Course Code: B63001Y
Course Name: Principles of Electric Circuits
Credits: 2.0
Level: Undergraduate
Pre-requisite: Calculus, Linear algebra, General Physics
Lecture Time: 40 hours
Instructors: Dr.ChenghuaDuan
Course Description
This course introduces fundamentals of circuits with basic theory and method in circuit analysis. This course introduces mathematical and physical knowledge and leads students to expand vision and gain a profound understanding of accumulation and development in microelectronic technology. This course is designed for undergraduates with major in Computer Science and related disciplines.
Topics and Schedule
1.1.Concepts of Circuits
1.2. History and Development
1.3. Charge and Current
1.4. Voltage and Power, Circuit elements
1.5. MEMS and Moore’s Law
2.1. Ohm's law
2.2.Circuit topology, Kirchhoff's law
2.3. Equivalent Circuit
2.4. Wheatstone bridge
2.5. Nonlinear elements and circuits
2.6. Introduction of Multisim and SPICE
3.1. Node voltage method
3.2. Mesh current method
3.3. Direct method
3.4. Superposition of source
3.5. Equivalent circuits: Thevenin’s and Norton’s
3.6. Maximum power transfer
4.1. Properties, Negative feedback
4.2. Amplifiers: Ideal, Inverting, Summing, Differential, Measuring
4.3. Voltage follower, Analog-digital converter, Amplification circuits
4.4. Utilization of MOSFET in Analog and Digital circuits
4.5. Example: Memory circuits in Computer
5.1. Aperiodic waveform
5.2. Capacitance, Inductance
5.3. Response of RC and RL circuits
5.4. RC operational amplifier circuits
5.5. Parasitic capacitance and Processor speed
5.6. Example: Flash memory
6.1. Initial value and Final value
6.2. Free response and Full response
6.3. RLC Parallel circuit
6.4. Universal solution: First order and Second Order
6.5. Examples: Bandwidth, Transmission rate, Communication
7.1. Sinusoidal signal
7.2. Phasor, Impedance, Phase shift circuit
7.3.Phasor diagram and Phasor analysis
7.4. Examples: Smart dust, Sensor network, Pervasive computing, Computer Structure
Grading
No weekly homework during weeks of the class, but a semester task counts 50% of the total that requires students to write report base on technology introduced in examples of each chapter and give a lecture of reports. Students in this course shall finish with their professional knowledge and ability and collect from literature / documents. At the end of the semester will be a final examination, which counts for another 50% of the total. The full score of this course is 100.
Textbook
Fawwaz T. Ulaby and Michael M. Maharbiz, Circuits, 2nd edition, NTS Press, 2012.
References
[1] AnantAgarwal and Jeffrey Lang, Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits, Morgan Kaufmann, 2005.
[2] Charles K. Alexander and Matthew N. O. Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 5th edition, McGraw Hill, 2013.
