MAE 140 - Summer 2007

Linear Circuits

News

REMINDER: No class Monday, 13th of August, or Monday, 20th of August! We will have an extra hour Wednesday and Friday those two weeks.

Review Sessions before Midterm Andrew is running two review sessions, one on Monday, 20th of August at class time and another on Tuesday, 21st, at 18:00, possibly at EBU II 105. Check out for updates directly with him.

Review Sessions before Final I will run a problem solving session after class today. Andrew is running a review session at 18:00.

Class Times

• Monday, Wednesday & Friday 12:00 to 13:50,
  Warren 2113

Instructor

• Mauricio de Oliveira, my first name at ucsd dot edu

Teaching Assistant

• Andrew Liu, my last name dot reizhi at gmail dot com

Office Hours

EBU II Room 105

• Monday 10:00-11:00
• Tuesday 10:00-11:00 and 13:00-14:30
• Wednesday 10:00-11:00
• Thursday 10:00-11:00 and 13:00-14:30

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.

Past Years Websites

You might want to check out this website. This may give you a better idea about the exams.

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)

Grade Formula

GRADE = 0.2 * HOMEWORK + 0.3 * MIDTERM + 0.5 * FINAL

Exams

• Midterm: August 22nd
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• Final exam: September 8th
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You may also want to check the frequency plot and percentile plot for the final grade distribution. The percentile plot shows the letter grade ranges.

Homework

Hand in at Friday 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, 1-13, 1-21, 2-5, 2-10, 2-13, 2-28, 2-40
Due: 08/10/2007
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Homework #2

T & R, 2-53, 2-58, 2-62, 3-37, 3-41, 3-2, 3-5
Due: 08/17/2007
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Homework #3

T & R, 3-9, 3-12, 3-28
Due: 08/27/2007
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Homework #4

T & R, 4.2, 4.14, 4.28, 4.31, 9.17, 9.31
Due: 08/31/2007
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Homework #5

T & R, 10.3, 10.13, 10.21, 10.35, 10.44
Due: 09/07/2007
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