Course Description


 Fundamental laws, princples and analysis techniques for DC and AC linear circuits whose elements consist of passive and active components used in modern engineering practice including the determination of steady state and transient responses. Prereq: MA 114; prereq or concur: PHY 232, 242


Specific Course Outcomes

1. Analyze simple resistive circuits including those containing operational amplifiers and controlled sources with loop and nodal analysis.

2. Analyze RLC circuits containing switches, independent sources, dependent sources, resistors, capacitors, inductors, and operational amplifiers for transient response using loop and nodal analysis.

3. Analyze RLC circuits with sinusoidal excitation sources for steady-state response using loop and nodal analysis.

4. Compute Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits.

5. Use SPICE (computer simulation package) to compute voltages, currents, transient responses, and sinusoidal steady-state responses.