WEEK

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DATE
M W M W M 1/9 1/11 1/16 1/18 1/23

TOPIC
Intro to Circuits, Currents, and Voltages Power and Energy Kirchhoff's Current Law, Kirchhoff's Voltage Law Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - NO CLASS Circuit Elements (Ohm's Law) Intro. to Circuit Analysis, Parallel/Series Resistances Voltage and Current Dividers Node-Voltage Analysis Node-Voltage Analysis Mesh-Current Analysis Thvenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits Thvenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits Thvenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits, Superposition

TEXTBOOK KEY
1.2, 1.3 1.4, 1.5 1.6 1.7, 2.1 2.3 2.4, 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6, 2.7 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 4.1 4.2, 4.3

W 1/25 M 1/30 W 2/1 2/6 2/8

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M 2/13 Capacitance and Inductance W 2/15 First-order RC Circuits (Transient Analysis) DC Steady-State M 2/20 First-order RL Circuits (Transient Analysis) W 2/22 EXAM # 1 (Weeks 1 - 5) M 2/27 Sinusoidal Currents and Voltages, Phasors W M W M W M 2/29 3/5 3/7 3/12 3/14 3/19 Complex Impedance Circuit Analysis with Phasors and Complex Impedances Circuit Analysis with Phasors and Complex Impedances Power in AC Circuits Thvenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits Spring Break - NO CLASS

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5.1, 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6

W 3/21 Spring Break - NO CLASS M 3/26 Thvenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits 5.6 12 W 3/28 AC Steady-State Circuit Analysis Recap 5.4 Introduction: Information and Frequency Content M 4/2 6.1 13 Transfer Functions W 4/4 EXAM # 2 (Weeks 6 - 12) Transfer Functions M 4/9 6.1, 6.3 14 Decibels and Logarithmic Scales W 4/11 Bode Plots 6.4 First-Order Filters M 4/16 6.2, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 Series and Parallel Resonance 15 Introduction to Nonlinear Circuits W 4/18 Ideal-Diode Concept, Constant-Voltage-Drop Model 10.1, 10.4, 10.5 Analysis of Diode Circuits Zener-Diode Voltage-Regulator Circuits M 4/23 10.3, 10.6 Rectifier Circuits (handout) 16 Wave-shaping Circuits (Clipper Circuits) W 4/25 10.7 Diode Circuit Voltage Transfer Characteristic FINAL EXAM Wednesday, May 2, 2012, from 02:50 - 05:40 PM