Faculty of Engineering

Electrical Engineering-GENIE

Circuit Theory I
ELG2138B00
Jeongwon Park
2017 Fall Term

Course Hours
Monday 08:30 - 10:00 Thursday 10:00 - 11:30
Location: STEH0104 Location: HGN302
Type: Type:

Professor
Park, Jeongwon (jpark2@uottawa.ca)
Office Hours
Wednesday 13:15 - 15:00
Location: Room (ARC 541)

Teaching Assistant
Rasekh , Payman (PRASE086@uottawa.ca)

Course Description
DC and sinusoidal steady state (AC) analysis of circuits. Basic passive circuit elements (resistors,
capacitors, inductors). Voltage and current sources. Kirchoff laws. Loop and nodal analysis. Circuit
theorems: Superposition, Maximum power transfer, Thevenin, Norton. Forced and natural responses
of RL and RC circuits using the differential equation approach. Sinusoidal signals, complex numbers,
phasors and impedance concepts. Average and RMS quantities. Steady state time-domain behaviour
of inductors and capacitors. Complex, average and apparent power. Introduction to the use of
electrical measurement equipment such as voltmeters, ammeters, wattmeters, function generators
and oscilloscopes. Voltage, current and impedance measurement.

General and Specific Objectives

Upon completion of the course, student will be able to :

Understand the techniques used in the analysis of circuits with Direct Current (DC)

Independent/dependent Voltage/Current Sources and Resistors

Determine voltage/current/power in circuits with Direct Current Independent/dependent

Voltage/Current Sources and Resistors

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Apply basic circuit theorems (Superposition/Norton/Thvenin) in the analysis of circuits with DC

Independent/dependent Voltage/Current Sources and Resistors

Understand the Operation of Energy Storage Elements (Capacitors and Inductors)

Develop the voltage (and/or) current time waveform in a capacitor (and/or) inductor

Develop a model for circuits with Independent/dependent voltage/current sources and resistors

using Notrton/Thvenin theorems

Derive and plot the time-domain transient response (voltage/current) in circuits with DC sources,

Resistors, multiple switching elements, and a single energy storage element (capacitor or inductor))

Determine the stability condition for circuits with resistances, dependent (voltage/current) sources

and a single energy storage element (capacitor or inductor)

Understand the concepts of Phasor-domain representation of sinusoidal waveforms

Compute the Steady-State Phasor-domain response of circuits excited by sinusoidal sources

Compute the Steady-State time-domain response of circuits excited by sinusoidal sources

Understand the impedance and admittance representation of resistor/s/capacitors/inductors

Represent circuits (with sinusoidal sources) in the phasor domain

Use complex analysis to analyze circuits in sinusoidal regime

Understand the various concepts of electric power such as the instantaneous, average, effective and

complex power in the context of circuits consisting of capacitive/inductive/resistive elements and

excited by sinusoidal sources

Apply complex analysis to calculate various types of power consumed or generated in circuits

consisting of capacitive/inductive/resistive elements and excited by sinusoidal sources

Perform Computer-based circuit simulation using specialized electrical engineering software

Evaluations

Lab report

Evaluation Date: Ongoing

Evaluation Percentage: 15

Students form groups of 2 students per group to run the lab experiement and record the results.
Each group submit only one lab report.
There are 4 lab experiements, with each lab experiement requiring a seperate lab report. Lab
reports are submitted at the end of a 3 hours lab session.

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Each lab report includes a prelab component which the student must prepare before coming to the
lab session.
The prelab component of the lab report is worth 30% of the total lab mark.
Upon completing the lab expereiment and finsihning the lab report, the TA will assign the remaining
70% of the lab mark based on the students's performance during the lab sessions

Date Activities

Sept.19th ,22th: Lab 0: Introduction

Oct 3rd ,6th: Lab1: Direct current and voltage measurements and loading effects

Oct. 17th ,20th: Lab2: Resistor networks

Nov 7th ,10th: Lab3: Analysis on 1st order Circuits

Nov 21st ,24th: Lab4: Voltages, Currents and Power in Phasor Domain

Written exam (e.g. exam, long answer)

Evaluation Date: Ongoing

Evaluation Percentage: 20

Midterm Exam

DATE: SATURDAY October 14, 2016. TIME: 10:00 AM

PLACE: FTX 147, FTX 147 A, FTX 147 B.
DURATION: 90 minuites.

Written exam (e.g. exam, long answer)

Evaluation Date: Final Exam Period

Evaluation Percentage: 50

Written assignment (e.g. essay, term paper)

Evaluation Date: Ongoing

Evaluation Percentage: 15

Quizzes (10%) and homework assignments (5%)

Quizzes and/or homework assignments are given on a weekly basis during the last 5-10 minuites of
the Discussion Group Sessions.

Course Calendar

Date Content / Activity / Event / Evaluation

Week 1 Module 1: Electric Circuit Variables

Current, voltage, power, energy, SI units, resistors, Ohms law,
sources, switches.

Week 2 Module 2: Resistive Circuits

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 Kirchhoffs laws (Law1, Law2) , resistors in series and in parallel,
voltage divider, current divider, series and parallel sources.

Week 3-4 Module 3: Methods of Analysis of Resistive Circuits, Node voltage

analysis, mesh current analysis.

Week 4-5 Module 4: Circuit Theorems

Source transformations, superposition, Thvenin and Norton
equivalent circuits, maximum power transfer.

Week 6 Module 5: Energy Storage Elements

Capacitors (bis), inductors, energy storage, series and parallel, initial
conditions.

Week 7-8 Module 6: Response of RL and RC Circuits

1 st order RL and RC circuits response, switching, stability.

Week 8-9 Module 7: Sinusoidal Steady-State Circuit Analysis

Response to sinusoidal functions, complex sources, phasors,
impedance.

Week 10-11 Module 8: Power in Sinusoidal Steady-State Systems

Instantaneous, active and reactive power, power factor, complex
power.

Week 12 Module 9: Measurement Equipments

Voltmeters, Ammeters, Function generators and oscilloscopes,
Current, voltage and impedance measurements

Other Information

Remarks: - Students will be provided with a series of suggested problems selected from the
textbook. It is HIGHLY RECOMMANDED to invest significant time in PRACTICING with these
problems.

Final Mark and Grading Formula

In order to pass the course, the student must have scored at least 50% of the "written component" of
the evaluation, where by the written component it is meant the combination of the Mid-Term and
Final Exams. More precisely, the formula used to calculate the final mark on the course is given as
follows.

IF 20% of (MidTerm-Exam Mark) + 50% of (Final-Exam Mark) >= 35/100 , THEN:

FINAL MARK=15% of Labs Mark+ 15% of Quizes marks + 20% of (MidTerm-Exam mark) + 50% of

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(Final-Exam mark)
ELSE:

FINAL MARK = Failure Mark (D,E, or F)

Couse Materials:
All course materials will be relaesed in the Blackboard Learn (click here).

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Attendance at courses of instruction, laboratory periods and discussion groups is mandatory
according to the faculty guidelines. Failure to attend at least 80% of all classes and DGDs without
unauthorized excuse will be treated seriously and offending students will not be admitted to the final
exam. An attendance sheet will be passed at the beginning of each lecture and DGD; students will be

required to sign this sheet to indicate their presence. Please refer to the faculty rules (click here) in
this matter.

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Monographs

Course Main Textbook (click here)

Introduction to Electric Circuits, 9th Edition, Richard C. Dorf, James A. Svoboda

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You can refer to the regulations on this webpage.

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Last updated: Thursday 24 August, 2017