Electric Circuits (Fall 2015)

Description

This course is intended to teach basic circuit theory and principles of electrical engineering as preparation for subsequent EE courses.


Lecture
  • Time:
    • Tuesday 10:15AM - 11:55AM
    • Thursday 1:00PM - 2:40PM
  • Venue: Teaching Building 306.
Lab
(分班/分组名单)
  • Time:
    • Class 1: Monday 1PM - 3:45PM
    • Class 2: Monday 5:45PM - 8:20PM
    • Class 3: Friday 1:00PM - 3:45PM
    • Class 4: Friday 5:45PM - 8:20PM.
  • Venue: Research Building 5211
    •  Exception:  Lab2 is in the computer lab@Teaching Building 205.
  • GSIs (Graduate Student Instructors):
刘圣波 (Class 1)
 <liushb@shanghaitech.edu.cn>

  		 黄景林 (Class 2)
 <huangjl@shanghaitech.edu.cn>

  		 陈晨 (Class 3)
 <chenchen2@shanghaitech.edu.cn>

  		 孙天宇 (Class 4)
 <sunty@shanghaitech.edu.cn>

  
Discussion
（分班名单）
  • Time:
    • Class 1: Monday 8:15AM - 9:55AM
    • Class 2: Wednesday 8:15AM - 9:55AM
    • Class 3: Friday 8:15AM - 9:55AM
    • Class 4: Friday 10:15AM - 11:55AM.
  • Venue: Teaching Building 313
  • GSIs (Graduate Student Instructors):
曹阳阳 (Class 1) <caoyy@sari.ac.cn>

  
商德佳 (Class 2)
 <shangdj@shanghaitech.edu.cn>

  
赵晖 (Class 3)
 <zhaohui@shanghaitech.edu.cn>

  
张久鑫 (Class 4)
 <zhangjx1@shanghaitech.edu.cn>

  
 

Announcements

  • [Sept.17] No discussion sessions for week 1 (Oct. 21 - Oct. 27).
  • [Sept.17] Lab0 and Lab1 assignments for week 1 are ready.
  • [Sept. 25] Lab2 for Class 3&4 is rescheduled to Oct. 9, because of the holiday.
  • [Sept. 25] There will be NO makeup lab or discussion on Oct. 10.

 

Schedule (tentative)
Week Date
Topic
Reading
Lecture slides Assignments
1 Sept. 22
General introduction
Sept. 24
Basic circuit concepts
Ch. 1
2 Sept. 29
Basic circuit laws
Ch. 2
Oct. 1
3 Oct. 6
Oct. 8
Circuit analysis
4 Oct. 13
Circuit theorems
Oct. 15
5 Oct. 20
Op amp
Ch. 5
Oct. 22            
6 Oct. 27
Capacitors/inductors
Ch. 6
Oct. 29
First-order circuits
  • Ch. 7
  • Solution to first-order ODEs (1, 2)
7 Nov. 3
Review class
Nov. 5
Midterm 1
8 Nov. 10
Second-order circuits
Nov. 12  
9 Nov. 17
Steady-state analysis
Ch. 9/10
Nov. 19    
10 Nov. 24
AC power analysis
Ch. 11
Nov. 26
Three-phase circuits/Transformers
Ch. 12/13
11 Dec. 1
Frequency response
Ch. 14
Dec. 3

Key Time Points:

  1. Dec. 10
    • Project review due
  2. Dec. 17
    • Proposal for project 8 due
    • Registration to project 1-7 due
12 Dec. 8
Review class
  
Dec. 10
Midterm 2
13 Dec. 15 Laplace transform Ch. 15
Dec. 17
 
14 Dec. 22 Inverse Laplace Transform Laplace with Matlab
Dec. 24 Laplace transform in circuit analysis Ch. 15/16
15 Dec. 29 Fourier series Ch. 17
Dec. 31    

 
16 Jan. 5 Fourier transform
Ch. 18
Jan. 7
17 Jan. 11-15 Regular discussion sessions
18 Jan. 18 Review class      
Jan. 19
   
  • Final Project Deadlines
    • Poster & demo due: Jan. 19 (Tue.)
    • Written report due: 1pm on Jan. 22 (Fri.)
Jan. 20 Final exam    


Textbook

  • Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O. Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 5th edition, McGraw Hill, 2012.

References

  1. James W. Nilsson and Susan Riedel, Electric Circuits, 10th edition, Prentice Hall, 2014.

  2. Anant Agarwal and Jeffrey Lang, Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits, Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.

  3. Allan R. Hambley, Electrical Engineering – Principles and Applications, 5th edition, Prentice Hall, 2011.

Requirements

  • Reading: Read the chapters before class. I will not read the textbook to you during class. Rather, I will help you better understand certain materials in the textbook.
  • Class participation: You are required to participate actively in the classroom discussions.
  • Communication: You shall read your email at least once in any 12-hour period (including weekends and holidays), as I may send important announcements about this class.
  • Labs and Projects: Download the lab texts and read carefully before the labs. Finish the labs independently. You will have 4 weeks to finish your final projects at the end of this semester.

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