61ECE116-Electric Circuits

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

  1. apply the electric circuit problem-solving process to analyze an electric circuit;
  2. analyze dc voltages, dc currents, and dc power in linear dc circuits;
  3. understand the different methods to analyze electric circuits, their scope, and their advantages and disadvantages: parallel components, series components, Δ-to-Y equivalent circuit, source transformation, Norton and Thévenin equivalent circuits, node-voltage method, mesh-current method, etc.;
  4. select the most appropriate analysis methods for a practical application;
  5. perform an electric circuit analysis to find the unknown circuit parameter;
  6.  determine the power budget in an electric circuit;
  7. solve first- and second-order differential equations with constant inputs;
  8. understand phasor representation of sinusoidal signals and use the method for solving linear differential equations with sinusoidal inputs;
  9. apply the phasor concept to solve circuits for the sinusoidal steady-state response;
  10. use active and reactive power in ac circuits, understand the distinction between instantaneous and average power and use the concept of maximum power transfer;
  11. analyze various configurations of three-phase ac circuits.
Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Udo Klein