EE 211 Circuit I
Spring 2012 |
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3/18 |
The two lectures on 3/27 and 3/29
will be substituted by video lectures. |
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2/2 |
Due to the preparation of E-day, the recitation and lecture on 2/24 has been relocated to RMB 323. |
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1/19 |
New office hour |
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1/13 |
Blackboard and website are up! First homework is also posted. |
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1/12 |
Tomorrow class (1/13) starts at 3pm, i.e. no recitation. |
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1/12 |
Our Blackboard site is still not up. Please be patient. |
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1/10 |
Visit course website at http://www.vis.uky.edu/~cheung/courses/ee211/index.html |
Professor
Dr. Sen-ching
“Samson” Cheung (cheung at engr.uky.edu)
Main Office: Room 217, Davis Marksbury Building (859-218-0299)
By appointment
Office Hour: Room
469, FPAT (no phone, please email)
TThF 1:00pm
– 2:00pm
Virtual OH: Blackboard (http://elearning.uky.edu)
To be determined
Teaching Assistant
Wanxin Xu (wxbit0930 at
gmail.com)
Office Hour:
Room 669, FPAT
T
10:00am – 11:00am
Class Schedule
Lecture: TTh 2:00 – 3:15pm (FPAT 263)
F 3:00 – 3:50pm (FPAT 259)
Recitation: F 2:00 – 3:00pm (FPAT 259)
Final: 5/1, Tuesday, 1:00 – 3:00pm (FPAT 263)
Course Description
Welcome to your first course in the ECE department! This course will cover the fundamental laws, principles and analysis techniques for circuit analysis. This skill allows us to understand and simulate a circuit without actual building it. Circuit analysis and simulation tools are extremely important to the success of microchip manufacturers like Intel and Texas Instruments. Initial circuit analysis involves only sources and resistors. Linear systems of equations are used to solve problems during the second phase. Energy storage elements (capacitors and inductors) are introduced next. Transient analysis of circuits follows and the course ends with sinusoidal steady state problems and complex phasor analysis.
The key to doing well in the
course is consistent hard work. Plan on at least 9-12 hours of work
outside of class to solve homework problems and study the course material. The
material builds from fundamental concepts to more advanced analysis techniques.
It is critical that students master the fundamentals in order to do well
throughout the semester and in the future ECE courses
Expected outcomes of student learning
A
student who has successfully completed this course should be able to:
1.
Analyze simple resistive circuits including those containing operational
amplifiers and controlled sources with loop and nodal analysis.
2.
Analyze direct current circuits containing switches, independent sources,
dependent sources, resistors, capacitors, inductors, and operational amplifiers
for transient response using loop and nodal analysis.
3.
Analyze alternate current circuits with sinusoidal excitation sources for
steady-state response using loop and nodal analysis.
4.
Compute Thévenin and Norton equivalent
circuits.
5.
Use SPICE (computer simulation package) to compute voltages,
currents, transient responses, and sinusoidal steady-state responses.
Grading
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Your
grade will be based on: |
Percentage |
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In-class
quiz (full score with >80% attendance) |
5% |
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Homework
(lowest 2 dropped) |
20% |
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Recitation
quiz (lowest 2 dropped) |
10% |
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Test
1 |
20% |
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Test
2 |
20% |
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Final
Examination |
25% |
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Total |
100% |
The numerical
score is computed using the above weighting system. The A's will be in the 90's, B's in the
80's, etc., unless, in my opinion, the difficulty of the material/tests
justifies curving the grades.
Numerical scores will not be adjusted for external circumstances. Any requests for reviewing
homework/quiz/test grades must be made by the second class period after the
homework/quiz/test is returned to you.
Attach a note outlining the grading concern.
Course Policy
1.
Class attendance:
Attending lecture is the most crucial component of
learning. In-class quizzes will be given to measure attendance.
2.
Tests and Final:
Two tests and a final will be given in class. No
makeup will be given unless the instructor is notified prior to the exam and
proper documentation is provided to explain the absence. One doubled-sided
cheat sheet is allowed for all tests. Scientific/engineering calculator without
networking capability is allowed.
3.
Homework:
Weekly homework will be assigned
at both our Blackboard sites and is due in class. At the end of the semester,
the two lowest homework scores will be dropped. Homework should be neat. Put your name and the date at the top of
the first page. Work on one side of
the paper only. Staple the sheets
together and hand in flat, not folded. Late homework will not be accepted.
4.
Quizzes:
Weekly quizzes based on past homework will be given
during the recitation session. All quizzes are close book. No makeup quiz will
be given but the lowest two quiz scores will be dropped.
Each student must complete all quizzes, midterms and
final exams by her or his own efforts. All quizzes and exams are all closed
book but cheat sheets are allowed during exams. Each student can use one
scientific/engineering calculator without any networking capability.
Blackboard will be used for class announcements (via
Bb’s email system), homework assignments, reading assignments, and
discussions. It is the responsibility of every student in this class to keep
track of changes in the Blackboard system. All announcements made in Blackboard
are considered official after 24 hours. Unaware of official announcement is not
an excuse for anything, including doing the wrong homework problem, late
homework, missing quizzes, etc.
6.
Honor code:
Each student must complete all quizzes, midterms and
final exams by her or his own efforts. You may discuss homework with your fellow students at
the conceptual level, but must complete all calculations and write-up, from
scrap to final form, on your own. Any form of cheating and/or plagiarism on
graded material will not be tolerated. Offenses will be prosecuted according to
STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code).
Required Text
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Introduction to Electric Circuits, 8th edition, by R. C. Dorf, J. A. Svoboda All assignments are based on the eighth edition and USING THE WRONG EDITION OF THE TEXT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE for handing in solutions to wrong homework problems. |
Prerequisites:
MA 114
Okay to be taken in
concurrent: PHY 232, 242
Computing Requirements:
Students are
expected to be familiar with computers. The PC’s on campus (engineering
and Young Library computing labs) will be used to run SPICE circuit simulation
software or you may download your own copy of SPICE. Free versions of B2SPICE or PSPICE
are available to students:
B2SPICE Lite: http://www.beigebag.com/adv4_lite.htm
PSpice: http://www.electronics-lab.com/downloads/schematic/013/
Last
modified: 1/12/11