Bridge Electric Circuits

Catalog description

This course completes the coverage of the topics in ELE 2001 and 2011, Electric Circuits I and II, respectively, typically from calculus-based engineering Electric Circuits from another college. The assumed background is documented in ELE 2021 Transfer Electric Circuits. The course starts with using symbolic expressions, mathematical software and simulation software for DC and AC circuit analysis. AC circuit relationships are developed from the exponential representation of phasors. Superposition and linearity are examined. Circuits with models of sensors, actuators, and machines, with dependent sources, and with transformers are analyzed. DC and AC Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits are determined using the test source method. Frequency response, transfer functions, and Bode plots are used to characterize of RL and RC circuits as a function of frequency. Resonant circuits and op-amp circuits in non-standard configurations are analyzed. Transient circuit responses are determined using time domain and Laplace transforms. Select electrical and electronic applications, simulations, and laboratory experiments are utilized to provide a context and to reinforce the concepts.