MAE 140 - Fall 2007

Linear Circuits

News

(10/02/2007) Office hours posted
(10/25/2007) Change of schedule due to fire: midterm and Homework #4
(11/03/2007) Change of schedule due to midterm: Homework #5
(12/03/2007) Homework #7 (see information below)
(12/07/2007) Review session today @ SOLIS 107 from 05:00 PM on

Instructors

• Robert Bitmead, r my last name at ucsd dot edu
• Mauricio de Oliveira, my first name at ucsd dot edu

Class Times

Lectures

• Tuesday & Thursday 15:30 to 16:50,
  HSS 1330 (Bitmead)
  Center 119 (Mauricio)

Discussion Session

• Wednesday 08:00 to 08:50,
  PETER 110

Teaching Assistants

• Andrew Liu, my last name dot reizhi at gmail dot com
• Hieu Pham, h8 my last name at ucsd dot edu
• James Krieger, my first name at ucdavis dot edu

Office Hours

EBU II Room 312

• Monday, 13:00-14:30 (James)
• Tuesday, 10:00-11:00 (Mauricio)
• Wednesday, 10:00-11:30 (Hieu)
• Thursday, 08:00-09:00 (Bitmead)
• Friday, 14:00-15:30 (Andrew)

You can make an appointment with me or the TA's by email.

Text Book

The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 5th Edition, R. E. Thomas and A. J. Rosa, Wiley 2006. ISBN 0-471-76095-1

Earlier editions are fine, such as

The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 4th Edition, R. E. Thomas and A. J. Rosa, Wiley 2006. ISBN 0-471-45251-3

Homework will be assigned from the 5th Edition though. 5th Edition is on the Science and Engineering Library Reserves.

Past Years Websites

You might want to check out this website and this website. Check them out if you want to know how the exams will look like!

Lecture Notes

Syllabus

Part I

• Introduction (T & R, Chapters 1 & 2)
• Equivalent circuits (T & R, Chapters 2 & 3)
• Systematic circuit analysis (T & R, Chapter 3)
• Active circuits (T & R, Chapter 4)

Part II

• Laplace transform (T & R, Chapter 9 & 6)
• Circuits in the s-domain (T & R, Chapter 6 & 10)
• S-domain circuit analysis and design (T & R, Chapter 10)
• Frequency response and filter design (T & R, Chapter 12 & 14)

Elvis Notes

• Equivalent Circuits
• Operational Amplifier

Grade Formula

GRADE = MAX(0.2 * HOMEWORK + 0.3 * MIDTERM + 0.5 * FINAL, FINAL)

Exams

• Midterm: November, 8th (formerly November, 1st)
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• Final exam: December, 10th
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Here is the histogram and the percentile plot for the class final grades.

Homework

Hand in on Thursday class.
20% deduction for lateness by one day without reason, else 100%.
Solutions will be posted on this web site.
Formatting Instructions:

• Write your name and student ID on top of each and every page;
• Start answering a question always on the top of the page.

If you do not follow these instructions your homework will get lost!

Homework #1

T & R, 1.18, 2.1, 2.4, 2.11, 2.12, 2.19, 2.21, 2.24, 2.27
Due: 10/04/2007
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Homework #2

T & R, 2.36, 2.40, 2.41, 2.43, 2.50, 2.53, 2.55, 3.36, 3.39, 2.62
Due: 10/11/2007
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Homework #3

T & R, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.19, 3.71, 3.75
IMPORTANT: Solve 3.11 and 3.13 using nodal analysis not mesh analysis!
Due: 10/18/2007
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Homework #4

T & R, 3.10, 3.11, 3.13, 3.20, 3.26, 3.28, 3.31, 4.1, 4.7, 4.13
IMPORTANT: There is a mistake in the diagram of Problem 4.1. The dependent source is a source a voltage, not a source of current!
Need a solution?
Due: 11/01/2007 (formerly 10/25/2007)

Homework #5

T & R, 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.25, 4.26, 4.30, 4.32, 4.33, 4.36, 4.37
Need a solution?
Due: 11/15/2007 (formerly 11/08/2007)

Homework #6

T & R, 9.7, 9.9, 9.20, 9.22, 10.6, 10.7, 10.13, 10.15, 10.19, 10.30.
Need a solution?
Due: 11/29/2007

Homework #7

T & R, 11.5, 11.9, 11.10, 11.29, 11.54, 11.59, 12.6, 12.9, 12.29, 12.30.
Need a solution?
Due: You do not have to turn this one in! We will post the solutions here.