The course Circuits and Signals is a basic course designed to introduce students to a number of fundamental physical principles which are required to understand and mathematically analyze linear circuits commonly found in Electrical Engineering..
Lectures are held in SA303 Wednesdays and
Fridays from 11:35 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.
For Lab and PA schedule
see http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~c97251/ periodically
for information such as general announcements, problem assignments for PA
sessions, TA office hours, etc.
Prerequisites
MATH 1005 and (PHYS 1004 or PHYS 1002) are pre-requisites and students without them will be deregistered .
Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis , J. David Irwin, R. Mark Nelms, 9th EditionP.D. van der Puije, "ELEC 2501 Circuit and Signals Handbook 2007" (Available shortly from IEEE Carleton Student Office, 4238ME)
| Quizzes (best 4/5) 20% Must write a minimum of 4 to be eligible to pass. |
| Laboratories 15% Must complete all of labs 1-5 to be eligible to pass. |
| Final Examination 65% Must obtain a
minimum of 45% to be eligible to pass. Bonus Questions (up to 3%) |
Final Exam: May differ from Past in terms of complexity of questions and presentation of answers. The exam is for evaluation purposes only, and will not be returned or shown to students.
Students work singly. Each student is required to keep a laboratory notebook. All data, calculations, graphs etc. are to be kept in the notebook, and as well, conclusions and discussions should be added at the end of each major part of the experiments. The notebooks will be collected at the end of each lab period, marked, and returned in the PA one week later. To facilitate handling of the lab reports, students may use loose-leaf and hand in only the pages of the present experiment provided these pages are firmly stapled together. (Lab exemptions are available only for students with over 70% in the 2007 ELEC 2501 lab and must be applied for in writing, not email, to Prof. T.G. Ray before Sept. 17.)
Problems for each week's PA
sessions are given in the schedule handed out in class and the problems sets themselves on
the website (once completed). You are expected to work out these
problems and thoroughly understand them. Try all the problems before the PA
session. You will not be able to complete the problems if you have not looked at
them before the PA period. The problem analysis period is to provide you help
with difficult problems. The last hour of the PA period will be a
quiz based on the
problems you were assigned. The quizzes will be marked and returned in the lab
one week later.
The lab and PA sessions are held concurrently each week, the lab in room 4195ME and the PA sessions elsewhere on campus.
For detail on the Lab and PA schedule see: http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~c97251/
Week |
Dates in 2009 |
Lectures |
|
Additional Comments |
| 1 | Sept. 10-18 Signal Waveforms, Basic Quantities, Circuit Elements |
Introduction and Lecture1 Lecture2 |
Book Sections 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 13.2, 1.2, 1.3
| |
| 2 | Sept. 21-25 Ohm's Law |
Lecture
3 |
Book Sections 2.1 | |
| 3 | Sept. 28-Oct. 2 KVL, KCL, Single Loop Circuits |
Lecture
4 Lecture 5 |
Book Sections 2.2, 2.3 | |
| 4 | Oct. 5-Oct. 9 Single Node Pair Circuits |
Lecture 6 | Book Sections
2.4 No Class on Oct. 9 | |
| 5 | Oct. 12-16 Series/Parallel Resistors, Wye-Delta Transform, Multiloop Analysis |
Lecture
7 Lecture 7b |
Book Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2 | |
| 6 | Oct. 19-23 Linearity and Superposition, Thevenin and Norton Analysis, Maximum Power Transfer |
Lecture
8 Lecture 9 |
Book Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 | |
| 7 | Oct. 26-30 Capacitance and Inductance |
Lecture10 | Book Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 | |
| 8 | Nov. 2-6 AC Steady State Analysis |
Lecture11 | Book Sections 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8 | |
| 9 | Nov. 9-13 Frequency Response - Transfer Function,Bode Plots, Resonant Circuit, Filter Networks |
Lecture12 Lecture13 |
Book Sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5 | |
| 10 |
Nov. 16-20 Node Analysis, Loop Analysis |
Lecture
14 Lecture 15 |
Book Sections 3.1,
3.2 | |
| 11 |
Nov. 23-27 Transient Circuits |
Lecture16 |
Book Sections 7.1, 7.2 | |
| 12 |
Nov.
30-Dec. 4 Fourier Analysis |
Lecture17 |
Book Sections 15.1 | |
| 13 | Dec. 7-11 | Review | Example
Final Exam 2004 Example Final Exam 2005 |
I will be setting up a few extra classes (probably in the evening or on weekends) where I will teach, those interested, how to use the National Instruments circuit simulation tool Multisim http://www.ni.com/multisim/ . This is totally optional and not part of the regular course and you will not have any exam questions on this. However, you will likely find that this tool is quite helpful with your studies as it can be used to solve circuit problems which you can then compare to your hand analysis. If you want to use this tool you'll have to buy a student copy http://www.academicsuperstore.ca/product/search?qk_srch=national&x=0&y=0 For these classes, it would be best if you had a laptop you could bring to class so we can work on problems together.
Academic
Accommodation
You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term. For an accommodation request the processes are as follows:
Pregnancy obligation: write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details visit the Equity Services website: http://carleton.ca/equity/accommodation/student_guide.htm
Religious obligation: write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details visit the Equity Services website: http://carleton.ca/equity/accommodation/student_guide.htm
Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations: in this course must register with the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) for a formal evaluation of disability-related needs. Documented disabilities could include but are not limited to mobility/physical impairments, specific Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/psychological disabilities, sensory disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and chronic medical conditions. Registered PMC students are required to contact the PMC, 613-520-6608, every term to ensure that I receive your Letter of Accommodation, no later than two weeks before the first assignment is due or the first in-class test/midterm requiring accommodations. If you only require accommodations for your formally scheduled exam(s) in this course, please submit your request for accommodations to PMC by the last official day to withdraw from classes in each term. For more details visit the PMC website: http://www.carleton.ca/pmc/students/acad_accom.html