EE-110

Linear Circuit Analysis

Every Monday(800-930) and Tuesday(930-1100)

Engr. Dr. Hadeed Ahmed Sher

hadeed.kfueit@gmail.com
www.pveducator.blogspot.com
Admin Block, KFUEIT
Office Hours: Only through appointment

Course Description: This course is designed to educate the students about the basic laws
and concepts in linear electric circuits. The course will cover primarily the DC circuits, however
fundamental knowledge about the AC circuits will also be taught. Moreover, in this course the
students will learn to apply various laws and theorems to find the unknown parameters of linear
circuits. Furthermore, computer aided analysis through code based PSPICE will be a part of this
course.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Note(s): A minimum grade of D is required in this course to pass.
Credit Hours: 3+0+1

Text(s): Electric circuits, 10th Edition Author(s): Nilsson and Riedel;

Text(s): Engineering Circuit Analysis, 8th Edition Author(s): Hayt, Kammerly and Durbin;

Text(s): Introduction to Electric Circuits, 9th Edition Author(s): Dorf and Svoboda;

Supportive material: Personal notes, http://bit.ly/2dJob0x Author: Dr. Hadeed Ahmed

Sher;

Course Objectives:
At the completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Explain the ideal circuit elements.
2. Differentiate between dependent and independent sources.
3. Explain the limitations of various laws and theorems for circuit analysis.
4. Solve Op-Amp circuits.
5. Understand the difference between planar and non-planar circuits.
6. Solve any linear DC circuit using PSPICE.
Grade Distribution:
Midterm Exam 30%
Final Exam 50%

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Course Policies:
General

Students are advised to join the google group for updates.

The homework solution using software is to be submitted through email.
Calculators and smart phones are not to be used unless instructed to do so.
Quizzes and exams are closed book, closed notes.
No makeup quizzes or exams will be given.

Students are expected to work independently. Offering and accepting solutions from
others is an act of plagiarism, which is a serious offense and all involved parties will
be penalized accordingly. Discussion amongst students is encouraged, but when in
doubt, direct your questions to the professor, tutor, or lab assistant.
No late assignments will be accepted under any circumstances.

Attendance and Absences

Attendance is expected and will be taken each class. You are allowed to walkout of the
class during the lecture for refreshments. Attendance has no marks for the final grading
however, student must have at least 75% attendance to appear in the exam.

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Tentative Course Outline:
The weekly coverage might change as it depends on the progress of the class. However, you must
keep up with the reading assignments.

Week Content
Introduction to circuit Analysis
Ideal Circuit Elements
Week 1 Electric Quantities, electric signals and computation of power and energy
Introduction to PSPICE
Homework 1
Ohms law
Week 2 Kirchhoffs laws
Series and parallel combination
Homework 2
The voltage divider circuit
The current divider circuit
Week 3 Bridge and ladder circuits
The darsonval meter movement
Submission of homework 1
Homework 3
The ammeter circuit
The voltmeter circuit
Week 4 The ohmmeter circuit
Delta to Wye equivalent circuits
Submission of homework 2
Homework 4
Introduction to node voltage method
Node voltage method and dependent sources
Week 5 Special cases of node voltage method
Submission of homework 3
Homework 5
Introduction to mesh currents
Mesh current and dependent sources
Week 6 Node voltage versus the mesh current analysis
Submission of homework 4
Homework 6
Source transformations
Week 7 Derivation of Thevenin equivalent
Maximum power transfer
Submission of homework 5
Superposition theorem
Week 8 The mesh current method for planar circuits
Submission of homework 6
Week 9 Midterm examination

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Week Content
The operational amplifier
Week 10 Terminal voltages and currents
The inverting amplifier circuit
Homework 7
The summing and non-inverting amplifier
Week 11 The difference amplifier circuit
Homework 8
The inductor
The capacitor
Week 12 Series and parallel combinations of inductance and capacitance
Submission of homework 7
Homework 9
Response of first order RL and RC circuits
Week 13 Natural response of an RL circuit
Submission of homework 8
Homework 10
Natural response of an RC circuit
The step response of RL and RC circuits
Week 14 The integrating amplifiers
Submission of homework 9
Homework 11
Natural and step response of RLC circuits
Week 15 Natural response of parallel RLC circuit
Step response of parallel RLC circuit
Submission of homework 10
Natural and step response of series RLC circuit
Week 16 AC fundamentals, RMS, average, and maximum values of current and voltage
for sinusoidal signal waveforms
Submission of homework 11
Week 17 Final examination