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ECEn 212
Circuit
Analysis
Spring 2008
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Syllabus
Text:
Electric Circuits 8, James W. Nilsson and Susan A Riedel, ISBN
0-13-198925-1.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites
for this course are Math 113, Physics 220, and
admission to the Professional Program in
Electrical and Computer Engineering. If you have
questions relating to your status in the
professional program, please see Janalyn Mergist
in the department offices.
This class will
require some mathematical maturity in algebra,
trigonometry and integral and differential
calculus. Lack of mathematical preparation is
the principal reason students do poorly in ECEn
212.
Introduction
Welcome to Circuit Analysis, and to your first
course in the Professional Program! Electrical
and Computer Engineering is an intellectually
challenging major that will require significant
energy and discipline if you desire to succeed.
However, your efforts will be rewarded. Our
graduates are highly sought after in industry by
both major employers such as Intel, Motorola,
and Hewlett Packard, and medium and small sized
companies. As technology becomes more
sophisticated, employers increasingly require
employees with advanced degrees. Many of our
graduates go on the graduate school in
Engineering, Business, Law, and Medicine. You
should plan on going to graduate school and
should begin to prepare for it now. Acceptance
to graduate school will require good grades.
Therefore it is important that you study and do
well in this class and in all of your
Engineering courses. Engineering as a profession
allows you to make significant contributions to
society while making a comfortable income to
support you and your family.
This is a class in engineering problem solving.
It is based in applied mathematics and physics.
The ability to think about an actual circuit in
mathematical terms, and the insight to solve for
the unknown quantities using a rigorous and
organized approach are major skills we attempt
to teach in this class. You will learn how to
apply simplifying assumptions and to dissect a
problem into manageable sub-problems and to
apply general principals to unfamiliar systems.
This is a demanding course, with high
expectations on your time for homework and
study. The material is not necessarily
difficult, and it progresses logically, but
mastery requires new habits of thought and a
great deal of practice in solving problems.
Material in the book that is not covered in
the course
Measurement Instruments
3.5-3.7
Mutual Inductance
6.4-6.5
Two Integrator Op Amp 8.5
Transformers
9.10-9.11
Three-phase circuits
11.x
Filter Circuits
14.x
Active Filters
15.x
Fourier Series
16.x
Fourier Transform
17.x
Two-port Parameters
18.x
Grading
Final grades in the course will be based on the following
distribution:
| Homework |
25% |
| Lab |
20% |
| Midterm
1 |
15% |
| Midterm
2 |
15% |
| Final |
25% |
Homework
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Homework assignments will be placed on the class
web site. You should check this site regularly for updated information.
Since spring term goes twice as fast as it would during a Fall or Winter
semester homework will be due twice a week. Assignments will be due on
Wednesday and Friday at 5:00 PM, in the box marked ECEn 212, outside CB 413.
The solution to the homework will be posted on
BLACKBOARD, immediately
after it is due. Because the homework solutions will be posted this way,
late homework will not be accepted.
Circuit Analysis
cannot be mastered without working problems. This five hour engineering
class may represent the highest level of homework (quantity and/or
difficulty) you will have encountered in your college experience. The
problem solving skills you develop here will be the foundation for the
remainder of your engineering careers. Since this course is about not only
teaching you new material, but exercising problem solving skills, completion
of your homework assignments will be taken very seriously - and counts
towards a significant portion of your grade. Homework is one of the
primary methods to learn the material in this class. DO NOT START ON THE
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT ON THE DAY THAT IT IS DUE.
Cooperative group
study on the homework is encouraged, but simply copying someone
else's work is unethical and will leave the student unprepared for exams.
Much insight can be gained by studying with one or more groups, if you
discipline yourself to find your own solutions first before comparing
results. Rely on other's help only when you have exhausted all of your own
ideas or have made no progress for 15 or 20 minutes. Remember, the exams
will be totally your own work and constitute the greater portion of the
grade. One of the biggest contributors to excessive time spent on homework
is failure to read the text material for understanding prior to attempting
problems. The text is thorough and well written; take advantage of it!
