Introduction to Circuits

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Review of basic circuits, voltage and current division, and Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits. Analysis of circuits using the matrix formulation of Kirchhoff's Current and Voltage Laws. Operational Amplifiers. Study of circuits with capacitors and inductors using linear differential equations. Sinusoidal steady state response of basic circuits, phasor circuit analysis, and frequency dependence. Passive filter design and analysis. Laplace Transform and s-domain circuit analysis. This course includes a laboratory. Must be completed with a C or better to register for I ECE 300, I ECE 310, I ECE 371. Prerequisite(s): A PHY 150 or 152 or T PHY 151. Prerequisite(s) or corequisite(s): A MAT 311 and either A MAT 220 or 222. Course fee applies. Consult the Schedule of Classes.