Electric Circuits Theory

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

This course covers; basic concepts (Charge and current, Voltage, power and energy, circuit elements), basic laws (Ohm’s Law, Nodes, branches and loops, Kirchhoff’s Law, series resistors and voltage division, paralel resistors and current division, Wye-delta transformations), analysis methods (nodal analysis, nodal analysis with voltege sources, Mesh analysis, Mesh analysis with current sources, Modal versus mesh analysis), Circuit theorems (Linearity property, Superposition, Source transformation, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, Maximum power transfer), Operational amplifiers (Operational amplifiers, Ideal Op Amp, inverting Amplifier, Noninverting amplifier,summing amplifier, difference amplifier, Cascade Op amp circuits, Op amp circuit analysis), capacitor and inductor (capacitors, series and parallel capacitors, inductors, series and parallel inductors), first order circuits (the source-free RC circuit, the source-free RL circuit, singularity functions, step response of an RC circuit, step response of an RL circuit, first order Op amp circuits).

Weekly Schedule

1) Basic Electric Laws
2) Basic Electric Laws
3) Analysis with Nodal Equations
4) Analysis with Loop Equations
5) İdeal Amplifiers
6) Thevenin and Norton Theorem's
7) Superposition Principle
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Circuit Analysis in Time Domain
10) Circuit Analysis in Time Domain
11) AC Analysis in Time Domain
12) AC Analysis in Frequency Domain
13) Power Contents in AC circuits
14) Laplace Transformation and its applications
15) Frequency response in circuits
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, D. Irvin, M. Nelms, Wiley, 2013
2- Engineering Circuit Analysis, W.H. Hayt, J. E. Kemmerly, S.M.Dubin. McGrawHill 2002.
3- Elektrik Devreleri, Teori ve Çözümlü Örnekler, Kısım I ve Kısım 2, Ali Bekir Yıldız, Kocaeli Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Drill and Practice
4) Demonstration
5) Modelling
6) Group Study
7) Simulation
8) Simulation
9) Simulation
10) Simulation
11) Case Study
12) Lab / Workshop
13) Self Study
14) Problem Solving
15) Project Based Learning

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade	70%
Number Percentage Semester Studies Midterm Examination 1 35% Quiz 4 50% Laboratory 4 15%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	30%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Not Required