ECE 2040
Course Outline
Fall Semester 2000
R. Mersereau
No. Date Topic Notes Text
18/21 Introduction; Voltages and currents; Ideal resistors, 1.1, 1.2 1.3—1.5,
inductors, and capacitors 2.5, 7.3,
7.6
2 8/23 Independent sources; Kirchoff's current law 1.3, 1.4.1 2.6, 3.3
38/25 Kirchoff's voltage law; solution methodology; 1.4.2, 1.4.3
elements in series and parallel
48/28 Finding equilibrium solutions; dependent sources; 1.4.4, 1.5 2.8
5 8/30 Using Matlab to solve linear equations Appendix A
6. 9/1 Basic networks, writing sufficient KCL and KVL 2.1.1, 2.1.2,
equations; including dependent sources 2.1.3
9/4 Holiday (no class)
7. 9/6 Sufficient sets of equations; source superposition 2.1.4, 2.1.5 5.4
8. 9/8 Node method 2.2 4.3, 4.4,
4.5
9. 9/11 Mesh Method 2.3 4.6, 4.7,
4.7
9/13 Quiz #1 (Lectures 1-6)
10. 9/15 Two-terminal networks; determining v-I relations 3.1
11. 9/18 Resistors in series and parallel 3.2.1, 3.2.2 3.4, 3.5
3.6, 3.7
12. 9/20 Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits 3.2.3, 3.2.4 5.5, 5.6
3.2.5
13. 9/22 Source transformations; operational amplifiers 4.1, 4.2 3.3, 6.3,
6.4, 6,5
14. 9/25 Examples of operational amplifiers 4.3 6.6
