Tech 308 --  Circuit Analysis


Instructor:
Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, M.Sc., P.E.
erodriguezma@ewu.edu
Phone: (509) 359-7004
Office: CEB 332


Handouts:

Syllabus

Lab Guidelines


 


Notes:

·        Test on Wed, March 19, 2008 at 8am.

·        Solutions posted below.

 


Solutions:
Solution 1

Solution 2

Solution 3

Solution 4

Solution 5

Solution 6

Solution 7

Solution 8

 


Day to day (approximate):

 

Week 1

Day 1: Syllabus, administrative issues.  Quiz 0 (not for grade) on series and parallel resistors.  Series circuits KVL. Voltage divider. Homework 1 assigned.

Day 2: Parallel circuits, combination circuits, KCL. Current divider.  Loaded voltage dividers. Open and short circuit.

Day 3: Introduction to Multisim. Voltage sources in series, parallel.  Voltage regulation.  Circuit examples.

Lab #1: Series parallel circuits.

 

Week 2

(Short week, Monday is MLK Jr. Day)

Day 4: Discussion on homework 1.  Current sources. Source conversion. Superposition theorem. Homework 1 due.  Homework 2 assigned.

Day 5: Thevenin and Norton theorems. Maximum power transfer theorem. Delta-Wye conversions.

Lab #2: Thevenin theorem and maximum power transfer.

 

Week 3

Day 6: Discussion on homework 2. Branch current method and mesh analysis. Homework 2 due.  Homework 3 assigned.

Day 7: Supermesh. Dependent sources.  Mesh analysis with dependent sources.

Day 8: Test #1

Lab #3: Mesh and nodal analysis.

 

Week 4

Day 9: Discussion on homework 3. Examples on mesh analysis and superposition. Nodal analysis. Homework 3 due.  Homework 4 assigned.

Day 10: Supernodes.  Nodal analysis with dependent sources.

Day 11: Alternating wave properties: frequency, amplitude, period, phase.  Different voltage measurements: RMS, peak-to-peak, peak, average. Phasors.  AC sources in series.

Lab #4: Norton’s theorem and and source conversions.

 

Week 5

Day 12: Phasors. Homework 4 due.  Homework 5 assigned.

Day 13: Phasors (continued). Intro to capacitors.

Day 14: Capacitors. RC circuits.  Voltage across and current through capacitors.

Lab #5 No lab! Test #2 instead.

 

Week 6

Day 15: Capacitive Reactance. Intro to inductors. Inductive reactance. Inductors in series, parallel. Homework 5 due.  Homework 6 assigned.

Day 16: Review of test 2 (Mesh and nodal analysis).

Day 17: Reactive circuits: inductors and capacitors.

Lab #6: Capacitors

 

Week 7

(President’s Day, Holiday)

Day 18: Series RC circuits with AC sources. Homework 6 due.  Homework 7 assigned.

Day 19: Parallel RC circuits with AC sources.

Lab #7: RC circuits with alternating sources.

 

Week 8

Day 20: Series parallel RC circuits. Homework 6 due.  Homework 7 assigned.

Day 21: Power

Day 22: Test #3.

Lab #8: Oscilloscope and sinusoidal series circuits.

 

Week 9

Day 23: Inductors, RL circuits. Homework 7 due.  Homework 8 assigned.

Day 24: Discussion on Test #3.  Series resonant circuits.

Day 25: Parallel resonant circuits.

Lab #9: Resonant circuits.

 

Week 10

Day 23: Quality factor.  Frequency selective filters. Homework 8 due.  Exercises assigned (but not due).

Day 24: Frequency selective filters (cont’d).  Class evaluation.

Day 25: Test #4

Lab #10: No lab.

 


Notes:

Phasors.
Notes on 3x3 determinants
Derivation of RC solution with a DC source


Useful Links

Notes on resistivity

 

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