Republic of Yemen ‫الجمهـــوريــة اليمنــيـة‬

Ministry of Technical Education and ‫وزارة التعليــم الفني و التدريـب المهني‬

Vocational Training ‫كليـة المجتمع – صنعـــاء‬
Sana'a Community Collage

Course Title : Basic Electricity and Electronics

Course No. : CEET 220
Department : Biomedical Equipment Engineering
Credit Hours : 4

2004-2005

Description

Objectives

Lectures

1. Electricity
Electric charge, Voltage, Current
2. Resistors
Types, Color coding, Variable resistors, Power rating of resistors, Series and Parallel
resistors
3. Ohm's Law
Definitions, Practical units, Electric power
4. Series Circuits
Analyzing series circuits
5. Parallel Circuits
Analyzing parallel circuits
6. Series Parallel Circuits
Analyzing series parallel circuits
7. Voltage dividers and current dividers
Series, voltage divider, current divider with two parallel resistors, Series voltage
divider with parallel load current
8. Kirchhoff s Laws
Kirchhoffs current law (KCL), : Kirchhoffs voltage law (KVL), Method of branch
currents, Node-voltage analysis, Method of mesh currents
9. Network Theorems
Superposition, Thevenin's theorem, Norton theorem, Millman's theorem, Starr and
delta connections
10. Conductors and Insulators
Standards, Types, Wire resistance
11. Batteries
Features, Voltaic cell, Carbon-Zinc dry cell, Lithium cell, LeadAcid wet cell, Series and
Parallel cells
12. Magnetism
Magnetic field, magnetic flux, types of magnets, magnetic units
13. Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic field around an electric current, Motor action, Lenz's law, Faraday's law

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References

Evaluation

Quiz's 10
Exams 20
Activities 5
Lab activities & Exams 15
Final Lab Exam 10
Final Exam 40

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