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

Requirements:

Prerequisites: ITI 1100 , MAT 1341 , MAT 1322 .

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Fair Assessments

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