UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ECE 361
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Class Hours: MWF 11:15 AM – 12:05 PM
Professor:
Dr. Douglas P. Looze
Office:
KEB 113F
Phone: (413) 545-0973
Office Hours: Tu 3:00 – 5:00PM
Course Web Page:
FALL, 2012
email: looze@ecs.umass.edu
https://moodle.umass.edu/ (login using OIT ID)
Textbook:
Allan R. Hambley, Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications, 5th
Ed., Prentice Hall. (ISBN 10: 0-13-213006-8)
References:
MahMood Nahvi, Schaum’s Outlines Electronic Circuits, 4th Ed, McGraw
Hill
Exams:
There will be one (2 hour) exam given during the semester and a final
exam given during exam week. Each exam will be 40% of the course
grade.
Homework:
There will be approximately 7 assignments which will be due at the
beginning of the lecture on the specified date. Late homework will not be
accepted – regardless of the excuse. Grades for in-class quizzes will be
incorporated in the assignments. Homework will constitute 20% of the
grade.
Description:
The course is intended to provide the non-EE student with the relevant
electrical engineering concepts and device knowledge to effectively work
in a multi-disciplined design team. (3 units for non-EE and non-CSE
majors only).
Objectives:
Students successfully completing the course will develop an
understanding of the following topics:
1. Basic RLC circuit elements and analysis of simple circuits using
conventional laws and techniques
2. Basic sinusoidal response of RLC circuits.
3. Operational amplifiers circuits and applications.
4. Common electronic devices used in machinery design.
Honesty Policy: Collaborative efforts on the homework are encouraged. The exams,
however, represent an individual’s work and require that you have
personally gained the knowledge that you need from the homework to
succeed in the exams. No form of cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, or
facilitating dishonesty will be condoned in the University community.
Any incident of academic dishonesty will be forwarded to the University
Academic Honesty Board and handled in accordance with its policy. The
UMASS Academic Honesty Policy and Appeal Procedure can be found at
www.umass.edu/dean_students/codeofconduct/acadhonesty
OUTLINE
1. Circuit Elements
Introduction
Overview of Electrical Engineering
Circuits, Currents and Voltages
Power and Energy
Kirchhoff’s Current Law
Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
Introduction to Circuit Elements
Introduction to Circuits
Resistive Circuits
2.1 Resistances in Series and Parallel
2.2 Network Analysis Using Series and Parallel Equivalents
Voltage Divider and Current Divider Circuits
Inductance and Capacitance
3.1 Capacitance
3.2 Capacitances in Series and Parallel
3.3 Physical Characteristics of Capacitors
3.4 Inductance
3.5 Inductances in Series and Parallel
3.6 Practical Inductors
2. Circuit Response
Transients
4.1 First Order RC Circuits
4.2 DC Steady State
4.3 RL Circuits
4.4 RC and RL Circuits with General Sources
4.5 Second Order Circuits
Midterm Exam
Steady-State Sinusoidal Analysis
5.1 Sinusoidal Currents and Voltages
5.2 Phasors
5.3 Complex Impedances
5.4 Circuit Analysis with Phasors and Complex Impedances
Resonance in Circuits
3. Basic Electric Sensors and Actuators
Operational Amplifiers
14.1 Ideal Operational Amplifiers
14.2 Inverting Amplifiers
14.3 Noninverting Amplifiers
14.5 Op-Amp Imperfections in the Linear Range of Operation
14.6 Differential and Instrument Amplifiers
11.2 Cascaded Amplifiers
Electronic Devices
A.1 Semiconductor devices
A.2 Proximity Switches
A.3 Magnetic Pick-ups
A.4 Photoelectric switches, piezoelectric devices
A.5 Analog to Digital Converters
Final Exam