EEL 3111C: Circuits 1
Fall 2014
Instructors: Dr. Ramakant Srivastava
Office: NEB 533
Phone: (352) 392-4961
e-mail: rsriv@ece.ufl.edu
Dr. David Arnold
Office: Larsen 213
Phone: (352) 392-4931
e-mail: darnold@ufl.edu
Mr. James Goetten
Office: NEB 561
Phone: (352) 846-3041
e-mail: jgoetten@ufl.edu
Course Website: This course is on SAKAI @ https://lss.at.ufl.edu/
Office Hours: Posted on SAKAI
Teaching Assistants: Their names, allotted sections, and office hours will be posted on SAKAI.
You may see any TA for assistance during their office hours.
Textbook:
Electric Circuits by Nilsson and Riedel
Prentice Hall, 10th edition or any other edition
Required:
1. A calculator that can perform calculations with complex numbers in matrices
both in polar as well as rectangular form.
2. Digilent Analog Discovery (DAD)* board (required) (410-244P-KIT) and Analog
Parts Kit (recommended) (240-000-KIT). A small breadboard will also be required if
the Analog Parts Kit is not purchased. All available from http://www.digilentinc.com/ or
the DAD board at the UF Bookstore.
*The DAD board will be required for this and many UF ECE courses, including EEE3308C,
EEL3701C, EEL3923C (Design 1), EEE4306C, EEL4712C, EEL4744C, and EEL4924C (design
2). See http://mil.ufl.edu/4744/DAD.html for pricing, discounts, and ordering information. The
site also lists other parts recommendations for other courses.
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Grading Policy
Theory: The total theory grade Tth will be calculated using one of the following two criteria:
Criterion 01: Applies to those students with Tth ≥ 70.0. These students do not take Final Exam.
Tth = 0.10 Q1 + 0.10 Q2+ 0.10 HW + 0.20 Tl + 0.25 (Th1+Th2) where Q1 is the average grade in the daily
quizes ,Q2 is the average weekly quiz grade, HW is the weekly HW grade, Tl is the lowest test grade,
and Th1 and Th2 are the other two test grades. All the grades are normalized to 100. Theory grades will
be based strictly on the criteria listed above, following an absolute scale. In other words, the test grades
will not be corrected (curved). No substitute test will be given to anyone who misses the scheduled test
unless the instructor is convinced that the situation was beyond student’s control. No substitute quiz will
be given for any reason, including official, study, or game related travels. However, 15% of the lowest
quiz grades and HW grades will be dropped in calculating the average.
Criterion 02: Students with Tth < 70.0 by Criterion 01 may take an optional final exam. Their
grade Tth will be recalculated by the following formula:
Tth = 0.10 Q1 + 0.10 Q2+ 0.10 HW + 0.10 Tl + 0.20 (Th1+Th2 + FE) where FE is the final exam
grade.
Attendance: Each student must attend a minimum of 85% of the classes. Otherwise the
quiz grades Q1 and Q2 will be set to zero each.
Laboratory
To pass the course EEL 3111C a student must satisfy all of the following requirements.
1) Pass the lab separately with a grade B or higher.
2) Only allowed lab grades are A, B+, B and E.
3) Must complete all the experiments except for a single allowed drop. For example, if there
are 11 experiments to be completed in the semester, at least 10 must be completed.
4) Must demonstrate proficiency in using PSPICE for circuit simulations.
Any student getting a lab grade below B will automatically be assigned a failing grade (E)
in the course, independent of the theory grade.
Final Grade Gf
The formula for calculating the final grade Gf is:
Gf = 0.85[0.1(Tth−60) + 1.0] + 0.15Ex,
where Tth is the % score in theory (with maximum value of 90) and Ex is the lab grade. Ex equals
4.0 for grade A, 3.5 for B+, and 3.0 for B in the lab. The formula with a maximum of 90 for Tth
guarantees that to get an A in the course, a student must get an A in theory and an A in the lab,
separately. The maximum value of Gf is 4.0.
Final grade will be assigned as follows:
A
Gf = 4.0
A
3.7≤ Gf < 4.0
2
B+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DE
3.3 ≤ Gf < 3.7
3.0 ≤ Gf < 3.3
2.7≤ Gf < 3.0
2.3 ≤ Gf < 2.7
2.0 ≤ Gf < 2.3
1.7 ≤ Gf < 2.0
1.3 ≤ Gf < 1.7
1.0 ≤ Gf < 1.3
0.7≤ Gf < 1.0
Gf < 0.7
For example, if a student receives 74% in the theory part of the course and an A in the lab,
his/her final grade will be calculated as follows:
Gf = 0.85[0.1(74 − 60) + 1.0] + 0.15(4) = 2.04 + 0.6 = 2.64. This may correspond to a C+ in the
course. If the above student got a B in the lab, instead of an A, the final grade would drop to
2.49, still a C+.
