Day |
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
1-1 |
M |
Mar 10 |
Introductions and overview |
Preface |
Circuit Variables and Elements
|
1-2 |
T |
11 |
Charge, current, voltage. Reference directions,
passive sign convention. |
Ch 1:
pp 1-9 |
1-3 |
F |
14 |
Circuit elements |
1: 10-27 |
AC Steady State Analysis
|
2-1 |
M |
17 |
Phasors |
5: 1-10 |
2-2 |
T |
18 |
Average power, RMS voltage |
5: 43-49 |
2-3 |
F |
21 |
AC circuit elements, impedance |
5: 17-23 |
3-1 |
M |
24 |
Kirchhoff's laws |
1: 27-37 |
3-2 |
T |
25 |
Writing circuit equations |
2: 1-9
5: 23-28 |
3-3 |
F |
28 |
Writing circuit
equations |
2: 1-9
5: 23-28 |
4-1 |
M |
31 |
Source transformations |
2: 9-20
5: 30-31 |
4-2 |
T |
Apr 1 |
Series and parallel elements, voltage and
current dividers |
2: 20-37
5: 28-33 |
4-3 |
F |
4 |
Exam 1 |
|
5-1 |
M |
7 |
Power in AC circuits |
5: 49-65 |
5-2 |
T |
8 |
Complex power |
5: 49-65 |
5-L |
W |
9 |
Lab 1: Basic DC and AC Measurements |
|
Amplifiers
|
5-3 |
F |
11 |
Amplifier models |
3: 1-23 |
6-1 |
M |
14 |
Amplifier loading and gain |
3: 1-23 |
6-2 |
T |
15 |
Ideal op amp model, writing
equations for op amp circuits |
3: 23-31 |
6-3 |
F |
18 |
Inverting amplifier |
3: 23-31 |
7-1 |
M |
28 |
Non-inverting amplifier, buffer |
3: 31-40 |
7-2 |
T |
29 |
Op amp models, saturation |
3: 40-46 |
Transient Analysis
|
7-3 |
F |
May 2 |
Transient analysis, initial conditions |
4: 1-9 |
8-1 |
M |
5 |
First-order circuits |
4: 9-34 |
8-2 |
T |
6 |
Time constant, interpreting the response |
4: 9-34 |
8-L |
W |
7 |
Lab 2: Measurements of an Op Amp Circuit |
|
8-3 |
F |
May 9 |
Exam 2 |
|
9-1 |
M |
12 |
Second-order circuits |
4: 34-51 |
9-2 |
T |
13 |
Response types |
4: 34-51 |
9-3 |
F |
16 |
Interpreting the response |
4: 51-54 |
9-L |
F |
16 |
Lab 3: Measurements of Time-Domain Properties |
|
Resonant Circuits
|
10-1 |
M |
19 |
Response to sinusoidal input |
4: 54-57
5: 10-17 |
10-2 |
T |
20 |
Resonance |
5: 33-43 |
10-3 |
F |
23 |
Series and parallel resonant circuits |
5: 33-43 |