Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 140: Linear Circuits
Fall Term 2011
PEOPLE:
Name
Mohamed-Yahia Dabbagh
Ramadan El Shatshat
Ajoy Opal
Andrew Kennings
Name
Nizar Messaoudi
Mike Foulger
Class
CE/EE
Section 001
CE/EE
Section 002
CE/EE
Section 003
SE
Section 004
Duty
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
ECE 140; Linear Circuits; Fall 2011
Instructors
Office
EIT 4019
Ext
37446
Email
[email protected]
EIT 4021
37063
[email protected]
EIT 4104
35302
[email protected]
EIT 4102
36909
[email protected]
Lab Instructors
Office
Ext
E2-3340
33733
E2-3349
36135
Email
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Name
Abdel Wahab, Wael
Mahmoud Omar
Abou Saleh, Jamil
Akram
Allec, Nicholas
Aly Atteya Mohamed,
Haytham
Azizi, Mostafa
Costa, Thilan
Daif, Sally
Dashmiz, Shadi
Heidarpour,
Mohammed Reza
Huang, Fengxi
Munoz Guerrero,
Juan Carlos
Nadertehrani,
Mohsen
Saad, John Farid
Hanna
Shah, Jaspal Singh
Sharma, Isha
Zidan, Aboelsood Ali
Abdelrohman
Duty
LAB/CDT
Teaching Assistants
Office
Ext
E5-4020
31416
Email
[email protected]
LAB/CDT
E5-5103
31461
[email protected]
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
DC-3577R
EIT-4112
35025
37451
[email protected]
[email protected]
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
EIT-4118
E3-3176
EIT-4109
ERC-2017
EIT-4148
37457
38429
37449
38838
37511
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
EIT-4117
EIT-4151
37456
38036
[email protected]
[email protected]
LAB/CDT
EIT-4148
37511
[email protected]
LAB/CDT
EIT-3155
37437
[email protected]
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
LAB/CDT
E5-4131
EIT-4151
CPH-????
31439
38036
37060
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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LECTURE SCHEDULE
Day of Week
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
LEC 001
2:30-3:20
4:30-5:20
(Dabbagh)
RCH301
RCH301
LEC 002
2:30-3:20
4:30-5:20
(El Shatshat)
RCH302
RCH302
Lectures*
LEC 003
4:30-5:20
3:30-4:20
4:30-5:20
(Opal)
B1-271
B1-271
B1-271
LEC 004
2:30-3:20
2:30-3:20
(Kennings)
EV3-1408
EV3-1408
*There are scheduled make-up lectures throughout the term. Check your schedule.
Type
Type
Section
Section
LEC 001
(Dabbagh)
Make-up
Lectures
LEC 002
(El Shatshat)
LEC 003
(Opal)
LEC 004
(Kennings)
Fri
2:30-3:20
RCH301
3:30-4:20
RCH302
2:30-3:20
EV3-1408
Date
#1
Sept 22
11:3012:20
RCH 301
Sept 23
4:30-5:20
RCH 301
Sept 23
4:30-5:20
B1-271
Sept 21
4:30-5:20
EV3-1408
ECE 140; Linear Circuits; Fall 2011
#2
Oct 6
11:3012:20
RCH 301
Oct 7
4:30-5:20
RCH 301
Oct 7
4:30-5:20
B1-271
Oct 5
4:30-5:20
EV3-1408
#3
Oct 20
11:3012:20
RCH 301
Oct 21
4:30-5:20
RCH 301
Oct 21
4:30-5:20
B1-271
Oct 19
4:30-5:20
EV3-1408
#4
Nov 3
11:3012:20
RCH 301
Nov 4
4:30-5:20
RCH 301
Nov 4
4:30-5:20
B1-271
Nov 2
4:30-5:20
EV3-1408
#5
Nov 17
11:3012:20
RCH 301
Nov 18
4:30-5:20
RCH 301
Nov 18
4:30-5:20
B1-271
Nov 16
4:30-5:20
EV3-1408
#6
Dec 1
11:30-12:20
RCH 301
Dec 2
4:30-5:20
RCH 301
Dec 2
4:30-5:20
B1-271
Nov 30
4:30-5:20
EV3-1408
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TUTORIAL/LAB/CDT SCHEDULE
Type
Section
Mon
Tues
TUT101
TUT102
TUT103
TUT104
Day of Week
Wed
8:30-10:20
MC4041
8:30-10:20
MC4058
10:30-12:20
MC4041
10:30-12:20
MC4058
Thurs
TUT105
Tutorials
8:30-10:20
MC4041
8:30-10:20
