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Module Offerings

4604IYO-SEP-PAR

Aims

To enable students to develop an understanding of the physical principles of electrical and electronic systems, and to analyse simple circuits which incorporate passive and active components. To enhance knowledge and understanding of the essential mathematics underpinning electrical and electronic engineering. To develop intellectual abilities in selecting and applying appropriate circuit analysis techniques for analysing various electrical and electronic circuits. To introduce passive electronic components and understand their operating characteristics. To introduce the operating principles of transformers and electronic filters.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Passive components, AC circuits and phasors Introduction to electric fields, permittivity, Capacitance, impedance of a capacitor. Introduction to magnetic fields, self and mutual inductance, impedance of an inductor. Operating principles of transformers. Alternating current fundamentals, period, frequency and angular frequency. Peak, and rms values. Complex representation of sinusoidal quantities. Phasors. Application of complex numbers in simple ac circuits. Powers in ac circuits. Complex-waveforms and introduction to the Fourier series. Resonance in simple series ac circuits. Series RLC circuit as a band-pass filter. RC circuits as low-pass and high pass filters. Basic Operational Amplifiers Circuit analysis techniques Steady-state dc and ac circuit analysis: Kirchhoff's laws. Voltage and current divider rules. The superposition principle. Mesh current analysis. Nodal potential analysis. Non-ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin's and Norton's equivalent circuits. Maximum power transfer theory.
Module Overview:
To enable students to develop an understanding of the physical principles of electrical and electronic systems, and to analyse simple circuits which incorporate passive and active components. To enhance knowledge and understanding of the essential mathematics underpinning electrical and electronic engineering. To develop intellectual abilities in selecting and applying appropriate circuit analysis techniques for analysing various electrical and electronic circuits. To introduce passive electronic components and understand their operating characteristics. To introduce the operating principles of transformers and electronic filters.-

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