ETE  111        ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS II        4 CREDITS

DESCRIPTION:  Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) circuits are covered in greater depth. Emphasis is on impedance, reactance, power and electrical energy, electrical measurement instruments, and circuit analysis. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, two hours. Prereq: ETE 110 or consent of instructor; prereq or concur: MA 110 or MA 112

COURSE COMPETENCIES:
Upon completion of this course, the student can:
   1. design, analyze and troubleshoot simple AC and DC series, parallel, and series/parallel circuits;
   2. solve AC and DC circuits using Thevenin, Norton, Loop and Mesh analysis and superposition;
   3. calculate AC and DC power, electrical energy, and power factor correction;
   4. solve AC circuits using phasors and complex numbers (polar and rectangular forms);
   5. explain 3-phase AC;
   6. calculate Resonance in AC circuits;
   7. design, construct, and troubleshoot simple low-pass, high-pass, and band-pass passive filter circuits; and
   8. explain 1 and 3-phase transformers.
 

COURSE OUTLINE:
COURSE OUTLINE:

   I. AC Voltage and Current
       A. RMS
       B. Peak-to-Peak
       C. Transformers
   II. Inductive Reactance
       A. Induction
       B. Inductive Circuits
 III. Capacitive Reactance
       A. Capacitance
       B. Capacitive Circuits
   IV. AC Circuits
       A. Series Circuits
       B. Parallel Circuits
       C. Series-Parallel Circuits
   V. Complex Numbers
       A. Polar Form
       B. Rectangular Form
       C. Conversions
   VI. Network Analysis
       A. DC Circuits
             1. Thevenin's Theorem
             2. Norton's Theorem
 3. Kirchoff’s Laws
             4. Superposition
             5. Other Equivalent Circuits
       B. AC Circuits
             1. Thevenin's Theorem
             2. Norton's Theorem
             3. Superposition
             4. Other Equivalent Circuits
   VII. Resonance and Filters
       A. Tuned Circuits
       B. Filters
       C. Power Factor Correction
   VIII. Transformers
       A. Power Transformers
       B. Auto-Transformers
   IX. Three Phase Circuits
       A. Wye Connections
       B. Delta Connections
                C. Transformers

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS/ACTIVITIES (If laboratory or clinic is involved):

1. Voltage and Current in DC and AC Circuits
2. R-L and R-C DC Circuits
3. R-L, R-C, and R-L-C AC Circuits
4. Mesh Analysis of DC Circuits
5. Nodal Analysis of DC Circuits
6. Mesh Analysis of AC Circuits
7. Nodal Analysis of AC Circuits
8. Resonance and filters
 

SUGGESTED LEARNING RESOURCES FOR COURSE:
Introductory Curcuit Analysis; Boylestad

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Revised 7/26/04