ECE 201
Linear Circuit Analysis I
(Section 004 Policy and Syllabus)
Fall 2013
Course Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/~djiao/ee201/index.html
Professor:
Dan Jiao
Office: MSEE 224
Tel: (765) 494-5240
Email: djiao@purdue.edu
Office hours: MWF 2:30-3:30 pm (or send e-mail for an appointment).
Teaching Assistants: Comandur Raghunathan, Andrew Velzen
Anantha Rghuraman, Mengwei Si
Yuchen, Du, Trey Shenk
ECE201 Help Room: EE 026
Phone: (765) 496-2858
Office Hours: 8:30 am – 5 pm
Secretary: Dee Dee Dexter
Office: MSEE 230
Tel: (765) 494-3558
Email: ddexter@purdue.edu
Office hours: Monday-Friday: 8am-12pm, 1pm-4:30pm.
Class Time and Location: MWF 1:30 pm-2:20 pm, WTHR 172
Required Text:
Linear Circuit Analysis: Time Domain, Phasor, and Laplace Transform Approaches
by R. DeCarlo and P. M. Lin
Kendall Hunt 2009, ISBN No. 9780757564994.
Third Edition
Recommended Text: MatLab: Student Version, Current Edition, The MathWorks, Inc.
Course Notes and Handouts: Posted on the course website on a regular basis.
Prerequisite: See the following link
https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE/Academics/Undergraduates/UGO/CourseInfo/courseInfo?cours
eid=601&show=true&type=undergrad
Major Course Contents:
• Basic electrical quantities
- Charge, Current, Voltage, Eletric Power, Electric Energy
• Circuit Elements
- Sources, Resistors (R), Inductors (L), Capacitors (C), Opamps
• Circuit Laws and Theorems
- Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL), Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)
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Linearity, Superposition, Source Transformation, Thevenin, Norton, Maximum
power transfer
Methods for Circuit Analsis
- Nodal and loop analysis
- Phasor methods for sinusoidal steady state analysis
Analyzing circuits
- Resistive Circuits
- First Order Circuits (RC, RL circuits)
- Second Order Circuits (RLC circuits)
Course Outline:
1. General circuit element, charge, current; Voltage, sources, power; Resistance, Ohm's
Law, power reprise, nonideal sources. (1 week)
2. Kirchhoff's Laws, single loop/node circuits; R combinations, v & i division; Dependent
sources (reprise). (1 week)
3. Nodal analysis; Mesh analysis. (1 week)
4. Op-amp basics; Superposition and linearity; Source transformations. (1 week)
5. Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems; Maximum power transfer, D/A converter (optional).
(1 week)
6. Inductance; Capacitance; L and C combinations, duality. (1 week)
7. Intro 1st order circuits; Source free/zero-input response; Step response. (1 week)
8. Linearity (reprise)/Response classification; Further examples: Instabilities/Waveform
generation; RC Op-amp circuits. (1 week)
9. Intro 2nd order circuits: LC undamped case; Source free case: real characteristic roots;
Source free case: complex roots. (1 week)
10. 2nd order circuits with constant inputs; Further examples/Applications (instr. Option);
Sinusoidal forcing function. (1 week)
11. Complex forcing function; Phasors, Ohm's Phasor law for R, L, & C, KVL & KCL;
Impedance/admittance of 2-terminal devices. (1 week)
12. Sinusoidal steady-state (SSS) analysis; Phasor diagrams; Frequency response. (1 week)
13. Instantaneous and average power; Effective value; Complex power, conservation of
power. (1 week)
14. Power factor improvement; Maximum power transfer; Polyphase circuits. (1 week)
Grading:
Class Performance
10 pts
Homework
90 pts
Exam 1
100 pts
Exam 2
100 pts
Exam 3
100 pts
Final
200 pts
Total
600 pts
- Letter grades with ‘+’ and ‘-‘ will be determined from each student’s standing in
comparison with the total distribution within this section.
- In addition to passing the course by the numerical grading scheme above, each student
must demonstrate a minimum level of competency in each Course Outcome as defined
in our ABET Accreditation standards. No student may pass the course until s/he has
satisfied each criterion.
Homework:
- Homework assignments will be due approximately in each class.
- Late homework will NOT be accepted.
- Homework is due at the beginning of the class on the due date.
- Homework is distributed by Prof. Jiao’s secretary, Dee Dee Dexter, at MSEE 230.