MC4058
8:30-10:20
MC4064
10:30-12:20
MC4041
10:30-12:20
MC4058
TUT106
TUT107
TUT108
TUT109
TUT110
9:30-11:20
DWE3516
TUT111
Type
Section
9:30-11:20
DWE3516
Mon
Tues
LAB201
LAB202
Labs/CDTs
Fri
LAB203
ECE 140; Linear Circuits; Fall 2011
Thurs
Fri
10:30-12:20
E2-1310
8:30-10:20
E2-1310
LAB204
LAB205
Day of Week
Wed
8:30-10:20
E2-1310
10:30-12:20
E2-1310
2:30-4:20
E2-1310
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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this course is to introduce basic circuit elements including resistors, capacitors, inductors
and sources. Basic circuit analysis techniques for both DC and AC linear circuits are also introduced.
COURSE CONTENTS:
Week
1
Date
Sept 12-16
2
Sept 19-23
3
4
5
6*
Sept 26-30
Oct 3-7
Oct 10-14
Oct 17-21
7
Oct 24-28
8
9
10
Oct 31-Nov 4
Nov 7-11
Nov 14-18
11
Nov 21-25
12
Nov 28-Dec 2
Topics
Voltage, Current, Power
Resistors, Ohm’s Law
Basic circuit concepts
KVL, KCL
Series and parallel circuits
Nodal analysis
Mesh analysis
Superposition
Source transformation
Text
2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Milestones
CDT Intro
3.1, 3.2, 3.3
LAB 1
3.4-3.8
4.1, 4.2
4.3, 4.4
5.1, 5.2
Thevenin & Norton Equivalents
Maximum Power Transfer
Delta-Wye circuits
Operational Amplifiers
Capacitors and Inductors
Sinusoidal circuits, complex numbers,
phasors
Phasor analysis
AC circuits
Sinusoidal power
5.3, 5.4, 5.5
CDT 1
LAB 2
CDT 2
CDT 3
(MIDTERM Oct 18 911AM)
LAB 3
6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.6
7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5
10.1, Appendix 5
LAB 4
CDT 4
LAB 5
10.2-10.10
CDT 5
11.1-11.6
LAB 6
*Week 6 is midterm week and there are no lectures this week. Missed material is covered during makeup lectures scheduled throughout the term.
TEXTBOOK:
W. H. Hayt, J. Kemmerly, S. M. Durbin, Engineering Circuit Analysis, 7-th Edition, McGraw-Hill 2010
(Custom Publication for University of Waterloo).
OTHER RESOURCES:
UW-ACE
Coursebook
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COMPUTER-DELIVERED TUTORIALS (CDTs):
The Computer-Delivered Tutorials (CDTs) are active learning sessions which help, encourage, and reward
you for keeping up with the problem-solving component of the course. They are basically open-book
automated quizzes during which you have access to tutorial assistance. Students in groups of two
answer questions delivered by a computer and are allowed to use textbooks/notes and discuss the
solution methods with TAs and peers. The CDTs will use numerical value questions based on the course
concepts and the end of chapter problems. The questions will have random properties making each
group’s CDT unique.
All CDTs take place in the WEEF lab (E2-1310) and will occur when there is not a scheduled laboratory.
LABORATORIES:
The course includes 6 Lab experiments to be performed in groups of two in the WEEF Lab (E21310). Your time table should indicate your lab time slot.
One prelab per group for each of the 6 lab experiments will be due by 8:00AM in the day of the
lab experiment.
Each group will submit their observation data prior to the end of the lab session.
One report per group is due by 4:30PM one week following the experiment for Labs 1-5. The
report for Lab 6 will be due by 11:59PM on the day of the experiment.
