EEE281 ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
| Course Code: | 3560281 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 4 (3.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. CEM DİREKOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Comprehension of the following concepts and methods: Basic lumped circuit concepts, properties and analysis methods of resistive circuits, properties and analysis methods of resistive operational amplifier circuits, properties of energy storage elements, analysis methods of first order circuits and simple second order circuits.
Course Content
Circuit laws and basic elements. Resistive circuits, analysis methods. Network theorems. First and second order circuits. Sinusoidal steady-state analysis and power. basic diyote and transistor circuits. (Offered ton on-EEE students only).
Course Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the basic concepts in electrical circuits: Charge, current, voltage, power and energy. Identify basic circuit elements such as resistor, voltage and current sources.
2. Identify basic laws in electrical circuits: Ohm’s Laws, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Series Resistors and Voltage Division, Parallel Resistors and Current Division.
3. Understand circuit theorems Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem and principle of superposition.
4. Understand operational amplifier circuits: Ideal Op-Amp, inverting amplifier, non-inverting amplifier, summing amplifiers and cascaded Op- Amp circuits design and analysis.
5. Analyze electrical circuits using nodal and mesh analysis.
6. Understand the fundamentals of energy storage elements (capacitors and inductors).
7. Analyze first-order circuits: The source-free RC circuit, the source-free RL circuit, circuits with DC sources, step response of the circuits.
8. Analyze second-order circuits: The source-free circuits, circuits with DC sources.