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ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
CODE: BEE1113 COURSE : ELECTRIC CIRCUITS I
CREDIT : 3 YEAR : 1 SEMESTER : 1
LECTURE : 3 TUTORIAL : 0 LABORATORY : 2
EDITION : 1 DATE OF ISSUE : MAY 2005

PRE-REQUISITE : NIL

COURSE OUTCOMES :

At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

- apply Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s Law to calculate current, voltage, resistance
and power.
- determine currents, voltages and power using the mesh and nodal analysis, and
superposition theorems; applying source transformation principles, when
necessary.
- determine Thevenin or Norton equivalent circuit of a given circuit.
- calculate equivalent capacitance or inductance connected either series or parallel
- find the step response of 1st-order circuits.
- differentiate whether 2nd-order circuit is overdamped, underdamped or critically
damped.

SYNOPSIS:

This course provides the basic concepts and engineering methods of DC circuits analysis
and serves as an essential entry point for the wider scope of electrical engineering. The
contents include voltage, Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Law, series and parallel circuits, mesh
and node analysis, Superposition and Source Transformation Theorems, and response of
1st-order circuits.
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ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
CODE: BEE1113 COURSE : ELECTRIC CIRCUITS I
CREDIT : 3 YEAR : 1 SEMESTER : 1
LECTURE : 3 TUTORIAL : 0 LABORATORY : 2
REVISION : 1 DATE OF ISSUE : MAY 2005

SYLLABUS :

1.0 Basic Concept (3 hours)

1.1 Systems of Units
1.2 Charge, Current and Voltage
1.3 Power and Energy
1.4 Ohm's Law

2.0 Basic Laws (6 hours)

2.1 Kirchhoff's Law
2.2 Series, parallel and series-parallel circuits
2.3 Voltage and current division
2.4 Introduction to Wye-Delta transformation

3.0 Method of Analysis (9 hours)

3.1 Nodal analysis
3.2 Mesh analysis

4.0 Circuit Theorems (9 hours)

4.1 Superposition Principles
4.2 Source transformation, Thevenin's and Norton's theorem
4.3 Maximum power transfer

5.0 Capacitor and Inductors (3 hours)

5.1 Series and parallel Capacitor
5.2 Series and parallel Inductor

6.0 First Order Circuit (6 hours)

6.1 The Source-Free RC and RL circuit
6.2 Step response of an RC and RL circuit
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ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
CODE: BEE1113 COURSE : ELECTRIC CIRCUITS I
CREDIT : 3 YEAR : 1 SEMESTER : 1
LECTURE : 3 TUTORIAL : 0 LABORATORY : 2
REVISION : 1 DATE OF ISSUE : MAY 2005

7.0 Introduction to Second Order Circuits (6 hours)

7.1 Initial and final values
7.2 Natural Response of RLC circuits
7.3 Step response of RLC circuits

ASSESSMENT :
- Assignment & Quiz 15%
- Test 30%
- Laboratory 15%
- Final Examination 40%

REFERENCES :
1. Alexander, C. & Sadiku, M., Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 2nd ed., McGraw-
Hill, 2004.
2. Nilsson, J. & Riedel, S., Electric Circuits, 6th ed., Prentice Hall, 2001.
3. Floyd, Thomas L., Principles of Electric Circuits, 7th ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.

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