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EE301

Syllabus - Fall 2009


Course Coordinator:

CDR Marks, USN

Phone:

410-293-6163

Email:

marks@usna.edu


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Instructor's Notes (instructors only)

 

Text:     Circuit Analysis:  Theory and Practice, 4th Ed., Robbins and Miller

Note:    All readings and homework listed are in Robbins and Miller unless otherwise denoted.

 

Day

Lesson

Topic

Reading

Homework

PE

1st  Week 24 Aug

M

1

Course Introduction,  Units, Lab Equipment (Handout)

1.1-1.6

HW #1 Soln
Ch 1 [31, 33, 35, 39, 42, 43]

 

Tu/W

2

Current and Voltage (Handout)

2.1-2.7

HW #2 Soln
Ch 2 [5.a.b.c., 17, 25, 32, 37, 42, 45]

PE 1 Intro to Lab Bench

Th/F

3

Resistance and Ohm’s Law

(Handout)

3.1, 3.5-3.7

4.1-4.2

HW #3 Soln

Ch 3 [5, 35, 36]       Ch 4 [7, 17, 25]

 PE 2 Resistance and Ohms Law

2nd Week 31 Aug

M

4

Power and Energy
(Handout)

4.3-4.6

HW #4 Soln

Ch 4 [30, 31, 40, 46, 47, 59, 61]

 

Tu/W

5

Series Circuits and KVL(Handout)

5.1-5.5

HW #5 Soln

Ch 5 [1, 5, 7, 11, 18.a.b.c.d.e.g., 21a, 22b]

PE 3 Real Power and Kirchhoff's Voltage Law

Th/F

6

Voltage Divider Rule and Reference Voltage

(Handout)

5.6-5.8

HW #6 Soln

Ch 5 [23.a., 24b, 25 (ckt 1), 27,
29 (ckt 1), 31]

PE 4 VDR and Reference Voltage

3rd Week 7 Sep

M

 

Labor Day

 

 

 

 

Tu

7

Parallel Circuits and KCL

(Handout)

6.1-6.3

HW #7 Soln

Ch 6 [2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19.b.]

Tuesday is a Monday Schedule

W   Review      

Th/F

8

Parallel Voltage Sources and
Current Divider Rule
(Handout)

6.4-6.6

HW #8 Soln

Ch 6 [29, 30, 37, 41]

 PE 5 Parallel Circuits, and CDR

4th Week 14 Sep

M

9

Series-Parallel Circuits

(Handout)

7.1-7.2

HW#9 Soln

HW #9 Worksheet

 

Tu/W

10

Current Sources
Source Conversion

(Handout)

8.1-8.3    

HW #10 Soln

Ch 8 [1, 5, 9b, 10b, 11, 15]

PE 6 Series and Parallel Circuits

 

Th/F

11

Nodal Analysis Part I

(Handout)

Supplement

HW#11 Soln

HW #11 Worksheet

PE 7 Nodal Analysis

5th Week 21 Sep

M

12

Nodal Analysis Part II

(Handout)

Supplement

HW#12 Soln

HW #12 Worksheet

 

Tu/W

13

Thèvenin's Theorem I

(Handout)

9.2

HW #13 Soln

Ch 9 [7, 8, 15]

 PE 8 Thèvenin's Theorem

Th/F

 

Exam One Review        Solutions

(Handout)

 

 

 

6th Week 28 Sep

M

 

Exam 1

(Lessons 1-12)

 

 

 

Tu/W 14

Thèvenin's Theorem II
Max Power Transfer

(Handout)

9.4

HW #14 Soln

Ch 9 [19, 23, 40]

PE 9 Max Power Transfer

Th/F

15

Linear Motors

(Handout)

Supplement

HW #15 Soln

HW #15 Worksheet

DC Lab Practical

Sample Exam

7th  Week 5 Oct (Grades due on 6 Oct)
M 16

DC Motors I

(Handout)

Supplement

HW #16 Soln
HW #16 Worksheet

 

Tu/W

17

DC Motors II

(Handout)

Supplement

HW #17 Soln
HW #17 Worksheet

PE 10 Introduction to DC Machines

Th/F

18

Capacitors

(Handout)

10.1-10.4, 10.6, 10.8-10.9

HW #18 Soln

Ch 10 [3, 5, 15, 43, 47]

