Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
18-220: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (12 Units)
Fall 2000 Course Syllabus
Lectures
Prof. Gary Fedder
Email: fedder@ece.cmu.edu
Office: PH-B26; Phone: 8-8443
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Recitations
Prof. Sarosh Talukdar
Email: talukdar@ece.cmu.edu
Office: HH-A205; Phone: 8-8778
Office Hours: M 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Course Secretary
Drew Danielson
Email: drew.danielson@cmu.edu
Office: PH-B28; Phone: 8-2188
Teaching Assistants
Huikai Xie
Email: xie@andrew.cmu.edu
Office: HH-1211; Phone: 8-6607
Office Hours: T 1:00 - 2:00 pm, PH-B35
Debbie Dressler
Email: dd@andrew.cmu.edu
Office Hours: R 12:30 - 1:30 PH-B35
Kim-Haw Ng
Email: kng@andrew.cmu.edu
Office Hours: T 12:30 - 1:30 PH-B35
Required Textbook:
Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Alexander and Sadiku, McGraw-Hill, c. 2000.
Course blackboard: http://courseinfo.web.cmu.edu/courses/18-220
Lectures
Monday and Wednesday 12:30 - 1:50 pm,
DH 1212
Recitations
Section A
Section B
Section C
Section D
Friday 9:30 - 10:20 am,
Friday 10:30 - 11:20 am,
Friday 1:30 - 2:20 pm,
Friday 2:30 - 3:20 pm,
SH 224
SH 224
DH 1211
SH 324
Laboratories
Section A
Section B
Section C
Section D
Monday 6:30 - 9:20 pm,
Tuesday 6:30 - 9:20 pm,
Wednesday 6:30 - 9:20 pm,
Thursday 6:30 - 9:20 pm,
HH 1305
HH 1305
HH 1305
HH 1305
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Grading
10 Homeworks1
2 Exams2
10 Lab Assignments
1 Final Exam
TOTAL
Points (each)
20
150
25
250
_________
1,000
Percentage of Grade
20%
30%
25%
25%
____________
100%
Course Description
This course will cover the principals of linear circuit analysis in both the time and frequency
domain. It begins by reviewing fundamentals, such as charge and potential energy, to establish the
connection between circuit theory and physics concepts. Then the course continues with an
introduction to op-amp circuit analysis and linear RLC circuit analysis. The material presented in
lecture is further considered in terms of simplified design problems that are posed as lab
exercises. The concepts from this course form the basis for further study of digital and analog
integrated circuits and electronics.
Course Policies
Exams
There will be three one-period mid-term exams, each worth 150 points, on the dates
shown on the schedule below. We will drop the lowest of your three midterm exam scores. If you
miss two exams, no matter what the reason for missing the second (e.g. medical excuse), one of
your exam grades of zero will count.3 (No make-up exams). There will be one, comprehensive,
three hour final exam, that will be worth 250 points.
Homeworks
Homework will be assigned almost every week. The assignments and solutions
will be posted on the electronic blackboard for this course. It is your responsibility to check the
web each week for the assignments.
Each homework is worth 20 points. The assigned homework will always be due at the Friday
recitation on the dates outlined on the schedule below. LATE HOMEWORKS WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED for any reason. Any homework submitted after 4:00 pm on Wednesday is considered
late. Due to the high probability of a natural disaster occurring to you during the semester, your
three lowest homework scores will be dropped.
Working together with other students in the class is encouraged, however, each student must turn
in their own original version. Sharing computer programs that are used to solve homework
problems is not allowed, since it will produce identical versions of the homework results. All
homeworks must be neat and organized (or else they may not be graded) and abide by the
following format:
Your name and recitation section must appear at the top of the first page.
Multiple pages must be stapled together (but even so, put your name on all of
your pages). Each solution should be boxed so that the grader can easily locate
it. All work must be shown in order to receive full credit. The grader has the
1. Your lowest three homework scores will be dropped.
2. Your lowest midterm exam score will be dropped.
3. Which means that it is not a good idea to skip an exam early in the semester, just because you didn’t study.
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option of taking off up to 25% of the homework point total if any of these format
requirements are not met.
Grading of Homework Questions If you believe that an error has been made in the grading of
your homework assignment, you must bring it to the attention of your lab TA within one week of
when it was returned.
Grading of Labwork Each 2-student lab team must purchase a lab notebook with bound pages.
