Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
MTE 120: Circuits
Spring Term 2010
TEACHING TEAM:
Instructors
Name
Class
Office
E-mail
Ramdan El-Shatshat
Coordinator
EIT 4021
raelshat@ece.uwaterloo.ca
Akrem El-Ghazal
Instructor
EIT 3147
aelghaza@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Teaching Assistants
Name
Duty
Office
E-mail
Osman, Ahmad
Tutorial/CDT DC-3583
a2osman@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Abediseid, Walid
LAB/CDT
EIT-4126
wabedise@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
El-Rayani, Yousef El-Mabruk Saad
LAB/CDT
CPH-2396H
yrayani@ecemail.uwaterloo.ca
Khalifa, Ahmed
LAB/CDT
CPH-2396E
akhalifa@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Muneer, Wajid
LAB/CDT
CPH-3681
wmuneer@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
1st year Lab Instructors
June Lowe
LAB/CDT
E2 1318A
june@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Fiona Yiu
LAB/CDT
E2 1318
fyyiu@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Chris Rennick
LAB/CDT
E2 1318
crennick@uwaterloo.ca
WEEF Lab TA
Thananjayan Ranganathan
LAB/CDT
E2 1311
trangana@uwaterloo.ca
SCHEDULE:
Days
Type
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
8:30-9:20
9:30-11:20
8:30-9:20
EIT 1015
EIT 1015
EIT 1015
1:30-3:20*
12:30-1:20
E2 1310
E2 1310
Fri.
Lectures
Tutorial/CDTS
01:30-04:20
Labs
E2 1310
*Two-hour session during the OFF-lab weeks
COURSE CONTENTS:
Week
Dates
1
May 4
2
May 11
3
May 18
4
May 25
5
June 1
6
June 8
7
8
9
10
11
12
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6
July 13
July 20
13
July 27
Topics and sections
Chapter 22: Electric charge (Sections 22.1–22.10.).
Chapter 23: Electrical field (Sections 23.1–5,23. 8 and 23. 10.
Chapter 25: Electric Potential (Section 25.1-3 and 25-5-7).
Chapter 29: Magnetic fields (Sections29.1–4, and 29.8–9)
Chapter 30: Magnetic Fields Due to Currents (Sections 30.1–5).
Chapter 31: Induction and Inductance, Sections 1-6.
Textbooks
K. Cummings, P. W.
Laws, E. Redish,
and P. Cooney,
Understanding
Physics, Part 3.
New York: John
Wiley, 2004.
R. C. Dorf and J. A.
Svoboda,
Introduction to
Electric Circuits,
Eighth Edition.
John Wiley, 2010.
Chapter 1: Circuit Variables, Sections 1–8.
Chapter 2: Circuit Elements, Sections 1–10
Chapter 3: Resistive Circuits, Sections 1–7.
Chapter 4: Methods of Analysis of Resistive Circuits, Sections 35.
Chapter 5: Circuit Theorems, Sections 3–7.
Chapter 7: Energy Storage Elements, Sections 3–9.
Chapter 8: Response of RL and RC Circuits, Sections 3–4.
Chapter 10: Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis, Sections 2–3, 6–12.
Chapter 11: AC Steady-State Power, Sections 2–6.
David Comer and
Chapter 5: Diodes, Sections 3–5.
Chapter 7: Bipolar Junction Transistor, Sections 1–4.
Donald Comer,
Fundamental of
Electronic Circuit
Design, John Wiley,
2003.
IMPORTANT DATES:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Lectures begin May 4, 2010.
Tutorial Sessions begin week 2.
Laboratory Sessions begin week 5.
Midterm examination will be on Monday, June 16, 2010, 7:00-9:00 PM.
Last day of lectures July 29, 2010.
EXAMINATIONS:
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The course has one midterm examination and one final examination.
All of the examinations are closed book but a formula sheet is provided:
You may use a calculator (not containing stored text or programs) on the exams.
Marking Scheme
Item
Weight
Midterm Examination 1
20
Final Examination
50
CDTs
15
LABs
15
Total
100
RESOURCES:
[1] K. Cummings, P. W. Laws, E. Redish, and P. Cooney, Understanding Physics, Part 3. New York: John
Wiley, 2004.
We use chapters 22–23 and 29–31 for Section 1—Electromagnetism.
[2] R. C. Dorf and J. A. Svoboda,
Introduction to Electric Circuits, Eighth Edition. John Wiley, 2010.
We use chapters 1–5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 for Section 2—Electric Circuit Analysis.
[3]- David Comer and Donald Comer, Fundamental of Electronic Circuit Design, John Wiley, 2003.
Custom printing of chapters 5, and 7. We use chapters 5, and 7 for Section 3—Electronic Circuit
Analysis.
[4] MTE 120 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Laboratory Exercises Manual, Spring 2004.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1).
COMPUTER-DELIVERED TUTORIALS (CDT'S):
The Computer Delivered Tutorials (CDTs) are active learning sessions which help, encourage, and reward
you for keeping up with the problem-solving component of the course. They are basically open-book
automated quizzes during which you have access to tutorial assistance. Students in groups of two answer
questions delivered by a computer, where they are allowed to use textbooks/notes and discuss the
solution methods with TAs and peers. The CDTs will use numerical value questions based on the course
concepts and the end chapter problems. The questions will have random properties making each CDT
unique.
All CDTs start in the tutorial sessions with the following details:
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The first CDT has 5 simple questions to allow you to learn the software. This CDT is not graded.
The remaining CDTs comprise about 5-10 questions, equally weighted, and scheduled as follows:
a) 1 hr CDTs held completed in 20-40 min.
b) 2 hr CDTs held when there is no lab, completed in 60-90 min.
