AY2015 NIT Ibaraki College
Katsumasa ICHIGE
Electric Circuits I
Email: ichige@ece.ibaraki-ct.ac.jp
Basic Information
Course
Regular Course
Compulsory / Elective
Compulsory
Grade
1st
Number of Credits
1
Semester
Full year
Credit Type
Normal
Class Type
Technical Subject
Course Objectives
This subject is designed to learn knowledge for basic properties of electric circuits and their components.
After learning, you will understand the basic ideas of electrical circuits, including components R, Ohm’s law,
Kirchhoff’s laws, the principle of superposition, Thevenin’s theorem, and direct current (DC) circuits.
Topic Outline / Schedule
Week Topic
1
Introduction
2
Electric Charge and Electric Current
Outline
electric circuit
electric charge and electric current
3
Electric Potential and Electric
Potential Difference
Ohm’s Law
Voltage Drop
Practice
Mid-term Exam on 1st semester
Series Connection
Parallel Connection
Direct Current Circuit
Equivalent Circuit and Combined
Resistance
electric potential and electric potential difference
direct current circuit
Ideal voltage source and ideal current source
14
15
16
17
18
Practice
Constant Voltage Source and
Constant Current Source
Voltage Source and Current Source
Final Exam on 1st semester
Review on 1st semester
Kirchhoff’s Law
Method of Branch Current 1
19
20
Method of Branch Current 2
Method of Loop Current 1
Calculation by Method of branch current
Method of loop current
21
22
Method of Loop Current 2
Practice
Calculation by Method of loop current
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Ohm’s law
voltage drop
Ohm’s law
series connection,
parallel connection
series circuit, parallel circuit
equivalent circuit and combined resistance
Internal resistance
Kirchhoff’s current law, Kirchhoff’s voltage law
Method of branch current
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Mid-term Exam on 2nd semester
24
25
Bridge Circuit
Principle of Superposition 1
DC bridge, Balance condition
Principle of superposition
26
27
Principle of Superposition 2
Thevenin’s Theorem 1
Calculation by Method of Principle of superposition
Thevenin’s theorem
28
29
Thevenin’s Theorem
Electric Power 1
Calculation by Method of Thevenin’s theorem
Joule heat
30
31
Electric Power 1
Final Exam on 2nd semester
32
Review on 2nd semester
2
Electric energy, Electric power
Textbooks and Other Readings
James A. Svobada, Richard C. Dorf, Introduction to Electric Circuits, Wiley, 2013
H. Shibata, S. kaito, Principles of Electricity, Corona Publishing Co, Ltd., 2005 (in Japanese)
Relevant Online Resources
SolidStateWorkshop, Essential & Practical Circuit Analysis: Part 1- DC Circuits (Youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqxzQkAdJm0
Thevenin's Theorem - by Prof. Dr. C. B. Bangal (Youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25axDabtoFk
Grading Policy
Grading will be based on mid-term exams and final exams on each semester. The weighting is as follows:
assignments
20%
regular exams
total
80%
100%
To get credits, you need to get 60 or more points in total.
Course Description
This subject is for studying fundamental knowledge and the essential technologies of electrical and
electronic circuits. It is important to solve a lot of exercises.
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