ENGR 2041 - Linear Circuits I

4 Credits
Analyze circuits using Kirchhoff’s laws and node-voltage and mesh-current methods, circuits containing op-amps, inductors, and capacitors, first- and second-order circuits, Thevenin circuits. Use measurement tools and equipment to perform experiments with circuits and electronics. Prerequisites:

Pre-Requisites Grade of C or higher in both MATH 1134 and PHYS 1082

Major Content Areas
Phasors & sinusoidal steady state analysis (15%)

Capacitance & inductance, RC RL & RLC circuits (25%)

Resistive circuits and Kirchhoff’s Laws (10%)

Thevenin equivalent circuits(15%)

Circuit Simulation Software (10%)

Operational amplifiers (10%)

Nodal and Mesh Analysis, Source Transformation, Superposition (15%)

Learning Outcomes
Use measurement tools and equipment to perform experiments with simple circuits and electronics.

Analyze circuits using Kirchhoff’s laws and node-voltage and mesh-current methods.

Analyze first- and second-order circuits.

Simplification of complex circuits to equivalent Thevenin circuits.

Analyze circuits containing op-amps, inductors, and capacitors