EEE121 Electric Circuit Analysis -1

MOTIVATION & BASIC CONCEPTS

Course Material
Textbook: Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, 10th

edition by J. David Irwin and R. Mark Nelms. Reference 1: Electric Circuits, 9th edition by James W. Nilsson, Susan Riedel. Reference 2: Engineering circuit analysis, 6th edition by William Hayt , Jack Kemmerly. My lecture notes will be quite rich.

Marks Distribution

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Classifications of electrical systems

Communication systems
Computer systems Control systems

Power systems
Signal-processing systems

Communication systems
Electrical systems that generate, transmit, and

distribute information. examples

Television, Radio telescopes, Satellite systems, Radar systems, Telephone systems.

Computer systems
Use electric signals to process information ranging

from word processing to mathematical computations. Examples

pocket calculators personal computers Supercomputers

They include networks of

microcircuits, assemblies of hundreds, thousands, or millions of electrical components

Control systems
Use electric signals to regulate processes.

Examples Control of temperatures, pressures, and flow rates in an oil refinery, Cruise Control The autopilot and auto landing systems

Power systems
Generate and distribute electric power.

Major challenge is to provide sufficient redundancy

and control.

Signal-processing systems
Act on electric signals that represent information.

Examples Image-processing systems CT (computerized tomography) scan

What is an Electric Circuit?

An electric circuit is an interconnection of electrical

components. Commonly used components;

Batteries, voltage sources, current sources, Resistors, Switches, Capacitors, inductors, Diodes, transistors Operational amplifier

A Simple Electric Circuit

System of Units
The International System of Units, or Systme

International des Units (SI), uses 7 base units. All other units are derived units e.g. frequency, force and power.
S/N0 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 Length Mass Time Electric current Thermodynamic temperature Basic Unit Meter Kilogram Second Ampere Degree/Kelvin Symbol m kg s A K

6 7

Amount of substance Luminous intensity

Mole Candela

mol cd

SI Standard Prefixes
Prefix Symbol Power

pico nano
micro milli centi deci deka hecto Kilo mega giga tera

P N
m c d da h k M G T

1012 109
106 103 102 101 101 102 103 106 109 1012