ENEE 204 Fall 2007 HW #1 Due: in class Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008
Prof. Gomez
Reading: Mayergoyz and Lawson, Sections 1.1-1.8
Things to do: (1) make sure that you can log into the course website
(https://bb.eng.umd.edu) using your directory ID and password, and (2) verify that your
email address is properly set.
Problem 1. Simple Resistive Circuit
Consider the circuit shown below, and the voltage across R2 is 1.5V.
a. What is the current flowing through each resistor?
b. What is the value of V1?
c. What is the voltage drop across each resistor, except R2?
d. What is power dissipated on each resistor?
e.
Problem 2: Applying definition of current: M&L 1.5
Problem 3. Applying terminal relations for capacitor. Consider the plot of the voltage
versus time of a 10 mF capacitor given in M&L Problem 1.23.
a. Plot the current through the capacitor as a function of time.
b. Plot the power supplied to the capacitor as a function of time.
Problem 4: Resistance and Capacitances
a. M&L, Prob. 1.16
b. M&L, Prob. 1.122
Problem 5. M&L Prob. 1.25