Course Objectives
[1] To understand the relationships among charge, current and potential, and to be able to explain and calculate them.
[2] To be able to write circuit equations, to solve them, and to perform calculations using specific numerical values.
[3] To understand the relationship between Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorem, to be able to explain it, and to be able to perform equivalent circuit creation and calculations of circuits.
Rubric
| Excellent | Good | Insufficient |
| 1 | The student can understand the relationships among charge, current and potential, and to be able to explain and calculate them. | The student can understand the relationships among charge, current and potential, and to be able to explain them. | The student can not understand the relationships among charge, current and potential, and are not be able to explain them. |
| 2 | The student is able to write circuit equations, to solve them, and to perform calculations using specific numerical values. | The student is able to write circuit equations. | The student is not able to write circuit equations. |
| 3 | The student is able to understand the relationship between Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorem, to be able to explain it, and to be able to perform equivalent circuit creation and calculations of circuits. | The student is able to understand the relationship between Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorem, and is able to explain it. | The student is not able to understand the relationship between Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorem. |
Assigned Department Objectives
Teaching Method
Outline:
The students will master DC circuits based on the knowledge of electricity learned at junior high school. In this course, the target is to be able to calculate the electric current, voltage, power etc. in circuits. DC circuits are not only the foundation of AC circuits to be learned in the future, but also the basis of electric / electronic circuits and an important theme.
Style:
In this course, the lectures and exercises will be conducted using supplementary materials and texts. To master electrical circuit, it is essential that the students solve problems, solving problems leads to a better understanding. Therefore, before the end of class, quizzes and task reports will be conducted to ensure students knowledge acquirement.
Notice:
The content of this course is of 90 hours, and it includes self-learning time. The students should strictly respect the deadline of the assignments. ( up to 5 absences are excused )
Characteristics of Class / Division in Learning
Course Plan
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Theme |
Goals |
| 2nd Semester |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 1st |
What are electrical circuits: Ohm's law, serial connection and parallel connection of resistors. |
Understand Ohm's law and calculate voltage, current, etc. And to calculate combined resistance.
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| 2nd |
What are electrical circuits: Applied exercises of how to determine division ratio, division ratio, combined resistance. |
To use a split ratio and a partial pressure ratio. Learn how to determine advanced synthetic resistance.
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| 3rd |
Power supply and electric power: Voltage source and current source, and power supply circuit considering internal resistance |
To understand the concepts of a voltage source, current source and internal power supply, and to be able to perform interconversion between a voltage source equivalent circuit and current source equivalent circuit.
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| 4th |
Power supply and electric power: Electric power, electric energy and maximum electric power |
To be able to calculate the electric power consumed by the load in a circuit and the maximum electric power that can be supplied to the load.
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| 5th |
Circuit equation: Kirchhoff's law, loop current method |
To understand Kirchhoff's law, and to be able to establish the loop current method.
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| 6th |
Circuit equation: Node voltage method |
To solve equations using the node voltage method.
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| 7th |
Review |
Eliminate doubts.
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| 8th |
Mid-term Exam |
To solve correctly more than 60% of the exam.
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| 4th Quarter |
| 9th |
Various circuits: Bridge circuit |
To understand the equilibrium condition of the Wheatstone bridge and to be able to calculate resistance values and current value by various calculation methods.
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| 10th |
Various circuits: Y connection and Δ connection |
To be able to derive the formulas of Δ-Y conversion and the inverse conversion.
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| 11th |
Various circuits: Superposition principle (Part 1) |
To understand the superposition principle of voltage sources and to be able to calculate a current from the equivalent circuit.
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| 12th |
Various circuits: Thevenin’s theorem |
To understand Thevenin’s theorem and to be able to calculate a current from the equivalent circuit.
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| 13th |
Various circuits: Norton’s theorem |
To understand Norton’s theorem and other circuit theorems.
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| 14th |
Practice |
To get technical skills for problems
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| 15th |
Review |
Eliminate doubts.
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| 16th |
End-term Exam |
To solve correctly more than 60% of the exam.
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Evaluation Method and Weight (%)
| Test | Assignments | etc | Total |
| Subtotal | 70 | 0 | 30 | 100 |
| Basic Skills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specialized Skills | 70 | 0 | 30 | 100 |