Some questions have
answers printed in the back of your text to serve as checkpoints. Remember
that you are studying to be professional engineers and will be paid to solve
problems without known solutions. Not only will no one give you the answers,
but you will be the expert expected to know if the solution is correct. That
is why it is important to solve many of our homework problems "blind,"
without a published answer.
Questions
on homework grading should first be addressed to the TA who grades the
homework. Unresolvable differences may be discussed with the professor
during office hours.
Laboratory
The lab meets at a fixed time in
room 430 and is divided into two sections. Don Dawson is the instructor for
the lab portion of the class. This is a closed lab so it is expected that
you will finish all of your work in the allotted time.
Midterm Exams
We will have two midterm exams.
The exams will be in the testing center and have a three hour time limit.
You can use a graphing calculator and bring one 3x5 inch note card. The
exams will be given in the testing center on the following dates.
Exam 1: May 14 - 19
Exam 2: June
Final Exam
The final exam will
be on Thursday, June 18 from 7:00-10:00 AM.
The final will be a
comprehensive exam.
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Miscellaneous
Office Hours
Please respect my office hours.
Just as taking this class is not the only thing that you are doing this
summer, teaching this class is only a small part of what I do. While I
desire to see you succeed in this class, constant interruptions make it
difficult to accomplish my other obligations. If you have questions, please
come during my office hours. If they are not accommodating, please set up an
appointment with me via email.
Honor Code
I expect you to live the
honor
code. Cheating of any kind will result in a failing grade in the
course.
Calculators
You will find a good scientific calculator extremely useful
during your engineering career. The minimum recommended calculator
must have trig, log, root, and exponential functions, rectangular to
polar conversion, complex number capability, and the ability to invert
matrices. This may be the
time to invest in a reasonably expensive engineering calculator.
Preparation for Lectures.
Reading assignments will be given, and students are expected to
come to class having completed the assigned reading. Students will
be called on randomly to demonstrate their knowledge of the material
by working problems on the board to assist the class in
understanding the current discussion topic. The assigned reading
pages for each day of lecture are listed below in the lecture
schedule.
Preparation for Exams.
If you would like to do well on exams, I suggest that you do the
following:
(1) Daily: Come to class prepared. Read the assignment
before the lecture and try working the Drill Exercises before
class.
(2) Weekly: Make sure you understand how to do every
homework problem.
(3) Before the exam: Review the text and your
notes and make a one page summary of all of the
important formulas and ideas.
(4) Before the exam: Rework all
Drill Exercises and homework problems.
(5) Night before exam: Get
a good night sleep.
Preventing Sexual Harassment.
Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972 prohibits sex
discrimination against any participants in an educational program or
activity that receives federal funds. The act is intended to
eliminate sex discrimination in education. Title IX covers
discrimination in programs, admissions, activities, and
student-to-student sexual harassment. BYU's policy against sexual
harassment extends not only to employees of the university but to
students as well. If you encounter unlawful sexual harassment or
gender based discrimination, please talk to your professor; contact
the Equal Employment Office at 378-5895 or 367-5689 (24-hour); or
contact the Honor Code Office at 378-2847.
Students with Disabilities.
Brigham Young University is committed to providing a working and
learning atmosphere which reasonably accommodates qualified persons
with disabilities. If you have any disability which may impair your
ability to complete this course successfully, please contact the
Services for Students with Disabilities Office (378-2767).
Reasonable academic accommodations are reviewed for all students who
have qualified documented disabilities. Services are coordinated
with the student and instructor by the SSD Office. If you need
assistance or if you feel you have been unlawfully discriminated
against on the basis of disability, you may seek resolution through
established grievance policy and procedures. You should contact the
Equal Employment Office at 378-5895, D-282 ASB.
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Important
Dates.
Midterm 1, May 14-18, testing center.
Midterm 2, June , testing center.
Final Exam, June 18
(7:00-10:00 AM).
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