Syllabus

"Circuit theory is an important and perhaps the oldest branch of electrical engineering. A circuit is an interconnection of electrical elements. These include passive elements, such as resistances, capacitances, and inductances, as well as active elements and sources (or excitations). Two variables, namely voltage and current variables, are associated with each circuit element. There are two aspects to circuit theory: analysis and design. Circuit analysis involves the determination of current and voltage values in different elements of the circuit, given the values of the sources or excitations. On the other hand, circuit design focuses on the design of circuits that exhibit a certain prespecified voltage or current characteristics at one or more parts of the circuit. Circuits can also be broadly classified as linear or nonlinear circuits." (Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman, The Electrical Engineering Handbook, 2005)

Course Content:

1            Circuit variables and elements, dependent and independent sources, Kirchoff’s Current Law (KCL), & Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law  (KVL), Series & Parallel Resistance and Voltage & Current Division

2            Techniques of circuit analysis; The Node voltage method, The mesh current method, Source transformation, Thevenin´s and Norton´s theorems, maximum power transfer

3            Maximum power transfer

4            Inductors and Capacitors

5            Example Questions

6            First order circuits (RC circuits)

7            First order circuits (RL circuits)

8            Second order circuits (LC circuits)

9            Second order circuits (RLC circuits)

10          Second order circuits (RLC, LC circuits), Switching Circuits, Switching Operations

11          Switching Circuits, Switching Operations

12          Filters (Low Pass, High Pass)

13          Filters (Band Pass, Band Stop)

14          Examples

Textbook: Electric Circuits by James W. Nilsson, Susan A. Riedel

​Assessment: %20 lab, %40 midterm exam, %40 final exam.