Course book (http://ecewo.uwaterloo.ca) will used for prelabs, lab data and lab submissions.
If you are absent for a lab, you are required to catch up on the missed work. A separate report
from your partner must be submitted based on your own lab observations.
Lab procedures and experiments are described and available at http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~lab140
WORKPLACE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SYSTEM (WHMIS):
All students taking courses offered by the Faculty of Engineering must have appropriate instruction on
issues of safety. The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) training satisfies this
requirement. This requirement must be satisfied before students can be allowed to engage in lab work.
In ECE140, this means it must be satisfied before the first lab session. For more info, please read
http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/chemicals/whmis.htm.
QUIZZES:
There are weekly quizzes that will happen in the last 20 minutes of each tutorial. Quizzes are done
individually and are closed book. Each quiz will be one problem similar to one of the assigned problems
(see below for assignment problems). Marked quizzes will be handed back by the TAs in subsequent
tutorials.
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ASSIGNMENTS:
There are weekly assignments in the course which are based on end-of-chapter problems from the
course textbook. Assignment problems are intended to help you learn the course material and prepare
you for quizzes, CDTs, laboratories and examinations. There are no grades for assignments.
Number
1
2
3
Week
2
3
4
Date
Sept 19-23
Sept 26-30
Oct 3-7
4
5
6
5
7
8
Oct 10-14
Oct 24-28
Oct 31-Nov 4
7
9
Nov 7-11
8
9
10
10
11
12
Nov 14-18
Nov 21-25
Nov 28-Dec 2
Topics
Voltage, Current, Power: Ch 2: 4, 5, 8, 9, 15, 18, 19
Resistors and sources: Ch 2: 20, 22, 23, 25, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 43
KVL, KCL, Resistive circuits: Ch 3: 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21;
Series and parallel circuits: Ch 3: 45, 50, 56, 58, 64, 65
Nodal analysis: Ch 4: 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24
Mesh analysis: Ch 4: 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45
Superposition and Source transformation: Ch 5: 4, 8, 11, 14, 16, 22, 24, 26,
30, 35
Thevenin & Norton Equivalents, Maximum Power Transfer: Ch 5: 43, 46, 47,
49, 54, 56, 58, 61, 68, 69;
Delta-Wye Connections: Ch 5: 73, 75
Operational Amplifiers: Ch 6: 3, 10, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 38, 39, 41, 70, 72
Capacitors and Inductors: Ch 7: 2, 8, 12, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 34, 35, 36
Sinusoidal circuits, phasors: Ch 10: 20, 32, 35, 37, 41, 50, 63, 67, 72, 79, 81;
Sinusoidal power: Ch 11: 12, 15, 17, 41, 43, 46, 53.
COURSE EVALUATION:
In addition to labs, CDTs, and quizzes, the course has a midterm and final examination. All examinations
are closed book and individual. The marking scheme for the course is detailed below.
Item
Final Exam
Midterm Exam
Labs
CDTs
Quizzes
Total:
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Weight
50%
20%
15%
7.5%
7.5%
100%
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Academic Integrity, Grievance, Discipline, Appeals and Note for Students with Disabilities: see
www.uwaterloo.ca/accountability/documents/courseoutlinestmts.pdf The text for this web site is listed below:
Academic Integrity: In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo
community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. [Check
www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/ for more information.]
Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been
unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70, Student Petitions and
Grievances, Section 4, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.htm. When in doubt please be certain to
contact the department’s administrative assistant who will provide further assistance.
Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity [check
www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/] to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for
his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning
how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about “rules” for group work/collaboration should seek
guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on
categories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71, Student Discipline,
www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.htm. For typical penalties check Guidelines for the Assessment of
Penalties, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/guidelines/penaltyguidelines.htm.
Appeals: A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 (Student Petitions and Grievances) (other than a
petition) or Policy 71 (Student Discipline) may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who believes he/she has
a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 (Student Appeals)
www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy72.htm.
Note for Students with Disabilities: The Office for persons with Disabilities (OPD), located in Needles Hall,
Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with
disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic
accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the OPD at the beginning of each
academic term.
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