EECE 101 Electrical Circuits I

Credit 3 Contact Hours 3

PART-A:

1.Circuit variables and elements: Voltage, current, power, energy,

independent and dependent sources, resistance.

2.Basic laws: Ohm’s law, Kirchoff’s current and voltage laws.

3.Simple resistive circuits: Series and parallel circuits, voltage and current
division, wye-delta transformation.

4.Techniques of circuit analysis: Nodal and mesh analysis including

supernode and supermesh.

5.Network theorems: Source transformation, Thevenin’s, Norton’s and

superposition theorems with applications in circuits having independent and
dependent sources, maximum power transfer condition and reciprocity
theorem.
 CURRENT
 Total charge associated with 6.242x10(18) electrons.
The charge associated with one electron can then be
determined from
Charge/electron =1/(6.242x10(18))
= 1.6x10(-19) C
 The current in amperes can now be calculated using the
following equation:
I=(Q/t),
I= ampers(A),Q=coulombs(C),
t= seconds(s)
 VOLTAGE, RESISTANCE
 A potential difference of 1 volt(V) exits between two points if
1 joule(J) of energy is exchanged in moving 1 coulomb(C) of
charge between the two points.
The potential difference between two points is determined by:
V= ( W/Q) volts
Due to the collisions between electrons and between electrons
and other atoms in the material, which converts electrical
energy into heat, is called the resistance of the material.
The resistance of any material with a uniform cross-sectional
area is determined by the following four factors:
1. Material
2. Length
3. Cross-sectional area
4. Temperature

Also we can define by:

R=p(l/A) , ohms
 POWER, ENERGY
 Power is indication of how much work (the conversion of
energy from one form to another) can be accomplished in a
specified amount of time,that is, a rate of doing work.
In equation form, power is determined by:
P=(W/t), watts,W or jules/second, J/s
P= VI, ( W= QV, I= Q/t)

 The energy lost or gained is:

W=Pt, wattseconds
Also, energy(Wh)= Powerxtime
 References:
1. Introductory Circuit Analysis - R.L. Boylestad;
Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd.
2. Introductory Circuits for Electrical & Computer
Engineering - James. W. Nilson; Prentice Hall of
India Private Ltd.
3. Basic Electrical Engineering – Fitzgerald;
McGraw-Hill International.
4. Electricity and Magnetism - Mary Atwater;
McGraw-Hill.
5. Introduction to Electrical Engineering –
Robert P. Ward; Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd.
6. Introduction to Electric Circuits – Richard C.
Dorf & James A. Svoboda; John Wiley & Sons Inc.