ENT-1730 DC and AC Circuit Analysis

Credits 3
This course covers analysis of linear electronic circuits and systems which contain resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transformers. It includes network theorems and hands-on use of electronic test equipment and electronic instrumentation. Analysis and design of reactive circuits, including use of phasor and j-operator techniques will be covered.
Prerequisite(s): INT-1010 or MAT-1350, completed or concurrent.
Corequisite(s): INT-1010 or MAT-1350, completed or concurrent.
Course Outcomes

Apply Ohm’s Law and Kirchoff’s Voltage and Current Laws to determine and then measure the voltage, current and resistance in a series or parallel circuit.
Identify the resistor color code, including tolerance, to determine the value of a resistor.
Determine rms, peak, and peak-to-peak values of voltage using laboratory equipment, and be able to convert one measurement type to another.
Determine the period of a signal, and convert that measurement to frequency using an oscilloscope.
Analyze the effect of “shorts” and “opens” in circuits and troubleshoot circuits with shorts and opens.
Create phasor and impedance diagrams for R-L-C circuits and solve for unknown voltages, impedances, or currents; calculate overall circuit phase angle using the phasor diagram and basic trigonometry.
Calculate, and then use laboratory equipment to measure voltages and currents as well as the circuit phase angle of an R-L-C circuit.
Calculate and then use laboratory equipment to measure: resonant frequency; quality factor, bandwidth; upper/lower cutoff frequencies; and variation of current and impedance with frequency for series or parallel resonant circuits.
Apply “j-operator” (imaginary number) mathematics to determine circuit impedance, phase angle, voltage, current, and equivalent series circuit for an R-L-C circuit.