Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Circuits

Catalog description

An introduction to lumped-parameter circuit elements in DC circuits. Topics include resistors (R), independent and dependent sources, capacitors (C), inductors (L), equivalent networks. Introduction to fundamental techniques used in DC circuit analysis, including Laplace transforms. Semiconductor electronic devices will also be introduced, with the focus being on the terminal characteristics of such devices. The two-terminal diodes (D) and the three-terminal transistors (Q) are studied in DC circuits. Laboratory experiments are an essential and integral part of the theory students will learn in this course. Experiments will focus on building, measuring, and calculating the predicted responses of DC circuits containing all of the above mentioned elements, and transient analysis of circuits containing R, L, and C circuit elements.