Detailed_Checklist

UCK203E – Circuits, Signals and Systems Course

Detailed Weekly Schedule and Checklist

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[ ] Planned future topic
[X] Canceled topic in this semester
[!] Delayed topic to the next week
[+] Taught/covered topic

Introduction to The Course

w1 [+] Reference book
w1 [+] Topics
w1 [+] Assessments
w1 [+] Ninova pages

Introduction to Circuit Variables and Elements

w2 [+] Electrical Engineering: An Overview
w2 [+] The International System of Units
w2 [+] Circuit Analysis: An Overview
w2 [+] Voltage and Current
w2 [+] The Ideal Basic Circuit Element
w2 [+] Power and Energy
w2 [+] Voltage and Current Sources
w2 [+] Electrical Resistance (Ohm’s Law)

Kirchhoff’s Laws and Resistive Circuits

w3 [+] Kirchoff’s Laws
w3 [+] Analysis of Circuit including Dependent Sources
w3 [+] Resistors in Series
w3 [+] Resistors in Parallel
w3 [+] Voltage and Current Divider
w3 [+] Measuring Voltage and Current
w3 [+] Measuring Resistance - The Wheatstone Bridge
w3 [+] Circuits having dependent sources (and need for a systematic circuit analysis)

Circuit Analysis Techniques

w4 for Friday class is a national day. Hence, we will make an that class online on Saturday.
w4 [ ] Terminology
w4 [ ] Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method
w4 [ ] The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent Sources
w4 [ ] The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special Cases
w4 [ ] Introduction to the Mesh-Current Method
w4 [ ] The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent Sources
w4 [ ] The Mesh-Current Method: Some Special Cases
w4 [ ] Source Transformations
w5 [ ] Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits
w5 [ ] Superposition

The Operational Amplifier

w5 [ ] Operational Amplifier Terminals
w5 [ ] Terminal Voltages and Currents
w5 [ ] The Inverting-Amplifier Circuit
w5 [ ] The Summing-Amplifier Circuit
w5 [ ] The Noninverting-Amplifier Circuit
w5 [ ] The Difference-Amplifier Circuit
w5 [ ] Practical Perspective: Strain Gages
w5 [ ] Quiz 1 (10 pts)

Inductance and Capacitance

w6 [ ] Online simulator (CircuitLab/PartSim) example
w6 [ ] The Inductor
w6 [ ] The Capacitor
w6 [ ] Series-Parallel Combinations of Inductance and Capacitance
w6 [ ] The Natural Response of an RL Circuit

First-order RL and RC Circuits

w7 [ ] The Natural Response of an RC Circuit
w7 [ ] The Step Response of RL and RC Circuits
w7 [ ] A General Solution for Step and Natural Responses
w7 [ ] The Integrating Amplifier (Integrator)
w7 [ ] The Differentiating Amplifier (Differentiator)
w7 [ ] Homework 1 (10 pts)

Midterm Break
Time to solve and submit the homework and study for the exam.

Assessment of the First Part

w8 [ ] Midterm Exam (20 pts)

Responses of Second-order Circuits

w9 [ ] Introduction to the Natural Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
w9 [ ] The Forms of the Natural Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
w9 [ ] The Step Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
w9 [ ] The Natural and Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit
w9 [ ] Two Integrating Amplifier in Cascaded Form

The Laplace Transform

w10 [ ] Definition of the Laplace Transform
w10 [ ] The Step Function
w10 [ ] The Impulse Function
w10 [ ] Functional Transforms
w10 [ ] Operational Transforms
w10 [ ] Applying the Laplace Transform
w10 [ ] Inverse Transforms (Part 1)
w10 [ ] Quiz 2 (10 pts)

Circuit Analysis in s-Domain

w11 [ ] Inverse Transforms (Part 2)
w11 [ ] Poles and Zeros of F(s)
w11 [ ] Circuit Elements in the s Domain
w11 [ ] Circuit Analysis in the s Domain
Applications:
w11 [ ] - The Natural Response of an RC Circuit
w11 [ ] - The Step Response of a Parallel Circuit
w11 [ ] - The Transient Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
w11 [ ] - The Step Response of a Multiple Mesh Circuit
w11 [ ] - The Use of Superposition

Transfer Function and Convolution Integral

w12 [ ] The Transfer Function
w12 [ ] The Transfer Function in Partial Fraction Expansions
w12 [ ] The Transfer Function and the Convolution Integral
w12 [ ] The Transfer Function and Steady State Sinusoidal Response

Frequency Selectivity in Circuits

w13 [ ] Some Preliminaries
w13 [ ] Low-Pass Filters
w13 [ ] High-Pass Filters
w13 [ ] Bandpass Filters
w13 [ ] Bandreject Filters
w13 [ ] Homework 2 (10 pts)

The Fourier Series and The Fourier Transform

w14 [ ] Fourier Series Analysis: An Overview
w14 [ ] The Fourier Coefficients
w14 [ ] The Derivation of the Fourier Transform
w14 [ ] The Convergence of the Fourier Integral
w14 [ ] Using Laplace Transforms to Find Fourier Transforms
w14 [ ] Fourier Transforms in the Limit
w14 [ ] Some Mathematical Properties
w14 [ ] Operational Transforms
w14 [ ] Circuit Applications
w14 [ ] Parseval’s Theorem

Assessment of the Term

[ ] Final Exam (40 pts)

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