Circuits and Electronics

Circuits and Electronics The first lab will be the second week of class. Therefore, please make your purchases immediately. Textbook: Circuits by Fawwaz Ulaby & Michel Maharbiz. Available at Barnes and Noble Online Resources: Online lectures and homework available at Canvas.gatech.edu Course Structure: This course is divided into three mini-courses: • • • Linear Circuits 1: DC Analysis Linear Circuits 2: AC Analysis Introduction to Electronics All of the lectures for the term are online. The homework will be completed on line. There will also be quizzes and worksheets based on content covered in each mini-course. The assigned lectures for each week are listed in the weekly schedule posted in Canvas. There will be seven labs where students will perform hands-on activities using data acquisition boards. Some of these activities include exploration of RC and RLC circuits, op amp circuits, filters, and physically-motivated applications of electronic circuits. Students will demonstrate the circuits they build to an instructor as well as upload a lab worksheet containing data measured from these circuits. Grading (Outside of extenuating circumstances, no credit will be given for late submissions) 1. Homework (15%). a. Linear Circuits 1: DC Analysis (5%) b. Linear Circuits 2: AC Analysis (5%) c. Intro to Electronics (5%) 2. Quizzes (5%) 3. Worksheets (5%) 4. Labs (15%) 5. Exams (60% total): • Test 1, Thursday, September 23 (20%) • Test 2, Thursday, October 28 (20%) • Final exam, Tuesday, December 9 (20%) 6. Extra Credit: • Applications: Build and demonstrate an interesting circuit (2 points on your final grade) Homework, quizzes, worksheets, and exams should be completed on the canvas.gatech.edu platform. Labs and extra credit assignments should be demonstrated to an instructor and the instructor will give credit for the assignments. Topical Outline Resistive Circuits • Components • Ohm’s Law • Resistors in parallel, series • Kirchhoff’s Current and Voltage Laws • Voltage divider and current divider laws • Thévenin Equivalent Circuits • Superposition Reactive Circuits • Inductors and Capacitors • Parallel and series connections of inductors and capacitors • Transient Analysis of First-Order circuits Frequency Analysis of Circuits • Steady-state sinusoidal analysis and impedance • Transfer function • Bode plots • Filtering Power in AC Circuits • Real, reactive, and apparent power • Power factor Fundamental Devices in Electronics • Ideal diodes • Simple piecewise linear model of diode • MOS Field-Effect Transistors • Operational Amplifiers Electronic Applications • Rectifiers • • • Amplifiers Active Filters Logic Gates (and introduction to Boolean algebra logic) Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to teach students • • • to analyze circuits that contain resistors, capacitors, and inductors with direct current and alternating current sources. to analyze circuits in the time domain showing transient response and in the frequency domain showing filtering and resonance properties. to be familiar with nonlinear circuit components and practical circuits can be built from these components. Learning Outcomes: At the completion of the course, the students should be able to • • • • • • • determine voltages and currents in a resistive network. sketch the transient response of RC and RL circuits and be familiar with the standard transient responses of RLC circuits. use complex phasors to determine the steady-state responses of sinusoidal sources voltages or currents. understand and analyze the frequency response characteristics of filters analyze power characteristics in reactive circuits. build and test real circuits containing RLC components, op amps, diodes, and transistors. design and build simple filters, rectifiers, and amplifiers Academic Integrity: Academic honesty is essential to achieve high-quality education and to maintain the value of a Georgia Tech diploma. While I encourage you to work together and to form study groups, it is important that you take responsibility for the content of all assignments. Collaboration is allowed on online homework. Cheating on quizzes, tests, and final exams will not be tolerated. When uncovered, violations will be reported to the Dean of Students immediately. A valuable resource for the Georgia Tech Student Code of Conduct and the Academic Honor Code is: