(Department)  Biomedical Engineering         (Division)      Bioelectric
 
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Course Title                 Electrical Circuits (I)
 
Number of Credits       3             Prerequisite General Physics (II)
 
 

Course Description:
The course has been designed to introduce fundamental principles of circuit theory commonly used in engineering research and science applications. Techniques and principles of electrical circuit analysis including basic concepts such as: voltage, current, resistance, impedance, Ohms and Kirchoffs law; basic electric circuit analysis techniques, resistive circuits, transient and steady-state responses of RLC circuits; circuits with DC and sinusoidal sources and steady-state power.
 
Course Goals and Objectives:
The course has been designed to introduce fundamental principles of circuits.
 
Course Topics:

• Popular functions: Fixed, sine, unit step, pulse, impulse, slope, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, derivative and integral of functions
• Basic definitions and concepts (electric charge, electric current, voltage, power - Ohm's law - definition of node, mash, loop, branch)
• Basic rules in electrical circuits (Kirchhoff's law KVL and KCL), conversion Radiation safety standards and their application
• Circuit theories (super position, resource conversion, Thevenins and Nortons -theorem, maximum power transfer)
• Operational amplifier (Op amp)
• Capacitor and inductor in electrical circuits
• First order circuits (RL and RC circuit analysis)
• Analysis of RLC circuits
• Specifications of sine functions and the concept of phasor
• Power analysis of AC circuits
• Coupling: Circuit with magnetic coupling-Transformer-Model T-Model π

 
The course aims to:
The should learn fundamental principles of circuit theory commonly used in engineering research and science applications.
 
Reading Resources:

1. Engineering  Circuit Analysis- By: Hayt, William
2. Basic Circuit Theory -By: C.A. Desoer & E.H. Kuh
3. Electrical Circuits (volume1)- By: M. Abedi & R. Abedi

 
Evaluation:
30% Final Exam
60%  Midterm Exam
10% Homework
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