ELG 2138 Circuit Theory I
3 units
Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
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.
Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Tutorial
Previously Offered Terms:
Fall
French Equivalent:
Organized
490 responses
4.32
/ 5
Clear Expectations
191 responses
4.31
/ 5
Learned a Lot
491 responses
4.36
/ 5
Recommend
300 responses
3.91
/ 5
Workload
300 responses
2.10
/ 5
Fair Assessments
491 responses