B : | 80 - 86 |
| C+: | 77 - 79 |
| C : | 70 - 76 |
| D : | 60 - 69 |
| F : | below 60 |
Note: You are to use Engineering Paper for all homework and all exams. You are to write on one side only.
COURSE AVERAGE:
Percentage of course work assignment:
Test # 1 …………………………… 16 % (All exams are closed books and notes.)
Test # 2 …………………………… 17 %
Test # 3 …………………………… 17 %
Laboratory ………………………. 16 % (All lab experiments must be completed and a lab report
submitted on time. You must receive a grade of 70% or higher
for each lab as a necessary condition for passing the course.)
Homework ……………………….. 10 % (Late homework receives 0% credit.)
Attendance ……………………….. 2% (No more than two class absences allowed to receive this credit.)
Final Exam, Comprehensive ……..... 22 %
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100%
All exams will be graded by Professor Green. All homework and lab reports will be graded by a graduate assistant.
Office Hours:
Office hours are posted on my door: FH 503: Ph. 975-5438,
e-mail wlg@utk.edu