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Circuits I
Course Design
2014-2015
Course Information
Division
Mathematics
Course Number
EGR 220
Title
Circuits I
Credits
4
Developed by
Dr. John H. Bailey/Revised by Tom Palmer
Lecture/Lab Ratio
3 Lecture/3 Lab
Transfer Status
ASU
NAU
EEE 202, EGR 216
EE 188L --and-- EE
188
Activity Course
No
CIP Code
14.0101
Assessment Mode
Pre/Post Test (10 Questions/100 Points)
Semester Taught
Spring
GE Category
None
Separate Lab
No
Awareness Course
No
Intensive Writing Course
No
UA
ECE Departmental
Elective
Prerequisites
MAT 260 with a grade of “C” or higher, or concurrent enrollment in MAT 260
Educational Value
All engineers benefit from a basic understanding of the principles discussed in this course. It is a required
course for students majoring in Electrical Engineering.
Description
This course covers the basic principles of both direct current and alternating current electric circuits.
Topics include Kirchoff’s Laws, simple resistive circuits, node and mesh equations, operational amplifiers,
inductors and capacitors and the first and second order circuits involving them, phasors, and
transformers.
Supplies
Scientific Calculator
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Competencies and Performance Standards
1.
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of basic circuit elements by using
these concepts in problem solving activities.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate an understanding of ideal basic circuit elements.
b.
Be able to state Ohm’s law, Kirchoff’s voltage law, and Kirchoff’s current law.
c.
Be able to use these laws to analyze simple circuits.
d.
Know how to calculate the power for each element in a simple circuit.
e.
Determine whether or not the power balances for the whole circuit.
Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
on assigned activities
o
on written exams
o
on a two hour cumulative final exam
Performance will be satisfactory when:
2.
o
learner can understand the properties of independent and dependent voltage and current
sources, and resistors.
o
learner can use Ohm’s law and Kirchoff’s laws to analyze a simple circuit
o
learner can compute the power generated and dissipated in the simple circuit and
demonstrate power balance.
Demonstrate an understanding of simple resistive circuits.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate an understanding of series and parallel connections of resistors, and use the
rules for combining series-connected and parallel-connected resistors to yield equivalent
resistance.
b.
Demonstrate the ability to design simple voltage-divider and current-divider circuits.
c.
Demonstrate an understanding of the use of ammeters and voltmeters to measure current
and voltage.
d.
Demonstrate knowledge of Wheatstone bridge resistance measurements.
e.
Demonstrate an understanding of the use of delta to wye and wye to delta equivalent
circuits to analyze simple circuits.
Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
on assigned activities
o
on written exams
o
on a two hour cumulative final exam
Performance will be satisfactory when:
o
learner can recognize series and parallel resistance connections in simple circuits.
o
learner can design simple current dividers and voltage dividers.
o
learner can correctly employ ammeters and voltmeters to read current and voltage in simple
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circuits.
o
3.
learner can use wye-delta and delta-wye conversions to analyze a simple circuit.
Demonstrate an understanding of common circuit analysis techniques.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate an understanding of the node-voltage method of circuit analysis.
b.
Demonstrate an understanding of the mesh-current method of circuit analysis.
c.
Demonstrate the ability to determine the preferred analysis approach for a particular circuit.
d.
Demonstrate an understanding of source transformations and their use in circuit analysis.
e.
Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits
and their construction.
f.
Demonstrate an understanding of the condition for maximum power transfer to a resistive
load, and the calculation of the value of load resistance that satisfies this condition.
Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
on assigned activities
o
on written exams
o
on a two hour cumulative final exam
Performance will be satisfactory when:
4.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of the node-voltage method of circuit analysis.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of the mesh-current method of circuit analysis.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to determine the preferred analysis approach for a
particular circuit.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of source transformations and their use in circuit
analysis.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of the concept of Thevenin and Norton
equivalent circuits and their construction.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of the condition for maximum power transfer to a
resistive load, and perform the calculation of the value of load resistance that satisfies this
condition.
Demonstrate an understanding of the Operational Amplifier.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate an understanding of the five terminals and describe the voltage and current
constraints and the resulting simplifications they lead to in an ideal operational amplifier (op
amp).
b.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze simple circuits containing ideal op amps, and to
recognize inverting and non-inverting op amp circuits, summing amplifiers, and difference
amplifiers.
c.
Demonstrate and understanding of the more realistic model for an op amp and be able to
use this model to analyze simple circuits containing op amps.
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Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
on assigned activities
o
on written exams
o
on a two hour cumulative final exam
Performance will be satisfactory when:
5.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of the five terminals and describe the voltage
and current constraints and the resulting simplifications they lead to in an ideal operational
amplifier (op amp).
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to analyze simple circuits containing ideal op amps, and
to recognize inverting and non-inverting op amp circuits, summing amplifiers, and difference
amplifiers.
o
learner can demonstrate and understanding of the more realistic model for an op amp and
be able to use this model to analyze simple circuits containing op amps.