- Please write your solutions legibly and in an organized manner so that the graders can
follow your work easily, and, where possible, draw a box around your final answer.
- You may work together as you solve your homework problems, as this can be an effective
means of learning the material. If you do work in a group, be sure that the solution you
turn in is your own work. This is the only way to learn the material.
- Homework solutions are posted on the course web page in the section of Handouts.
- Cheating in homework will result in a zero credit for the entire assignment. For example,
you will receive a zero credit for homework submissions which appear to be copies of each
other.
- We will drop your lowest 4 homework scores before we compute scores at the end of the
semester. This policy provides a buffer for any homework assignments you might miss due
to illness, late starts, or any other valid or invalid reason, or allows you to dodge the
consequences of one or two bad homeworks. We will not judge the validity of your reasons,
but will automatically drop your two lowest scores. Since we will drop these lowest scores,
we will not accept homework submitted beyond the deadlines stated above, even if you have
a legitimate reason.
Quizzes:
- Quizzes will count as extra credit with maximum of 20 points.
- There will be no make-ups for missed quizzes.
- Quiz time will not be announced in advance.
Exams:
- There will be three one-hour midterms and one (longer) final exam. The time and location
for the midterms will be forthcoming. As of now, we have
Date
Time
Material Covered
Locations
Exam 1 9/17 (Tue) 6:30-7:30 pm lectures 1-11, chapters 1-3,5.1-5.5 LILY 1105
Exam 2 10/15 (Tue) 8-9 pm
lectures 12-21, chapters 6.1-8.7
LILY 1105
Exam 3 11/12 (Tue) 8-9 pm
lectures 22-33, chapters 9.1-9.4, 4, EE 129
6.4, 8.8 and 10.1-10.8
Final
To be
Exam announced
Review Sessions:
There will be a general review before each scheduled exam. The time and location are listed
below. There is no review before the Final Exam.
Date and Time
Locations
Review Session 1
9/16 (Mon), 7-9 pm
FRNY G140 and MATH 175
Review Session 2
10/14 (Mon), 7-9 pm
FRNY G140 and ME 1061
Review Session 3
11/11 (Mon), 7-9 pm
WTHR 200
Make-up Exam Policy:
- There will be NO make-up tests. You will not be allowed to make up the exam if you
missed it.
- A missed exam will result in a score of ZERO on the missed exam.
Regrading Policy:
All requests for regrading must be submitted in writing within one week from the date the
exam is returned.
Academic Dishonesty:
- Cheating on homework or exams will result in a zero for the assignment or exam - as a
minimum - and could result in a failing grade for the course, at the discretion of your
professor. In addition, each case will be referred to the Dean of Students.
- Some examples of this type of behavior are:
(a) Submitting homework solutions which are not your own. While we encourage you to
work together, your work should not be a copy of your partner’s.
(b) Sharing results or notes during exams.
(c) Using notes (hardcopy or electronic) during exams.
(d) Continuing work on your exam after we have called for papers.
(e) Requesting a regrade on an exam that has been altered.
Course Outcomes: A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have
demonstrated:
(i)
An ability to analyze linear resistive circuits. [a,e,k]
(ii)
An ability to analyze 1st order linear circuits with sources and/or passive elements.
[a,e,k]
(iii)
An ability to analyze 2nd order linear circuits with sources and/or passive elements.
[a,e,k]
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You will have more than one opportunity to satisfy each of these Course Outcomes.
The primary means will be through the regular hourly and final exams. We will write
questions for each exam around each of the Course Outcomes. You will satisfy each
Course Outcome when your score for the test question(s) equals or exceeds a value we
specify as representing a minimal competency.
If you fail to meet this level of minimal competency on a specific Course Outcome, you
will have a second chance, typically on later exams that cover overlapping materials.
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Class Attendance:
Your attendance at class is important. If you must miss class, you are responsible for any
material, information, handouts, announcements, quizzes, etc. you missed. Late arrivals and
early departures are very disruptive (not to mention rude), so it is important to keep these to
a minimum.
Students with documented disabilities:
Students with disabilities must be registered with Adaptive Programs in the Office of the
Dean of Students before classroom accommodations can be provided. If you are eligible for
academic accommodations because you have a documented disability that will impact your
work in this class, please schedule an appointment with your instructor as soon as possible
to discuss your needs.
On Campus Emergency:
In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines and grading
percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar
or other circumstances. In such an event, information will be provided through course
website or emails.