Each week you will be graded on your lab work, and the contents of your lab notebook. Labs are
worth 25 points each. You must neatly record all of your results and experiments in your lab
notebook, and you should be prepared to explain any deviations from expected results. Staple,
tape, or paste relevant plots into your lab notebook. To obtain the highest scores, you must
demonstrate mastery of laboratory equipment and methods, generate accurate quantitative results,
draw relevant conclusions from your results, and neatly document all results, observations, and
conclusions. The TA’s can assign to each individual lab-team member a different lab grade,
dependent on each team member’s contribution.
Lab Kits Due to the large number of components in the final project, there is a charge per team
for the lab kit. Kits are purchased at Tech Electronics (1st floor, Hamerschlag Hall). Some parts,
such as resistors and capacitors, are not included in the kits. Your lab TA will have any other parts
available for lab. In addition, you can simply get additional parts you need for lab by asking for
them at the Tech Electronics desk.
Handouts
Materials not picked up in class will be available on the course blackboard.
Blackboard A class blackboard web site, http://courseinfo.web.cmu.edu/courses/18-220, has
been created for the purpose of exchanging information. Please keep current with the blackboard
and post questions of general interest there. Also, you must CHECK THE BLACKBOARD
REGULARLY for the posting of the homework problems for the week.
Office Hours The instructors and TA’s have office hours. If you are unable to meet during these
scheduled times, send email to arrange an appointment.
Cheating and Plagiarism
“Students are referred to the University Policy about Cheating and
Plagiarism. It shall be the policy in this course to discourage cheating as much as possible, rather
than to trap and to punish. On the other hand, in fairness to all concerned, cheating and plagiarism
will be treated severely wherever it is found. Because a large part of the learning experience
comes from interaction with your peers, students are encouraged to discuss assignments with each
other. The material handed in for grading must, however, be the product of individual effort;
anything else constitutes cheating.”
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18-220 Lecture Schedule
Date
Lecture
Required Reading1
Lab
#:
8/28
8/30
1. Fundamentals: charge, potential, power, sources
2. DC ckts: R’s, KVL, KCL, series & parallel R’s
1.1-1.9
2.1-2.6,2.9
none
9/4
9/6
LABOR DAY --- NO CLASS
3. Nodal and mesh analysis
3.1-3.5,3.7,3.10
9/11
9/13
4. Linearity, superposition, source transformations 4.1-4.4
5. Thevenin/Norton equivalent ckt., source modeling 4.5-4.8,4.10-4.11
2
9/18
9/20
6. Diodes and bipolar junction transistors (BJT’s)
7. Transistor circuits; load-line analysis
3.9, handout
3.9, handout
none
9/25
9/27
8. EXAM # 1
9. Operational amplifiers (op-amps), models
5.1-5.4
10/2
10/4
10. DC op-amp circuits
5.5-5.8,5.10-5.11
11. C’s and L’s, op-amp integrator and differentiator 6.1-6.7
4
10/9
10/11
12. RC and RL natural response, singularity functions7.1-7.4
13. RC and RL forced response
7.5-7.7,7.9-7.10
5
10/16
10/18
14. RLC natural response
15. RLC forced response
6
9
10/23
10/25
MIDSEMESTER BREAK --- NO CLASSES
16. EXAM # 2
10
10/30
11/1
17. Sinusoids and phasor analysis
18. Impedance and admittance; SSS analysis
9.1-9.4
9.5-9.9,10.1-10.3
7
11/6
11/8
19. Sinusoidal steady-state (SSS) circuits
20. SSS power, average power, rms power
10.4-10.7,10.9-10.10
11.1-11.4
8
11/13
11/15
21. Frequency response, transfer functions, Bode plots 14.1-14.4
22. Low-pass and high-pass passive and active filters 14.7.1-14.7.2,14.8.1-14.8.2
11/20
11/22
23. EXAM # 3
THANKSGIVING --- NO CLASSES
14
11/27
11/29
24. Series and parallel resonance, bandpass filters
25. Fourier series and waveform representation
14.5-14.6,14.7.3-14.7.4,14.8.3-14.8.4 12
16.1-16.4,16.8-16.9
10
15
12/4
12/6
26. Magnetically coupled circuits, transformers
27. Applications
13.1-13.5,13.9-13.10
14.11-14.12
12/11
26. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
handout
Week
no.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
12
13
15
HW #
posted
1
1
2
3
4
3
5
6
7
8.1-8.4
8.5-8.8,8.11-8.12
8
none
9
10
9
11
none
open2
13
open
FINAL EXAM - Time and Date determined by Registrar
1. It is beneficial to read the other sections in each chapter even if they aren’t listed as required reading.
2. Will be used for make-up lab assignments as required.
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