Department of Biomedical Engineering

EEE 205 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
EEE 205	FALL	2	2	3	5

Prerequisites	PHYS 100 To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required (Core Course)
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	Face-To-Face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
National Occupational Classification Code	-
Course Coordinator	Doç. Dr. Pınar Oğuz Ekim
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tannaz Akbarpour Doç. Dr. Pınar Oğuz Ekim
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Sude Pehlivan Akbuğday Araş. Gör. Alperen Keser Araş. Gör. Nazlı Yaren Dağ

Course Objectives

The course aims to introduce the concepts of the fundamental principles of electrical circuits and techniques of circuit analysis to Computer Engineering students. Topics covered include the analysis of passive dc circuits; resistive elements and circuits; independent sources; KVL and KCL, mesh currents and node voltages, linearity, superposition, Thevenin's and Norton’s equivalents; operational amplifiers; energy storage elements: inductance and capacitance; transient response of first order circuits; time constants; sinusoidal steady state analysis: phasors, impedance, average power flow, AC power, maximum power transfer, transfer function.

Learning Outcomes

The students who succeeded in this course;

Name	Description	PC Sub	* Contribution Level
Name	Description	PC Sub	1	2	3	4	5
LO8	Contruct simple electrical circuits in the laboratory			X
LO7	Express R-L-C circuits using phasors		X
LO6	Interpret RC and RL circuits driven by step or sinusiodal sources		X
LO5	Formulate RC and RL circuits using differential equations		X
LO4	Identify operational amplifier circuits			X
LO3	Analyse circuits using network theorems such as superposition, Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems			X
LO2	Describe DC resistive circuits using circuit analysis techniques (such as mesh currents, nodal voltages)			X
LO1	Explain the methodology of modeling electrical and electronic systems by lumped circuit models			X

Course Description

The following topics will be included: DC analysis of resistive networks, operational amplifiers, time-domain analysis of first order (RC, RL) circuits, analysis of complex circuits using phasor, derivation and plot of transfer functions, frequency-domain analysis of second order (RLC) circuits.

Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses	X
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Managment Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Required Materials	Learning Outcome
1	Circuit Elements and Models	Chapter 1 - Chapter 2	LO1
2	Simple Resistive Circuits, Kirchhoff's Laws (Experiment 1: Resistors)	Chapter 3	LO2
3	Node-Voltage Method (Experiment 2: Ohm’s Law)	Sections 4.1 - 4.4	LO2
4	Mesh-Current Method (Experiment 3: Kirchhoff’s Current Law)	Sections 4.5 - 4.8	LO8
5	Thevenin and Norton Equivalents, Maximum Power Transfer (Experiment 4: Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law)	Sections 4.9 - 4.12	LO3
6	Superposition (Experiment 5: Circuit Analysis Techniques)	Section 4.13	LO3
7	The Operational Amplifier: Basic Circuits	Sections 5.1 - 5.5	LO4
8	Midterm	-	-
9	The Operational Amplifier: Examples (Experiment 6: Superposition and Equivalent Circuits)	Sections 5.6 - 5.7	LO5
10	Inductance, Capacitance, and Natural Response of RL and RC Circuits	Chapter 6, Chapter 7.1 - 7.2	LO6
11	Inductance, Capacitance, and Natural Response of RL and RC Circuits (Experiment 7: Operational Amplifiers)	Chapter 6, Chapter 7.1 - 7.2	LO8
12	Step Response and General Solution to First Order Systems (Experiment 8: Signal Waveforms and Measurements)	Sections 7.3 - 7.7	LO7
13	Sinusiodal Steady State	Section 9.1 - 9.5	LO7
14	Sinusiodal Steady State (Experiment 9: Analysis of Step and Sinusiodal Responses of RC Circuits)	Sections 9.6 - 9.12	LO8
15	Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Analysis	Chapter 10	LO7
16	Final	-	-

Course Notes/Textbooks	J. W. Nilsson and S. A. Riedel “Electric Circuits” Pearson Tenth Edition 2015. ISBN-10:1292060549 ISBN-13: 9781292060545
Suggested Readings/Materials	1. R. M. Mersereau and J. R. Jackson “Circuit Analysis: A Systems Approach” Prentice Hall 2006 ISBN 0130932248. 2. C. K. Alexander and M. N. O. Sadiku “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits” McGraw Hill Second Edition 2004. 3. J. A. Svoboda “PSpice for Linear Circuits” Wiley 2007 ISBN: 9780471781462.

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weighting	LO8	LO7	LO6	LO5	LO4	LO3	LO2	LO1
Midterm	1	25						X	X	X
Laboratory / Application	1	30	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Final Exam	1	35		X	X	X	X
Project	1	10	X
Total	4	100

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Participation	-	-	-
Theoretical Course Hours	16	2	32
Laboratory / Application Hours	16	2	32
Study Hours Out of Class	16	3	48
Field Work	-	-	-
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	-	-	-
Portfolio	-	-	-
Homework / Assignments	-	-	-
Presentation / Jury	-	-	-
Project	1	10	10
Seminar / Workshop	-	-	-
Oral Exams	-	-	-
Midterms	1	9	9
Final Exam	1	19	19
		Total	150