ECE 230 – Circuit Analysis

Course Schedule, Summer 2002

 

Texts:  Hayt and Kemmerly, “Engineering Circuit Analysis,” 6th Ed., MacGraw Hill, 2002;

Kramer and Hitchon, “Semiconductor Devices:  A Simulation Approach,” 1998.

 

Professor:  Nick Hitchon, hitchon@engr.wisc.edu; 3627 Engineering Hall, 262-2501

Office Hours:  After class or by appointment.

 

TA:  Deborah Fixel, fixel@cae.wisc.edu; B640 Engineering Hall, 262-7310

Office Hours:  Wed. 2:00-3:30 p.m. or by appointment.

 

Week

 

Topic

Chapter

Quiz

1

Introduction and Basic Laws

Node and Mesh Analysis

 

Ch. 3

Ch. 4

#1 - June 20

 

2

Thevenin Equivalents

Inductance and Capacitance

 

Ch. 5

Ch. 7

 

#2 - June 27

 

3

Duality, Linearity, RL and RC Circuits

 

Response of RL and RC Circuits

Ch. 8

 

 

 

 

 

No quiz

4

Exam 1 – July 8

Response of RLC Circuits

Phasor Concept

 

Ch. 9

Ch. 10

#3- July 11

5

Phasor Analysis

Instantaneous and Average Power

Ch. 10

Ch. 11

 

 

#4 - July 18

6

Project

Complex Frequency

Frequency Response and Resonance

 

Ch. 14,15

Ch. 16

#5 – No quiz

 

7

Exam II – July 30

Mutual Inductance and Transformer

Two Port Networks

 

Ch. 13

Ch. 17

#6 – No quiz

8

Review and Applications

 

 

 

Final Exam – To be announced

 

 

 

All examinations and quizzes are closed book.  The quizzes are 30 minutes long, the two hour exams are one hour each and the final is one hour.

 

Grading:  Homework:  10%; Quizzes:  30%; Exams:  20% each.