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ELEC250 Linear
circuits I
H.Kwok
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Instructor and tutor
• Instructor: Dr. H.L. Kwok
• Phone: 250-7218685
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• E-mail: [email protected]
• Days: Thursdays
• Time: 15:00-16:00
• Location: EOW425
• Tutor: Salahudin Jokhio (Email: [email protected])
• Office hours: To be provided
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Course Objectives
• This course deals with linear circuits. The design and
implementation of circuits is of fundamental importance
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to electrical/computer/mechanical/biomedical engineers
interested in hardware.
• Even with the advancement in large-scale integrated
circuits, the need to interface digital/analog circuits to
the real world remains critical and essential at the
systems level.
• This course teaches the fundamental linear circuit blocks
in design and analyses; transient and AC signals and
response; phasor representation; and 3-phase line
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circuits
Learning Outcomes
• Analyze electrical circuits and propose appropriate solutions to
problems using a balance of mathematics, science and engineering
science
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• Solve different types of circuit problems using past knowledge. The
steps normally include problem identification, generation of analogs
and models, the utilization of experimental and analytical
techniques that lead on to generate, validate, and evaluate
alternative solutions
• Assess and use appropriate tools including software and hardware
to design and/or solve circuit problems
• Develop appropriate solutions (particularly hardware) addressing
safety issues and requirements
• Provide innovative, intuitive and feasible solutions to electrical
circuits meeting pre-set specifications and constraints
• Communicate effectively in a professional setting through lab 4
reports
Syllabus
• A. Circuit analysis - components and theorems: Resistors, sources,
Kirchhoff's voltage and current and voltage laws: linearity,
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superposition, Thevenin and Norton Theorems; node and loop
analysis.
• B. Storage components and transient circuits - Energy storage
components and time-dependent response: Capacitors and
inductors, series and parallel connections, stored energies; analyses
of first-order and second-order time dependent circuits.
• C. Alternating current AC and responses - frequency response and
phasor representation: Phasors, impedances and admittances;
network theorems using phasors; resonance circuit.
• D. Power transfer and loads - RMS quantities; complex power;
impedance matching; maximum power transfer. Three-phase circuits
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Pre-requisites
• Prerequisites:
• MATH 101; and
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• one of PHYS 111, PHYS 125, PHYS 130.
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Lectures and tutorials
• Lectures
• A-Section(s): A01/A02 / CRN30300/30301
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• Days: Mondays, Thursdays
• Time: 11:30-12:50
• Location: ECS123
• Tutorials
• Tutor (email): Salahudin Jokhio ([email protected])
• Tutorial hour: Fridays 15:30-16:20
• Location: ECS125
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Lab location and schedules
• Labs: ELWB324
• TA information: to be provided
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• Sections:
• B01/B02 Mondays
• B03/B04 Tuesdays
• B05/B06 Thursdays
• B07 Wednesdays
• Manuals not available in the ECE general office (EOW448). You
have to download it from the class webpage.
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Lab sessions
• There is a lab orientation session which all ELEC250 students
must attend in the 2nd week of class (location: ELWB324).
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• Labs starts in the 3rd week of class (location: ELWB324).
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Textbook and coverage
• Textbook “Fundamental of Electric Circuits” by Alexander and
Sadiku (McGraw Hill – 2016).
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• We will cover the following book chapters:
• Resistive networks – Chapters 2,3 and 4
• RLC networks and first order and second order circuits –
Chapters 6,7 and 8
• AC circuits, phasors and steady-state response – Chapters 9
and 10
• Complex power, power transfer and 3-phase circuits –
Chapters 11 and 12
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Marking scheme
• Lab marks – 15%
• Homework – 10%
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• Midterm – 45% (3 x 15%) – Dates (tentative): June 6; June 27;
and July 11
• Final - 30%
• Grand total: 100%
• Hand in your homework in “drop box” in the 2nd floor of the
ELW building (by the elevator) labeled for elec250.
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Webpage
• Website:
• The ELEC250 site is available at:
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https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~elec250
• username: elec250
• password: elec250-2016
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Course philosophy
• Circuit analysis and design is an established area in engineering.
They can be learnt both mathematically and intuitively . Design and
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analysis are two separate issues and often they tend to be
intermingled.
• Design requires innovation and it can be achieved in more than one
way. The most important issue here is there have to be well-defined
set of objectives (specifications) which needs to be met in the
design. You do not design without using established guidelines or
you may miss out on what can be achieved in the most effective
manner. Analysis on the other hand helps to understand and verify
your design ensuring that it meets the specifications and in
agreement with known circuit laws and principles. Analysis helps to
verify your design and can help to improve your design.
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Contd.
• Basic circuit design involves creating signals and waveforms and the
use of circuit components. The first step in this course is to
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understand the characteristics and properties of the circuit
components and how they react to applied voltages and currents.
There will be rules and laws to help in analyzing or designing your
circuits (circuit rules and laws are well established and they provide
shortcuts to realizing your design).
• At times we may tend to approach solving circuit design problems
based on intuition, detailed analysis in design can be worked out the
solution more precisely and systematically. Design engineers need to
develop such skills and this course teaches you how circuits can be
put together more effectively. You will also develop the skills needed
to tackle more complex circuit problems .
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Preamble
• Circuits use electronic components that can be put together to
perform specific electronic functions.
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• Electronic components can be separated into two types: one that
has linear properties and the other with non-linear properties (we
will define linear properties later but it is suffice to state that linear
circuits are much easier to analyze).
• Circuits are built by connecting circuit components using wiring
preset on a test bed – also known as routing. A single circuit
component may perform only limited function but when many
different types of components are put together, more sophisticated
circuit functions can be achieved (think of putting together Lego
pieces to complex build structures and models).
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Contd.
• In this course, we study the properties of circuit components. This
allows us to conceive more complex circuit functions when different
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types of components are put together. We also study how such
circuits react to different types of inputs.
• There are primarily two ways this is done. We can either build the
circuit as done in the lab or simulate the circuit behavior. Before we
do the latter, we need to properly model the circuit components and
their behavior.
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Lab
• The circuit lab has 4 experiments: There is also an introduction
chapter highlighting the common circuit measurement
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techniques and tools.
• The 4 experiments are:
• 1) Circuit theorems and their verification
• 2) AC circuits
• 3) Effect of resonance and power transfer
• 4) Transient measurements
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Class representatives
• Because of the size of the class, I welcome students who
wants to liaise with me as class representatives.
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• If you want to be a class representative, just send me an email
and the best time to meet is during my office hours
(Thursdays 15:00-16:00).
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Any questions?
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