Arnold, Maryland
Fall 2009
Date last modified: 9/21/2009
| Course Number | EGR 235 | ||
| Course Name | Circuit Theory | ||
| Credit hours | 4 | ||
| Section | 400 (450 lab) | ||
| Meetings | Lab | Mon/Wed 5:35 - 6:50 | CALT 313 |
| Class | Mon/Wed 7 - 8:15 | CALT 211 | |
| Locations | CALT 211 (CALT 309 Lab) | ||
| Instructor | Associate Professor Frank
Lanzer, P.E. Department Chair, Engineering |
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| Office | CALT 312 | ||
| Phone | (410) 777-2392 | ||
| fplanzer@aacc.edu | |||
| Office hours | Mon/Wed: Noon-2, Tues: 5-7 | ||
Studies
DC and AC networks including transient analysis, sinusoidal and nonsinusoidal waveforms, resonance and antiresonance,
frequency response and magnetically coupled circuits. Methods of analysis
include Kirchoff’s equations, Thevenin’s
and Norton’s theorems, node-pair voltage, determinants, source transformations,
duality and superposition.
Course objectives
1.
Identify common circuit components and configurations.
2. Apply basic circuit laws governing voltages and currents (Kirchhoff's
Laws).
3. Analyze linear AC/DC circuits.
4. Use basic circuit techniques.
4. Analyze transient circuit response.
5. Apply basic techniques to elementary electronic circuits.
Required Textbook
Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, 9thed. Irwin, J.D. & Nelms, R.M.. Wiley 2007. ISBN - 978-0-470-12869-5
Each
week we will have two class periods and one lab. Labs will generally be
completed as individuals, and lab reports must be written individually
following the provided
format in your lab notebook. You need to write parts 1-5 clearly using the
guidance provided below. Consultation between students about and during the
lab period is encouraged. Lab notebooks will be checked while you are
taking the next exam. Any homework being submitted for bonus is to be submitted
at this time as well. Late lab notebooks and homework will not be accepted.
All homework is to be considered as individual effort unless expressly
directed otherwise. Then any requested problems will be worked in class. Policies
in this syllabus may be changed by the instructor, upon notice, should it be
necessary.
|
Item |
Weight |
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Lab Notebook |
15% (graded 3
times, 5% each) |
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Exams (2) |
20% each (40%
total) |
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Final Exam |
30% |
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Problems |
15% (graded 3 times, 5% each) |
Problems
will be submitted at the time of each exam. All should be turned in on engineering paper
with problems in order. If you cannot locate engineering paper, I
can help you procure some. Label the first page in the upper right hand corner
with your name;the problem number and date go in the next blocks. Staple the pages together in the upper left-hand corner.
A
copy of the Excel worksheet showing the
grading is available.
Lab Notebooks
Lab activities will be recorded in a bound lab
notebook. This includes are prepared labs provided by your instructor. As a
professional it is vital that you know how to record lab setup, procedures, results
and conclusions in an organized manner. This practice is a common requirement
for your employment and for using a lab facility, and may be considered a legal
document. This specific guidance had been developed at the
Rochester Institute of
Technology following procedures used by the Eastman Kodak Company. Please
print a copy to use as reference.
Fall Term 2009
| August 24 | All 15-week session classes, TV, distance and first 8-week session classes begin |
| September 4 | No classes after 4:30 p.m. (Labor Day Break) |
| September 5-7 | Labor Day Break (no classes) |
| November 2 | Deadline for submitting application for December 2009 graduation |
| November 16 | Last day to withdraw from a class with a "W"
grade (15 and 13-week session classes) |
| November 25 | No classes after 4:30 p.m. (Thanksgiving Break) |
| November 26-29 | Thanksgiving Break (no classes) |
| December 6 | 15-week and 13-week session classes end |
| December 7-13 | Final exams (13 and 15-week session classes) |
Although
sickness and unforeseen circumstances may preclude one from attending class or
being on time, this should not be the norm. A professional is where they need
to be and prepared to begin work as scheduled. Repeated absences or lateness
will normally be reflected not only in missed/late assignments, but may also
hinder learning of required material and thus lower test grades. Assignments
that are due at the beginning of class are due at that time, not when you may
get to class. Attendance will be recorded but is not a direct portion of your
course grade. Bottom line: be here on time and ready to work.
Students
who have need for special accommodation due to a physical or learning
disability should contact Disability Support Services at (410) 777-2307, option
1. Please refer to the current college catalog for more information.
Academic Regulations. Please refer to current college catalog.
“All
students are required to exhibit academic honesty in all academic exercises and
assignments”. The full text is available in the current college catalog and
on the AACC website, and supersedes anything you may interpret in this
syllabus. You will be provided a copy of the AACC policies, and asked to sign
an acknowledgment of receipt.
In
summary, remember this:
Violations
of the college policy on cheating might result in any of the following:
Please
refer to the current college catalog. You should consider use of the
electronics labs and computers subject to the same general lab policy as any
other lab in this school. Misuse may result in withdrawal of computer
privileges.
Details
are contained in the current college catalog. However, in essence, anything
that interrupts or distracts from the learning experience in the classroom
or in the laboratory will not be allowed and will be dealt with as
addressed by the college policy. Security may be summoned if disruptions
continue. Instructors are authorized to immediately suspend disruptive
students.
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Week |
Topic |
Chapter |
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Labs |
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1 |
Basic
Concepts |
1 | 1.10 1.18 1.24 1.28 1.34 1.38 1.40 |
PSpice Practice |
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2 |
Resistive Circuits |
2 | 2.8 2.16 2.22 2.38 2.46 2.52 2.64 2.78 2.88 | |
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3 |
Nodal & Loop Analysis Techniques |
3 | 3.8 3.12 3.24 3.38 3.48 3.56 3.64 3.76 | |
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4 |
Operational Amplifiers |
4 | 4.10 4.12 4.16 4.20 4.26 4.30 4.36 | |
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5 |
Additional Analysis Techniques |
5 | 5.8 5.14 5.22 5.32 5.42 5.54 5.60 5.76 5.86 5.98 | |
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6 |
Problem-Solving Exam 1
- Wednesday |
1-5 |
Past
exams (samples) 2006 2008 |
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7 |
Capacitors |
6 | ||
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8 |
1st and 2nd Order Transient Circuits |
7 |
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9 |
AC Steady-State Analysis |
8 | ||
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10 |
Steady-State Power Analysis |
9 |
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11 |
Problem-Solving Exam 2
- Wednesday |
6-9 |
No lab Wednesday |
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12
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Magnetically Coupled Networks Intro to Polyphase Circuits |
10 11 |
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13 |
Variable-Frequency Network Performance |
12 |
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14 |
Variable-Frequency Network Performance |
12 |
No
lab/class Wednesday evening due to Thanksgiving |
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15 |
Problem-Solving Practice |
1-12 |
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Final |
Final Exam
Wednesday, Dec 7 th |
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