EE 211: Circuits and Signals I

Instructor: Kevin Wedeward, office: Workman 221, phone: 835-5708, e-mail: wedeward@ee.nmt.edu, web-page: www.ee.nmt.edu/~wedeward/

Class Time/Place: MWF from 10:00am-10:50am in MSEC 103

Office Hours: MWF 09:00am-09:50am, 11:00am-12:00pm

Help Sessions: TWR from 06:00pm-08:00pm in Workman 116

Textbook:

• Elementary Linear Circuit Analysis, 2nd Ed., by Leonard S. Bobrow, Oxford University Press, ISBN-13 9780195113723
• Author's website and errata.

References (other textbooks commonly used):

• Electric Circuits, 9th Ed. by James W. Nilsson and Susan Riedel, Prentice Hall, ISBN-13: 978-0136114994
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 4th Ed. by Charles Alexander and Matthew Sadiku, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-13: 978-0077263195
• Introduction to Electric Circuits, 8th Ed. by Richard C. Dorf and James A. Svoboda, Wiley, ISBN-13: 978-0470521571

Prerequisites: EE 101 (Introduction to Electrical Engineering) and Math 132 (Calculus & Analytic Geometry II)

Objective: Develop an understanding of

• general behavior and mathematical representation of circuit elements (resistors, inductors, capacitors, independent and dependent sources, and ideal operational amplifier); and
• techniques for finding all voltages and currents in any interconnection (network) of circuit elements.

Topics: Selected from chapters 1-9 of text.

Grading:

• Homework: 15%
• In general, assigned every other class period.
• Collaboration is encouraged, but the work turned in must be your own.
• Neatly show all work for full credit; write on only one side of paper; staple multiple pages together.
• Due at beginning of class; accepted up to one day late for a 20% reduction in score.
• Three Exams: 60%
  • Exam 1 scheduled for M 09/26/2011
  • Exam 2 scheduled for W 10/19/2011
  • Exam 3 scheduled for M 11/21/2011
• Final Exam: 25%
  • Scheduled W 12/14/2011 from 09:00am-12:00pm in MSEC 103

Reading Assignments:

• Chapter 1 (08/24/2011)
• Chapter 2 (08/31/2011)
• Chapter 3 (09/14/2011)
• Chapter 4 (09/30/2011)
• Chapter 5 (10/05/2011)
• Chapter 6 (10/14/2011)
• Chapter 8 (10/28/2011)
• Chapter 9 (11/11/2011)

Homework Assignments:

1. Due M 08/29/2011: Problems 1.4 (use i = dq/dt), 1.11, 1.12.
2. Due F 09/02/2011: Drill Exercise 1.8; Problems 1.29 (a) (also find power absorbed by all elements), (c); 1.32.
3. Due W 09/07/2011: Drill Exercise 1.11, Problem 1.45 (a).
4. Due M 09/12/2011: Problem 2.5, Drill Exercise 2.5, Problem 2.11.
5. Due F 09/16/2011: Problems 2.24, 2.29; assign and find clockwise mesh-currents for figure P2.6.
6. Due W 09/21/2011: Problems 3.5, 3.8, 3.11.
7. Due F 09/30/2011: Problems 3.24, 3.25, 3.34.
8. Due W 10/05/2011: Problems 3.39 (also find resistor that absorbs maximum power between terminals a and b, and the value of maximum power absorbed), 3.63, 4.6.
9. Due M 10/10/2011: Problems 4.53, 4.54a, 4.72; Drill Exercise 4.19.
10. Due F 10/14/2011: Problems 5.1, 5.2, 5.22.
11. Due W 10/19/2011: Problem 5.38.
12. Due M 10/31/2011: Problems 6.24, 6.29, 6.30.
13. Due F 11/04/2011: Problems 8.2 (find/use forced response); 8.11 c, f, h; 8.17 c, f, h; 8.18 c, f, h.
14. Due W 11/09/2011: Problems 8.21, 8.24, 8.31.
15. Due M 11/14/2011: Problems 8.35, 8.41, 8.46.
16. Due W 11/23/2011: Problems 9.4, 9.10. For both problems, also find reactive power absorbed by all elements.
17. Due F 12/02/2011: Find effective value of 10cos(3t-pi/7); Problems 9.23, 9.30 (note currents given in 9.29), 9.31, 9.32, 9.27.
18. Due F 12/09/2011: Problems 9.34, 9.35, 9.36.