Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT)

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Course Title: Basic Electricity and Electronics Course Code: ECEng 2202
Academic Year: 2012/13
Instructor : Abebe Demisse
Office: ECE Dept, 1 st floor, R.No 120.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 To familiarize non-major students with the fundamental DC and AC circuits as well
as basic electronic devices and circuits.
 To equip students with capabilities of easy further exploration, understanding and
application of underlying electrical and electronic principles in engineering systems.

Part I: Basic Electricity

1. Introduction
 Electrical Quantities and Units
oCharge, Voltage and Current
o Power and Energy
 Circuit Elements
o Resistors, Capacitors and Inductor
o Independent and Dependent Sources

2. DC Circuit Analysis
 Introduction to Resistive Circuits
o Nodes, Branches, Loops and Meshes
o Measurements of Electrical Variable
o Kirchhoff’s Laws(KVL and KCL) & Circuit Analysis Using KVL and KCL
 Circuit Simplifications
o Series and Parallel Connections
o Equivalent Resistance
o Voltage and Current Divider Circuits
 Analysis Techniques
o Nodal Analysis
o Mesh Analysis
o Superposition
o Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems
3. Steady State, Single Phase AC Circuit Analysis
 Sinusoidal Terminologies
O Sinusoidal Voltages and Currents
o Instantaneous, Average and Effective (rms) Values
 Sinusoids and Phasors
o Review of Complex Algebra
o Phasor Representation of AC Circuit Elements
o Analysis of AC Circuits Using Phasors
 AC Power
o Instantaneous Power
o Active (Average) Power, Reactive Power and Complex Power
o Power Factor

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 Part II: Basic Electronics
1. Introduction

 Brief History and Development of Electronics

 Introduction to Semiconductors
o Doping
o P-N Junctions
2. Diodes

 Operation of a Diode
o Forward and Reverse Bias
o VI Characteristics
o The Ideal Diode
 Rectifiers
o Half-Wave Rectifier
o Full-Wave Rectifier
 Regulated Power Supply
o The Zener Diode
o The Parts of a Regulated Power Supply

3. Bipolar Junction Transistors

 Operation of a BJT
o The Base, the Emitter and the Collector
o Currents and Voltages in Transistors
 The Transistor as a Switch
 The Common Emitter Amplifier
 Other Applications of Transistors
4.MOSFET

REFERENCES
1. Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, by R.C. Dorf
2. Fundamental-of-Electric-Circuits by Alexander Sadiku
3. Engineering Circuit Analysis, by W.H. Hayt & J.E. Kemmerly
4. Electronics Principles, by T.F. Bogart
5. Electronic Devices and Theory by Boylestad
6. Electronics Principles, by Malvino
7. Basic Electrical Engineering, by A.E. Fitzgerald & D.E. Higginbotham
8. Elements of Electrical Engineering, by Cook and Carn

EVALUATION
Quiz & Test, attendance and activity (50%), Final Exam (50%)
NOTES
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 Some topics in the course outline may be given as reading assignments.
 Minimum of 85% attendance is mandatory.

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