PE 11 Introduction to Oscilloscopes

8th  Week 12 Oct

M

  Columbus Day      
Tu/W

19

Inductors

(Handout)

13.1-13.4, 13.7-13.8

HW #19 Soln

Ch 13 [2, 5, 13, 14, 32, 33]

PE 12 Capacitor Transients

Th/F

20

Sinusoids
(Handout)

15.1-15.5

HW #20 Soln

Ch 15 [13, 14, 18, 22, 25]

PE 13 Function Generator
9th  Week 19 Oct

M

21 Phasors
(Handout)
15.6-15.11

HW #21 Soln

Ch 15 [29, 35, 43d, 54ac, 55ac, 56]

 

Tu/W

22

Complex Numbers in AC
Analysis
(Handout)

16.1-16.3

HW #22 Soln

Ch 16 [10, 12a.b., 15]

PE 14 Complex Numbers

Th/F

23

Impedance

(Handout)

16.4-16.7

HW #23 Soln

Ch 16 [20, 24a, 28b, 29a, 33]

PE 15 Impedance

10th  Week 26 Oct

M

24

AC Series

(Handout)

18.1-18.3

HW #24 Soln

Ch 18 [12, 13, 19, 25, 27]

 

Tu/W

25

AC Parallel

(Handout)

18.4-18.5

HW #25 Soln

Ch 18 [32, 33a, 36, 41]

PE 16 Intro to AC Circuits

Th/F   Exam Two Review
Solutions
(Handout)
     
11th  Week 2 Nov
M  

Exam 2

(Lessons 13-24)

     

Tu/W

26

Advanced AC Circuits

(Handout)

18.6

HW #26 Soln

Ch 18 [46a.b., 48]

PE 17 AC Series and Parallel

Th/F

27

AC Power

(Handout)

17.1-17.5

HW #27 Soln

Ch 17 [1, 3, 4, 5, 11,13]

PE 18 AC Power

12th  Week 9 Nov (Grades due 10 Nov)

M

28

Power Triangle

(Handout)

17.6-17.7

HW #28 Soln

Ch 17 [20,  22a.b.c.d,24]

 

Tu   Review (Series/Parallel Ckt)
Solutions
(Handout)
     
W   Veterans Day      
Th/F 29

Power Factor, and Power Factor Correction

(Handout)

17.8

HW #29 Soln

Ch 17 [25, 26, 27,29]

PE 19 Power Factor Correction

13th  Week 16 Nov

M

30

AC Source Transformation
AC Thèvenin I

(Handout)

 19.2, 20.3

 HW #30

 

Tu/W

31

AC Thèvenin II
Max Power Transfer

(Handout

20.3, 20.6

HW #31

PE 20 AC Thevenin

Th/F

32

Magnetism
Transformers I

(Handout

23.1-23.2, 23.4-23.5

HW #32

Ch 23 [2, 3, 5, 10]

PE 21 Max Power Transfer

14th  Week 23 Nov

M

33

Transformers II and Reflected loads

(Handout

23.3-23.5

HW #33

Ch 23 [11 (figure a), 12 (figure b), 15 (figure a), 16 (figure a), 18, 21]

 

Tu/W

34

Intro to AC Generators

(Handout

Supplement

24.1-24.3

HW #34

 

  PE 22 Transformers
Th/F   Thanksgiving      
15th  Week 30 Nov   

M

35

3-Phase sources and Loads

(Handout

Supplement

24.1-24.3

HW #35
Ch 24 [2, 7, 8]

 

Tu/W

36

Conversion to per-phase
analysis
(Handout

24.3-24.4

HW #36
Ch 24 [11, 21, 23]

PE 23 Three Phase Loads

Th/F

37

3-Phase Power

(Handout

24.5

HW#37

Ch 24 [32, 33, 38, 39,44]

PE 24 Three Phase Power

16th  Week 7 Dec

M

38

AC Generators II

(Handout

Supplement

HW #38

 

Tu/W

39

Shipboard Electrical  Systems

 

 

AC Lab Practical

Sample Exam

Th/F

 

Final Exam Review

Lectures\Lesson Final Exam

 

 

17th  Week 14 Dec

Tu

 

Final Exam.  15 Dec 0755.  Location TBD.

(Comprehensive)

 

Support material:

1)   Link to nodal analysis procedure.

2)  Link to three phase power help.


Point of contact: CDR Marks, USN