EEE 101

Circuit variables and elements: Voltage, current, power, energy, independent and dependent sources, resistance. Basic laws: Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws. Simple resistive circuits: Series and parallel circuits, voltage and current division, Wye-delta transformation. Technique of circuit analysis: Nodal and Mesh analysis. Network theorems: Source transformation, Thevenin’s, Norton’s and superposition theorems. Maximum power transfer condition and reciprocity theorem. Energy storage elements: Inductors and capacitors, series and parallel combination of inductors and
capacitors. Response of RL, RC, and RLC circuits: transient and steady state responses. Basic magnetic circuits: magnetic quantities and variables: Flux density, magnetomotive force, magnetic field strength, permeability and B-H curve, reluctance. Laws in magnetic circuits: Ohm’s law and Ampere’s circuital law. Magnetic circuits: Composite series magnetic circuit, parallel, and series-parallel circuits. Analogy between electrical and magnetic circuits. Hysteresis loss and magnetic materials.