EEF 211E - Basics of Electrical Circuits

Course Objectives

1. To provide the ability to apply mathematical, basic science, and engineering knowledge in the fields of electrical, electronic, and communication engineering.
2. To enable the learning of models of electrical circuits and components.
3. To provide the ability to analyze electrical circuits.

Course Description

Physical circuits. Measurement and modeling of current and voltage in physical circuits. Definition of charge, flux, power, and energy functions and modeling of waveforms. Kirchhoff's laws: Current and voltage equations. Charge and flux relationships. Circuit graphs. Graph matrices. Ideal circuit elements. Modeling of physical circuit elements. Small-signal models of nonlinear circuit elements. Classification of electrical circuits. Investigation of linear and nonlinear resistive circuits: Mesh current and nodal voltage methods. Multiplicity, additiveness. Thevenin and Norton theorems. Investigation of dynamic circuits: State variable method. Solution of first and second-order dynamic circuits.