Demonstrate an understanding of Inductance, Capacitance, and Mutual Inductance.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to use equations for voltage, current, power,
and energy in an inductor.
b.
Demonstrate an understanding of how an inductor behaves in the presence of constant
current, and the requirement that the current be continuous in an inductor.
c.
Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to use equations for voltage, current, power,
and energy in a capacitor.
d.
Demonstrate an understanding of how a capacitor behaves in the presence of constant
voltage, and the requirement that the voltage be continuous in a capacitor.
e.
Demonstrate the ability to combine inductors with initial conditions in series and in parallel to
form a single equivalent inductor with an initial condition.
f.
Demonstrate the ability to combine capacitors with initial conditions in series and in parallel
to form a single equivalent capacitor with an initial condition.
g.
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concept of mutual inductance and an ability to
write mesh-current equations for a circuit containing magnetically coupled coils using the dot
convention.
Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
on assigned activities
o
on written exams
o
on a two hour cumulative final exam
Performance will be satisfactory when:
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of and ability to use equations for voltage,
current, power, and energy in an inductor.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of how an inductor behaves in the presence of
constant current, and the requirement that the current be continuous in an inductor.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of and ability to use equations for voltage,
current, power, and energy in a capacitor.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of how a capacitor behaves in the presence of
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constant voltage, and the requirement that the voltage be continuous in a capacitor.
6.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to combine inductors with initial conditions in series and
in parallel to form a single equivalent inductor with an initial condition.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to combine capacitors with initial conditions in series and
in parallel to form a single equivalent capacitor with an initial condition.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of the basic concept of mutual inductance and
an ability to write mesh-current equations for a circuit containing magnetically coupled coils
using the dot convention.
Demonstrate an understanding of the response of First-Order RL and RC circuits.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate the ability to determine the natural response of both RL and RC circuits.
b.
Demonstrate the ability to determine the step response of both RL and RC circuits.
c.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits with sequential switching.
d.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze op-amp circuits containing resistors and a single
capacitor.
Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
on assigned activities
o
on written exams
o
on a two hour cumulative final exam
Performance will be satisfactory when:
7.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to determine the natural response of both RL and RC
circuits.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to determine the step response of both RL and RC
circuits.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits with sequential switching.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to analyze op-amp circuits containing resistors and a
single capacitor.
Demonstrate an understanding of the natural and step responses of RLC circuits.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate the ability to determine the natural response and step response of parallel
RLC circuits.
b.
Demonstrate the ability to determine the natural response and step response of series RLC
circuits.
Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
on assigned activities
o
on written exams
o
on a two hour cumulative final exam
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Performance will be satisfactory when:
8.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to determine the natural response and step response of
parallel RLC circuits.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to determine the natural response and step response of
series RLC circuits.
Demonstrate an understanding of sinusoidal steady state analysis.
Learning objectives
What you will learn as you master the competency:
a.
Demonstrate an understanding of phasor concepts and be able to perform phasor
transforms and inverse phasor transforms.
b.
Demonstrate the ability to transform a circuit with a sinusoidal source into the frequency
domain using phasor concepts.
c.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits in the frequency domain using the following
techniques: Kirchoff’s laws, series, parallel and delta-to-wye simplifications, voltage and
current division, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, node-voltage methods, and mesh-current
methods.
d.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits containing linear transformers using phasor
methods.
e.
Demonstrate an understanding of the ideal transformer constraints and be able to analyze
circuits containing ideal transformers using phasor methods.
Performance Standards
Competence will be demonstrated:
o
On assigned activities
o
On written exams
o
On a two hour cumulative final exam
Performance will be satisfactory when:
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of phasor concepts and be able to perform
phasor transforms and inverse phasor transforms.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to determine the step response of both RL and RC
circuits.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to transform a circuit with a sinusoidal source into the
frequency domain using phasor concepts.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits in the frequency domain using the
appropriate techniques referred to above.
o
learner can demonstrate the ability to analyze circuits containing linear transformers using
phasor methods.
o
learner can demonstrate an understanding of the ideal transformer constraints and be able
to analyze circuits containing ideal transformers using phasor methods.
Types of Instruction
Lecture/Discussion
Laboratory exercises
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Grading Information
Grading Rationale
Each instructor has the flexibility to develop evaluative procedures within the following parameters.
1. Written Exams (other than the final exam) must represent at least 60% of the final course grade.
2. Final Exam must represent at least 20% of the final course grade.
3. The Post Test is to be embedded in the final exam and must represent at least 10% of the final
course grade (i.e., must comprise at least 50% of the Final Exam).
4. Other Activities may represent at most 20% of the final course grade.
Grading Scale
A
90%-100%
B
80%-89%
C
70%-79%
D
60%-69%
F
Below 60%
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