Maricopa Community Colleges  ECE201   19946-19965 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/14/93
ECE201 19946-19965 LEC
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Electrical Network I
Introduction to electrical networks. Component models, transient and steady state analysis. Prerequisites: ECE106 and PHY116. Corequisites: MAT274.
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ECE201   19946-19965 Electrical Network I
1. Describe the basic strategy for an analysis of electrical circuits: basic quantities and circuits elements. (I)
2. Employ the fundamental Ohm's law and Kirchoff's laws in the analysis of a circuit, and compute the equivalent resistance when they are placed in series or parallel. (II)
3. Analyze circuits containing both independent and dependent sources by employing the fundamental laws. (II)
4. Apply both the node voltage and loop current methods for circuit analysis. (III)
5. Describe the operational amplifier and its equivalent circuit. (III)
6. Apply the computer-aided analysis program PSPICE to a circuit that contains a variety of sources. (IV)
7. Use methods that have wide applications in circuit analysis: the principle of superposition, Thevinin's and Norton's theorems. (V)
8. Compute the equivalent capacitance when capacitors are interconnected in series or parallel and determine equivalent inductance when these elements are interconnected. (VI)
9. Solve a first-order differential equation of RC and RL circuits which contain only a single energy storage element (i.e., C or L). (VII)
10. Perform the analysis of RLC circuits that leads to a second-order differential equation. (VIII)
11. Apply a solution approach for ac circuits that involves an analysis in the frequency domain. (IX)
12. Use impedance and admittance in conjunction with phasers to solve ac circuits containing a single source. (IX)
13. Define instantaneous power, average power, and power factor angle. (X)
14. Define the complex power and its relationship to real power and reactive power. (X)
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ECE201   19946-19965 Electrical Network I
    I. Basic concepts
        A. SI units
        B. Basic quantities
        C. Circuits elements: independent and dependent sources
      II. Resistive circuits
          A. Ohm's law
          B. Kirkoff's laws
          C. Single loop circuits
          D. Single-node-pair circuits
          E. Series and parallel resistor combinations
          F. Circuits with series-parallel combinations of resistors
          G. Wye and delta transformations
        III. Nodal and loop analysis techniques
            A. Nodal analysis
            B. Loop analysis
            C. Circuit equations via network topology
            D. Circuit with operational amplifiers, spice example
          IV. DC PSPICE analysis
              A. Elements of PSPICE program
              B. Applications
            V. Additional analysis techniques
                A. Network theorems
                B. Maximum power transfer
                C. Sensitivity analysis
              VI. Capacitance and inductance
                  A. Capacitors
                  B. Inductor
                  C. Series, parallel of capacitor and inductor combinations
                VII. RC and RL circuits
                    A. Differential equations review
                    B. Source-free circuits
                    C. Circuits with constant and nonconstant forcing
                    D. Pulse response
                    E. RC operational amplifier
                    F. Transient circuit analysis using PSPICE
                  VIII. RLC circuits
                      A. The basic circuit equation
                      B. Mathematical development of the response equations
                      C. The network response
                      D. PSPICE analysis of RLC circuit
                    IX. Sinusoids and phasers
                        A. Sinusoids
                        B. Sinusoid and complex forcing functions
                        C. Phasers
                        D. Phasers relationships for circuit elements
                        E. Impedance and admittance
                      X. Steady-state power analysis
                          A. Instantaneous power
                          B. Average power
                          C. Maximum average power transfer
                          D. Effective or rms values
                          E. The power factor
                          F. Complex power
                          G. Power measurements
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