ENGR 270 ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS I (3)

Required course for all engineering majors.

Catalog Description:

Introduction to analysis of electrical circuits. Fundamental electrical principles of electrical system components. Kirchoff's laws. Resistive circuit analysis. Circuit theorems. Operational amplifiers. Response of first order circuits. Sinusoidal steady-state circuit analysis. Circuit power and energy. Fall semester.

Corequisites:

MATH 245 and PHYS 231.

Textbook/References:

Electric Circuits, with Introduction to PSPICE Manual using OrCad 9.1 by James W. Nilsson. Addison Wesley, 6th Edition,1996.

Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. develop mathematical models for electrical circuits (1)

2. analyze and predict the electrical transient behavior of these models (2)

3. analyze the dc or steady state behavior of these models (2)

4. and analyze the sinusoidal steady state behavior of these models (1, 2)

Upon completion of this course, the student should know:

1. sound principles of problem solving (1,2)

2. basics of electronic circuit analysis, including:

a) transient response of first order systems (2)

b) circuit variables and element definitions (2)

c) steady state or dc response techniques (2)

d) steady state or ac response techniques (2)

e) ac power analysis techniques (2)

f) Op-amp analysis techniques (2)

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Lecture either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at 75 minutes per class.

Topics Covered:

Week 1 Introduction and Orientation Units, Passive Sign Convention

Circuit Elements

Week 2 Circuit Elements Kirchoff's Laws

Circuit Elements PSpice

Week 3 Resistive Circuits

Week 4 Circuit Analysis

Week 5 Circuit Analysis

Examination #1: Chapters 1,2,3&4 thru 4.

Week 6 Circuit Analysis Source Transformation Thevenin's Equivalents

Week 7 Circuit Analysis: Maximum Power Transfer Operational Amplifiers

Week 8 Operational Amplifiers

Week 9 Maximum Power Transfer Operational Amplifiers

Week 10 Inductance & Capacitance

Week 11 Response of First Order Circuits

Week 12 Response of First Order Circuits

Week 13 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis

Week 14 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis

Week 15 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis

Contribution to Professional Component:

Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences.

Relationship of course to program outcomes

This course supports engineering outcomes 1 and 2.

Prepared by: Dr. Virgil Thomason