rd
th
Instructor: Dr. Ramakant Srivastava
Professor (Emeritus) of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office:
Phone:
Fax:
NEB 533
(352) 392-4961
(352) 392-8381 e-mail: rsriv@ece.ufl.edu
Course Website : The course will be on SAKAI
Office Hours: MW 2 nd and 6 th periods.
Teaching Assistants : Their names and allotted sections will be posted on the course website.
Textbook: Electric Circuits by Nilsson and Riedel
Prentice Hall, 9 th
edition or any other edition
Required: A calculator that can perform calculations with complex numbers in polar as well as rectangular form.
Grading Policy
The final grade consists of two parts: theory and laboratory.
Theory
T th
= 0.1 Q
1
+ 0.1 Q
2
+ 0.1 T l
+ 0.20 (T h1
+T h2
) + 0.30 (FE),
Q
1
and Q
2
are the two quiz grades, T l is the lowest test grade, T h1
and T h2
are the other two test grades, and FE is the grade in the Final Exam. All the grades are normalized to
100.
The quiz grade will consist of two parts: Q
1
is the average of short quizes (2 minutes) given at the beginning of each day of the class to test for the concepts of the lecture students must watch before coming to the class and Q
2
is the average of weekly quizes
(10-15minutes) geared towards problem solving. 15% of the lowest quiz grades in each category will be dropped in calculating the averages. No substitute quiz will be given for any reason, including official, study, or game related travels.
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.
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Attendance: Each student must attend a minimum of 85% of the classes. Otherwise the quiz grades Q
1
and Q
2
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 G f
If a student gets a grade of B or higher, the formula for calculating the final grade G f
is:
G f
= 0.85[0.1(T th

60) + 1.0] + 0.15E
x
,
T th
is the % score in theory (with maximum value of 90) and E x
is the lab grade. E x equals 4.0 for grade A, 3.5 for grade B
+ and 3.0 for grade B in the lab. The formula 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 G f is 4.0.
Final grade will be assigned as follows:
A G f
= 4
A
-
3.7 ≤ G f
< 4
B
+
3.3 ≤ G f
< 3.7
B 3.0 ≤ G f
< 3.3
B
-
2.7≤ G f
< 3.0
C
+
2.3 ≤ G f
< 2.7
C 2.0 ≤ G f
< 2.3
C
-
1.7 ≤ G f
< 2.0
D
+
1.3 ≤ G f
< 1.7
D 1.0 ≤ G f
< 1.3
D
-
0.7 ≤ G f
< 1.0
E G f
< 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:
G f
= 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.
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A student receiving 95% in the theory and a B in the lab will receive G f
= 0.85[0.1(90

60) + 1.0] + 0.15(3) = 3.85 or a B
+
in the course.
Jan 07 M
09 W
11 F
14 M
16 W
18 F
21 M
23 W
25 F
28 M
Feb
30 W
01 F
04 M
06 W
08 F
11 M
13 W
15 F
18 M
20 W
22 F
25 M
27 W
March 01 F
04 M
06 W
08 F
11 M
13 W
15 F
Units, current, charge, voltage, meters
Power, passive sign convention, energy, KWH
Sources, passive elements, resistors, Ohm’s law
Nodes, KCL, KVL, circuit validity, terminal characteristics
Resistors in series, in parallel, equivalent resistance Q
2
1
Wye-Delta transformations
Holiday
The Wheatstone bridge, ammeter, voltmeter
Nodal analysis
Mesh analysis
Source transformations, superposition Q
2
3
Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, maximum power transfer
Thevenin’s resistance with dependent sources present
Review
Test #1
Operational amplifier models and basic circuits
Summer and difference amplifier, input resistance Q
2
5
Capacitor terminal characteristics, energy, series and parallel
Inductor terminal characteristics, energy, series and parallel
Circuits in DC steady state, differentiation, integration Q
2
6
Examples of multiple capacitors or inductors in a circuit
First-order transients in source-free circuits
First-order transients in presence of sources
Step-by-step approach to first-order transients
No classes
No classes
No classes
Diodes
Review
Test 2
Q
2
2
Q
2
4
Q
2
7
Q
2
8
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18 M
20 W
22 F
25 M
27 W
29 F
April 01 M
03 W
05 F
08 M
10 W
12 F
Sinusoids, frequency, period, phase, sinusoids of same frequency
Frequency domain, Phasors, impedance, complex numbers Q
2
09
Impedance of resistor, capacitor, inductor, equivalent impedance
Impedance, reactance, admittance
Frequency response, filters
Bode plot, phase shifting
Instantaneous power in AC circuits, average power, power factor
Maximum average power transfer, impedance matching Q
2
12
Reactive and complex powers, power triangle
15 M
17 W
19 F
Multiple loads, power factor correction
Review
Test # 3
22 M
24 W
Review
Review
Note : Q
2
represents the weekly quiz given at the end of the class.
Final Exam:
Section 905 May 03
Section 926 May 01
7:30 – 9:30 am
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Q
2
10
Nodal and Mesh analysis in AC circuits
Thevenin’s and Norton’s equivalents in frequency domain Q
2
11
Impedance measurement, Op amps in AC circuits
Q
2
13
Tentative Lab Schedule
Week Experiment
Jan 07-11
Jan 14-18
Jan 21-25
No classes
Introduction
Resistive Circuits*
Jan 28- Feb 01
Feb 04-08
Feb 11-15
Feb 18-22
Feb 25-Mar 01
Mar 11-15
Mar 18-22
Mar 25-29
April 01-5
April 08-12
Meters**
PSPICE & Oscilloscope**
Theorems*
Quiz #1: PSPICE and measurements in DC circuits
Op Amps**
Transients*
Diodes**
Quiz #2 (PSPICE in DC circuits, Op Amps, and Transients
AC Circuits and Filters*
Project
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April 15-19
April 22-24
Project
Project
Laboratory Grading Criteria
Lab Reports and Prelab Reports:
(Due only for Experiments marked with *)
50%
Results only (Not full reports):
(Due only for Experiments marked with **)
10%
Project:
Quiz 1:
Quiz 2:
20%
10%
10%
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