Courses Detail Information

ECE2150J – Introduction to Circuits

Instructors:

Yuljae Cho;Dianguang Ma;Rui Yang;Sung-Liang Chen

Credits: 4 credits

Pre-requisites: MATH1160J/156/186, ENGR1010J, accompanied or preceded by Vp 240/PHYS2401J/PHYS2500J/260

Description:

This course is designed to cover basic concepts of circuits. Specifically, students will learn how to analyze the circuits. Also, there are 8 labs, which helps students gain hands-on experience of circuits.

Course Topics:

Basic concepts of voltage and current; Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws; Ohm’s law; voltage and current sources; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; DC and low active circuits using operational amplifiers; energy and power. Time- and frequency-domain analysis of RLC circuits. Basic passive and active electronic filters. Laboratory experience with electrical signals and circuits.