Similarly, if a student receives 87% in theory and a B in the lab, his/her final grade will be 3.595,
which may be a B+ in the course.
A student receiving 95% in the theory and a B in the lab will receive Gf = 0.85[0.1(90 − 60) +
1.0] + 0.15(3) = 3.85 or a B+ in the course.
Consulting materials allowed in the tests: Calculator, a 3”x 5” card, pencil, pen, eraser.
All the tests will be held in an assembly exam format. The test days are also listed below.
The time and room for each test will be announced later.
Tentative Class Schedule
Date
Topics
8/25 M 1
Introduction, units, powers of 10, current, voltage
8/27 W 2
Passive sign convention, power, energy, kWH
8/29 F
Sources, i-v characteristics, Ohm’s law, conductance, short circuit, open circuit
3
9/1 M
Holiday, No classes
9/3 W
4
Node, KCL, KVL, circuit validity, terminal characteristics
9/5 F
5
Resistors in series, resistors in parallel, equivalent resistance
9/8 M
6
Delta-Wye transformations, Wheatstone Bridge
9/10 W 7
Examples of Delta-Wye transformations, Ammeter, Voltmeter
9/12 F
Nodal analysis
8
Q2.1
Q2.2
3
9/15 M 9
Mesh analysis, networks with dependent sources
9/17 W 10
Source transformations, Principle of superposition
9/19 F
Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, maximum power transfer
11
9/22 M 12
Thevenin’s resistance in networks with dependent sources
9/24 W 13
Review, examples
9/26 F
Review
9/29 M
Test 1 (Evening)
10/1 W 14
Op amp models, Inverting amplifier
10/3 F
Non inverting amplifier, summer amplifiers, difference amplifiers
15
Q2.3
Q2.4
10/6 M 16
Capacitor, i-v characteristics, energy, series and parallel connections
10/8 W 17
Inductor, i-v characteristics, energy, series and parallel connections
10/10 F 18
Circuits with reactive elements in a steady state, differentiator, integrator
10/13 M 19
First-order transients in source-free R-C and R-L circuits
10/15 W 20
First-order transients in circuits with indep. sources, step-by-step approach Q2.6
10/17 F
Homecoming
10/20 M 21
Step-by-step approach, two-step switching, pulse broadening in communications
10/22 W
Review (In class)
10/22 W
Test 2 (Evening)
10/24 F 22
Diode models, half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, time averaging, ripple filtering
10/27 M 23
Sinusoids
10/29 W 24
Frequency domain circuit, review of complex numbers
10/31 F 25
Phasors, impedance of resistor, inductor, capacitor
11/3 M 26
Equivalent impedance, reactance, admittance
Q2.5
Q2.7
Q2.8
4
11/5 W 27
Delta-Wye transformations, series-parallel R-L and R-C combinations
11/7 F
AC Wheatstone Bridge, Low-pass R-C filter, cut-off frequency, Bode Plots
28
Q2.9
11/10 M 29
High-pass R-C filter, R-L-C series band-pass filter, notch filter, phase shifter
11/12 W 30
Nodal and mesh analysis in frequency domain
11/14 F 31
Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, frequency filters with op amps
11/17 M 32
Instantaneous AC power, average power, power factor
11/19 W 33
11/21 F 34
Max. average power transfer, reactive power, complex power, RMS phasor
Q2.11
Multiple loads, power factor correction
11/26 M 35
More examples of AC power
11/26 W
Thanksgiving Holiday
11/28 F
Thanksgiving Holiday
12/1 M
Review
12/3 W
Review in class
12/3 W
Test 3 (Evening)
12/5 F
Review
12/8 M
Review
12/10 W
Final Exam (Optional)
Q2.10
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Tentative Laboratory Schedule
Fall 2014
Week
Laboratory Experiment
Aug
Sept
Sept
25-29
01-05
08-12
15-19
22-26
Sept 29-Oct 03
Oct
06-10
Oct
13-17
20-24
27-31
Nov 03-07
No lab classes
Introduction
Resistive Circuits*
Meters
PSPICE & Oscilloscope
Circuit Theorems*
Quiz # 1 (PSPICE, DC Circuits)
Op Amps*
First-Order Transients *
Diode Circuits
Quiz #2 (AC PSPICE, Op Amp circuit)
Nov
AC Circuit
Project*
Project *
Project*
Project*
Dec
10-14
17-21
24-28
01-05
08-10
Laboratory Grading Criteria
Lab Reports and Prelab Reports:
(Due only for Experiments marked with *)
Results only (Not full reports):
(Due only for Experiments marked with **)
Project:
Quiz 1:
Quiz 2:
50%
10%
20%
10%
10%
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