Standard Course Syllabus Course Supervisor Date of Approval

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Schniter 8/06

301 Analysis and Design in Circuits and Electronics

2. CATALOG DESCRIPTION

AC power, frequency response and transient analysis; transfer functions and Bode plots; overview of electronics in terms of

signals, analog and digital amplifiers; design.

Quarters of Offering Credits
Level Class Meeting

Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. 3 U 3 cl.

Course Prerequisites

Prereq: 205, Math 415, and acceptance in Elec & Cptr Eng major or Eng Physics major.

3. PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC

Math - Eigenfunction solution methods for linear differential equations with constant coefficients; Euler’s identity and

complex exponential functions; linear transforms.

Circuits - Kirchoffs voltage and current laws; ability to interpret circuit problems from electrical schematics; recognition of

frequency domain methods.

Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite

209, 323, 352, 644

4. Text(s) and Other Course Materials Author(s) Publisher

The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 5th Ed. Thomas and Rosa Wiley

ISBN: 471760951 (not Laplace version)

(MSH from 205)

References (supplemental reading)

none

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Students will apply math and science to be able to use the laws of Electrical Circuits. (Criterion 3(a))

2. Student will learn to identify, formulate, and solve electrical circuit problems. (Criterion 3(e))

3. Students will learn to design a system of components to meet the needs of frequency filtering of signals received by an

antenna. (Criterion 3(c))

6. TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES)

Power in AC Systems (5)

Frequency Response and Transient Analysis (4)

Complex Frequency and the Laplace Transform (5)

Overview of Electronics (6)

7. CLASS MEETING PATTERN (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.)

3 cl.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:16 AM

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