Course Number:

Credit Hours:

4

Course Title:

Linear Circuits

Course Description:

Introduces basic device and signal models and circuit laws. Covers independent and dependent sources and resistors, basic circuit analysis with resistive networks, techniques of node-voltage and mesh-current analysis, Thevenin and Norton theorems, and the ideal operational amplifier model. Discusses common signal models, including step functions, exponentials, and sinusoids. Introduces energy storage elements and studies first-order circuits with the solution of related differential equations. Presents the unilateral Laplace transform as a technique for solving differential equations with initial conditions that model linear circuit behavior. Introduces Laplace transform equivalent circuit models and s-domain circuit analysis, including pole/zero plots and network functions. Considers circuits in the sinusoidal steady state using phasor representation. Presents the mutual inductance and the ideal transformer. Concludes with various power calculations in the sinusoidal steady state.