EE 204: Principles of Electrical Engineering
Prerequisites: Math 151 and Physics 196
Instructor: Dr. Dave Phillips
Office:
E401
Office Hours: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm TTH, other times by appointment (Arrival time is dependent
upon traffic on the way to SDSU.)
E-mail: Dave.Phillips@sdsu.edu or dphillip@mail.sdsu.edu (The first aliases to the second).
Text:
“Electric Circuits 10th Edition”, by Nilsson and Riedel, Prentice Hall Publishers,
2011, and Mastering Engineering for this course
No Cell Phones In Class. No Texting, Web Surfing, Calls etc. Failure to Observe This
Policy Will Result in the Loss of Grade Points. No cell phones out during
exams. Unfortunately it has become necessary to implement this policy and
failure to observe it will result in the end of the exam you are taking, and no
points for that exam will be recorded.
No Vulgar Language. Enough Said.
No Cheating. Cheating Will Result in a Failing Grade. Cheating is considered copying,
having someone else do your work, turning in work that is not your own or
any variant of the preceding. Be honest and you will be treated honestly.
No restroom breaks during exams. Please take care of things before the class.
I Reserve The Right To Have Oral Examinations, or Oral Explanations of Work that You
Have Turned In. If you cannot explain work that you have done, that will be
a problem.
I will do everything I can to help you be successful in this course. If you need extra help,
ask for it. Professors are not mind readers, regardless of what some of them
may have told you. I cannot help you with a problem if you don’t come to
me in a timely manner and give me the opportunity.
Tests and additional assigned materials will be returned as soon as possible. I will bring
them to the classroom only once. If you are not present when they are
returned you will have to come to my office to pick them up.
If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need
accommodations for this class, it is your responsibility to contact Student
Disability Services at (619) 594-6473. To avoid any delay in the receipt of your
accommodations, you should contact Student Disability Services as soon as
possible. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive, and that
accommodations based upon disability cannot be provided until you have
presented your instructor with an accommodation letter from Student
Disability Services. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Goals of the course: Introduce some of the basic Electrical Engineering principles to non-EE
majors.
Course Outcomes: By the end of the semester, the student will be able to:
(a) Calculate basic circuit parameters using current and voltage principles
(b) Analyze simple linear circuits using Kirchhoff’s Laws
(c) Perform superposition, Thevenin Equivalent and Norton’s Equivalent
operations to simplify complex linear circuits
(d) Employ phasor diagrams to understand sinusoidal response to linear circuits
(e) Perform frequency analysis to analyze circuits.
(f) Calculate AC power characteristics
(g) Analyze circuits containing operational amplifiers
Course Outline
1.:
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3.:
4.:
5.:
Circuit Variables (1 Class)
A. Overview of Electrical Engineering
B. System of Units
C. Overview of Circuit Analysis
D. Voltage and Current
E. Ideal Basic Circuit Element
F. Power and Energy
Circuit Elements (3 Classes)
A. Voltage and Current Sources
B. Electrical Resistance (Ohm’s Law)
C. Construction of the Circuit Model
D. Kirchhoff’s Laws
E. Analysis of a Circuit Containing Dependent Sources
Simple Resistive Circuits (2 Classes)
A. Resistors in Series
B. Resistors in Parallel
C. The Voltage-Divider and Current Divider Circuits
D. Voltage Division and Current Division
E. Measuring Voltage and Current
F. Measuring Resistance – The Wheatstone Bridge
G. Delta-to-Wye (Pi-to-Tee) Equivalent Circuits
Techniques of Circuit Analysis (4 Classes)
A. Terminology
B. Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method
C. The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent Sources
D. The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special Cases
E. Introduction to the Mesh-Current Method
F. The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent Sources
G. The Node-Voltage Method vs. The Mesh-Current Method
H. Source Transformations
I. Thévenin and Norton Equivalents
J. More on Deriving a Thévenin Equivalent
K. Maximum Power Transfer
L. Superposition
_______________________________________________ 1st Exam
The Operational Amplifier (2 Classes)
A. Operational Amplifier Terminals
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
6.:
Terminal Voltages and Currents
The Inverting-Amplifier Circuit
The Noninverting-Amplifier Circuit
The Difference-Amplifier Circuit
A More Realistic Model for the Operational Amplifier
Inductance, Capacitance and Mutual Inductance (2 Classes)
A. The Inductor
B. The Capacitor
C. Series-Parallel Combinations of Inductance and Capacitance
D. Mutual Inductance
E. A Closer Look at Mutual Inductance
7.:
Response of First-Order RL and RC Circuits (3 Classes)
A. The Natural Response of an RL Circuit
B. The Natural Response of an RC Circuit
C. The Step Response of RL and RC Circuits
D. A General Solution for Step and Natural Responses
E. Sequential Switching
F. Unbounded Response
_____________________________________________ 2nd Exam
8.:
Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis (2 Classes)
A. The Sinusoidal Source
B. The Sinusoidal Response
C. The Phasor
D. The Passive Circuit Elements in the Frequency Domain
E. Kirchhoff’s Law in the Frequency Domain
F. Series, Parallel, and Delta-to-Wye Simplifications
G. Source Transformations and Thévenin-Norton Equivalent Circuits
H. The Node-Voltage Method
I. The Mesh-Current Method
J. The Transformer
K. Phasor Diagrams
9.:
Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations (2 Classes)
A. Instantaneous Power
B. Average Power and Reactive Power
C. The rms Value and Power Calculations
D. Complex Power
E. Power Calculations
F. Maximum Power Transfer
10.: Introduction to Frequency Selective Circuits (3 Classes)
A. Some Preliminaries
B. Low-Pass Filters
C. High-Pass Filters
D. Bandpass Filters
E. Bandreject Filters
__________________________________________________ Final
The material comprises Chapters 1-7, 9, 10, and 14.
Homework: There will be homework sets which will count for 10%.
Grading: Two midterm exams and the Final exam (30% each). Homework and Exam
announcements are made in class. There will be no make-up exams without a Doctor’s
Note.