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Course Outlines

Summer 2018 - ENSC 220 D100

Electric Circuits I (4)

Class Number: 1111

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 7 – Aug 3, 2018: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    May 7 – Aug 3, 2018: Wed, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Aug 9, 2018
    Thu, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    (PHYS 121 or PHYS 126 or PHYS 141), ENSC 120, MATH 232 and MATH 310. MATH 232 and/or MATH 310 may be taken concurrently.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Fundamental electrical circuit quantities, and circuit elements; circuits laws such as Ohm law, Kirchoff's voltage and current laws, along with series and parallel circuits; operational amplifiers; network theorems; nodal and mesh methods; analysis of natural and step response of first (RC and RL), as well as second order (RLC) circuits; real, reactive and rms power concepts. In addition, the course will discuss the worker safety implications of both electricity and common laboratory practices such as soldering. Students with credit for MSE 250 cannot take this course for further credit. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

Important Dates (Tentative but very likely to be finalized):

Midterm-1: Mon Jun 4, 2018
Midterm-2: Wed Jun 20, 2018
Midterm-3: Mon Jul 9, 2018
Midterm-4: Wed Aug 1, 2018
Lab Test 1: Friday June 29, 2018, Lab time.
Lab Test 2: Friday July 27, 2018, Lab time.
Final: Thursday August 9, 2017, 8:30 -11:30 AM, Room TBA (Finalized)
Note: Because Midterms and Lab tests depend on the progress of the course, the dates given above are tentative
and maybe required to move by a few days. Advance notice will be given.

Course Outline:

(1) Introduction, Voltage and Current Sources, Resistors, Ohm’s Law, Power
(2) Nodes, Loops, Kirchhoff Laws, Series/Parallel Resistors, Voltage/Current Divider
(3) Measurement, Node/Mesh Analysis, Thevenin and Norton Equivalents, Superposition
(4) Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amp), Op-Amp Circuits, Non-Ideal Op-Amps
(5) Inductors, Capacitors, RL and RC Circuits, Natural and Step Response
(6) RLC Circuits, Natural and Step Response
(7) Pashors, Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis, Sinusoidal Power
(8) Introduction to 3-Phase Circuits

Laboratory:

There will be 4 or 5 laboratory exercises for this course. Labs are not in session every week. Lab assignment
handouts and dates will be announced in advance of each session. Students will work in groups. Lab reports are
usually due about one week after each lab session. One report per lab group is required.

Note: If your lowest midterm mark is less than your final mark, that midterm will be dropped and the weight
will be added to your final. There will be no makeup exams for any of the midterms, regardless of the reason for
missing the exam. Midterms missed for non-legitimate reason will be given a zero mark. The weight of a
midterm missed for a legitimate reason will be added to the final.

Academic Integrity

Simon Fraser University is committed to creating a scholarly community characterized by honesty, civility, diversity, free inquiry, mutual respect, individual safety and freedom from harassment and discrimination. Any form of academic dishonesty or cheating will not be tolerated. For further information, please review SFU’s
policies on academic integrity: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/Students/
Copying of others’ work is referred to as plagiarism and will not be tolerated. For more information, please visit: http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:


Grading

  • Assignments 5%
  • Labs 10%
  • Lab Tests - 5% each 10%
  • Midterms - 10% each 40%
  • Final Exam 35%
  • In-Class Quizzes - up to 1% bonus

NOTES:


REQUIREMENTS:


Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:


REQUIRED READING:

“Electric Circuits, 10th Edition” by James W. Nilsson and Susan A. Riedel, Pearson/Prentice Hall

“The analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 8th Edition” by Thomas, Rosa, Toussaint, Wiley.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Schaum’s Theory and Problems of Basic Circuit Analysis 2ed, by John O’Malley, McGraw-Hill,
1992.

Schaum’s Theory and Problems of Electric Circuit 4/ed, by Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph A. Edminister,
McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Schaum’s 3000 Solved Problems in Circuit, 3rd by Syed A. Nasar, McGraw-Hill.

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS