COURSE TITLE: EECT 111 Introduction to Circuit Analysis

NUMBER/SECTION: 50C

SCHOOL: Applied Science and Engineering Technology

PROGRAM: Electronics and Computer Technology

CREDIT HOURS: 4

CONTACT HOURS: Lecture: 3 Lab: 2

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

Voltage, current, resistance, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, resistance combinations, and Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and superposition theorems are studied. DC and AC circuits are studied and utilized with basic AC terminology described. The performance of ideal transformers, capacitors and inductors, and first order RLC circuits are investigated. Fundamental analog electronic circuits are utilized in the lecture and laboratory to enhance the understanding of basic laws and theorems.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:

1. Recognize and apply basic electrical/electronics units and terminology, including prefix notation, charge, current, voltage, resistance, conductance, energy, power, capacitance and inductance.

2. Utilize the scientific calculator to solve electronics circuit problems.

3. Identify and apply electronic devices and their corresponding schematic symbols, including voltage and current sources (AC and DC), resistors, potentiometers, transformers, capacitors, inductors, and, in the laboratory, diodes, light emitting diodes, bipolar junction transistors, and op amps.

4. Calculate node voltage, convert DC voltage sources to bubble notation, and distinguish between electrical, common, and chassis ground.

5. Distinguish between real and ideal voltage and current sources and properly model real sources.

6. Identify and calculate basic parameters and sketch the sine, triangle, and square wave.

7. State, apply and discuss the historical significance of the laws and rules of electrical/electronic circuit analysis including: Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws, the power rule, the voltage divider rule, and the current divider rule.

8. State and apply maximum transfer loading effects in transferring maximum voltage, current, or power.

9. Calculate ideal transformer parameters of primary and secondary reflected resistances, voltages and currents.

10. Apply the principles of circuits analysis to series circuits, parallel circuits, series-parallel circuits, and basic analog electronic circuits; principles include the use of resistor reduction, source conversion, superposition, Thevenin’s Theorem, and Norton’s Theorem.

11. Use the results of the appropriate first-order differential equation and the initial steady state device models of the capacitor and inductor to analyze DC switching RC and RL circuits.

12. Practice circuit construction (interpreting schematics) and use the digital multi-meter, the oscilloscope, and RCL meter to perform electronic measurements and recognize meter-loading impacts.

13. Apply basic laws to electronics circuits.

COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include:

Circuit grounding

Basic electrical/electronic units and terminology

AC waveforms

Calculate and solve electronics circuits problems

Ohm’s law Electronics components identification

Kirchhoff’s laws

Schematic symbols and diagrams

Power rule Real and ideal voltage and current sources

Series circuits

Circuit breadboading and construction

Parallel circuits

Voltage and current divider rules

Superposition

Maximum transfer loading effects

Norton’s theorem Ideal transformer parameters

Thevenin’s theorem

Basic analog electronics circuits

Series-parallel circuits

DC switching RC and RL circuits

Node voltage calculations

Test equipment and instruments