ECE 221: Course Outline

1. Basic Concepts

  1. Charge and Current
  2. Voltage
  3. Power and Energy
  4. Circuit Elements
  5. Passive Sign Convention

2. Basic Laws

  1. Ohm's Law
  2. Nodes, Branches and Loops
  3. Kirchhoff's Laws
  4. Series and Parallel Resistor Networks
  5. Voltage and Current Dividers
  6. Wye-Delta Transformations

3. Methods of Analysis

  1. Linear Equations
  2. Nodal Analysis
  3. Super Nodes
  4. Mesh Analysis
  5. Super Meshes
  6. Tradeoffs

4. Circuit Theorems

  1. Linearity
  2. Superposition
  3. Source Transformations
  4. Thevenin and Norton's Theorems
  5. Maximum Power Transfer

5. Operational Amplifiers

  1. Practical Op Amps
  2. Ideal Op Amp
  3. Voltage Follwer
  4. Inverting Amplifier
  5. Noninverting Amplifier
  6. Summing Amplifier
  7. Difference Amplifier
  8. Cascaded Circuits

6. Capacitors and Inductors

  1. Capacitors
  2. Series and Parallel Equivalents
  3. Inductors
  4. Parallel and Series Equivalents
  5. Integrators & Differentiators
  6. Mutual Inductance Physics
  7. Defining Equations
  8. Energy in Coupled Circuits

7. First-Order Circuits

  1. RC Circuits - Natural Response
  2. RL Circuits - Natural Response
  3. RC Circuits - Step Response
  4. RL Circuits - Step Response
  5. First Order Op Amp Circuits

8. Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis

  1. Sinusoids
  2. Phasors
  3. Relationships of Circuit Elements
  4. Impedance and Admittance
  5. Kirchhoff's Laws Revisted
  6. Impedance Networks
  7. Nodal Analysis
  8. Mesh Analysis
  9. Superposition Theorem
  10. Source Transformations
  11. Thevenin and Norton Equivalent CIrcuits
  12. Op Amps Revisted

9. Transformers

  1. Linear Transformers
  2. Ideal Transformers



Revised 9.24.02