LABORATORY WORK:
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Lab. work is done at the WEEF Lab (E2-1310). Lab experiments will be performed in groups of two
students.
Lab procedures and studies are described in the Laboratory Exercises Manual.
You will save much time if you thoroughly study the relevant sections of the lab manual before
attempting the experiments in the lab. Come to the lab with a clear understanding of what you are
meant to accomplish, or with clear questions, so that the teaching team can help you.
The labs require a pre-Lab to be completed by each student prior to the start of the lab session.
“Note that it is necessary to do pre-lab work before attending each lab session”
The pre-Lab and Lab reports should be submitted at the end of the lab session. You submit one
report per group of two.
See the KEY DATES Section for the schedule of the following lab studies for your division
SCHEDULE:
LAB
Title
Dates
Week 5
Lab - 2
Instrumentation Lab - 1 The Oscilloscope:
Operation and Applications (IL-1)
Resistor Networks and Thévenin Circuits (LS-1)
Week 8
Lab - 3
Time Response of RC and RL Circuits (LS-2)
Week 10
Lab - 4
AC Circuits (LS-3)
Week 12
Lab - 1
LAB. Marker
PROBLEMS:
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Weekly assigned problems are end-of-chapter problems from the course textbooks.
Assigned problems are not handed in; however, it is very important for students to complete these
problems regularly to gauge and reinforce their comprehension of the concepts and analysis
techniques presented throughout the term.
Full solutions for the assigned problems will be posted the week after the problems are assigned.
Full solutions for the assigned problems will be posted the week after the problems are assigned.
Week
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Assigned problems
Chapter 22: Electric Charge: 10, 13, 16, 18, 20, 30,
36, 37.
Chapter 23: Electric Fields: 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16.
Chapter 25: Electrical Potential 13,20,21,24.
Chapter 29: Magnetic Fields: 3, 4, 31, 32, 35, 39,
42.
Chapter 30: Magnetic Fields Due to Currents: 2, 5,
11, 13, 23, 27, 31, 38, 40.
Chapter 31: Induction and Inductance: 2, 3, 4, 16,
26, 29, 32.
Chapter 1 : Circuit Variables
1.2-3, 1.5-1, 1.5-3, 1.5-6, 1.7-2.
Chapter 2 : Circuit elements: 2.4-1, 2.4-3, 2.4-5,
2.5-2, 2.5-4, 2.6-2, 2.7-2, 2.7-4.
Chapter 3: Resistive Circuits: 3.2-2, 3.2-5, 3.2-7,
3.2-9, 3.3-4, 3.4-1, 3.4-4,3.6-3, 3.6-6, 3.8-6.
Chapter 4: Analysis of Resistive Circuits: 4.2-2,
4.2-5, 4.3-2, 4.3-5, 4.4-1, 4.4-4, 4.4-5.
Chapter 5: Circuit Theorems:
5.2-3, 5.3-2, 5.3-5, 5.4-1, 5.4-4, 5.4-6, 5.4-11, 5.52, 5.5- 4, 5.6-4.
Chapter 7: Energy Storage Elements:
7.2-4, 7.3-3, 7.4-3, 7.5-3, 7.5-5, 7.6-1, 7.7-2, 7.8-2,
7.8-5
Chapter 8: Response of RL and RC Circuits, 8.3-1,
8.3-9, 8.4-1, 8.4-2, 8.4-3, 8.4-5.
Chapter 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis:
10.2-2, 10.2-6, 10.5-2, 10.6-2, 10.6-5, 10.7-1,
10.8-3, 10.8-7, 10.9-1, 10.9-4, 10.10-5, 10.10-9,
10.11-2.
Chapter 11 AC Steady-State Power: 11.3-3, 11.41, 11.4-4, 11.5-2, 11.5-5, 11.6-5.
Chapter 5 Diodes: 23, 27, 38, 42, 43, 44.
Chapter 7 Bipolar Junction Transistor: 3, 6, 15,
25.
Textbook
K. Cummings, P. W. Laws, E.
Redish, and P. Cooney,
Understanding Physics, Part 3.
New York: John Wiley, 2004
R. C. Dorf and J. A. Svoboda,
Introduction to Electric Circuits,
Eighth Edition. John Wiley, 2010
David Comer and Donald Comer,
Fundamental of Electronic
Circuit Design, John Wiley, 2003.
Student Responsibilities
Students are expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid committing academic
offences, and to take responsibility for their actions. Students who are unsure whether an action
constitutes an offence, or who need help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or
about "rules" for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course professor, TA,
academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offences and
types of penalties, students should refer to Policy #71, Student Academic Discipline. Students who believe
that they have been wrongfully or unjustly penalized have the right to grieve; refer to Policy#70, Student
Grievance.
Specific student responsibilities for MTE 120 are:
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Your behaviour must be respectful and professional in the lectures, tutorials and labs.
You must complete exams as an individual using only the allowable aids.
CDT groups must determine their own solution to each question, but they are free to discuss
solution methods with TAs and peers, and use textbooks and notes.
Lab groups must prepare, perform, and document laboratory experiments as their own original
work. This means groups must not copy the Pre-Lab, Measured Data, or Write-Up from other groups
(including old labs). Discussion between groups is encouraged, but copying is prohibited.
You are responsible for knowing the course schedule, and must monitor UW ACE for changes to the
schedule and general announcements.
You are responsible for informing your instructor and/or the First Year Engineering Office when
you miss a lab or test due to extenuating circumstances. Documentation verifying the severity of the
situation (e.g., medical note stating student is unable to attend an exam due to severe illness) will be
required to provide accommodations.
Student Accommodations
Note for students with disabilities: The Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD), located in Needles Hall,
Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for
students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require
academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the OPD at the
beginning of each academic term.