MAE 140 - Linear Circuits - Fall 2009

News

• 10/07/2009: We have a new room for the discussion session.
  We will meet at Peterson Hall, Room 110 every Friday @ 12:00.
• 10/12/2009: Please retrieve your homework with Andrew at EBU I 1606. It will be in a box outside his office. Make sure you check your grades regularly on webct and contact the TA's in case of conflict.

Instructors

• Mauricio de Oliveira, first name at ucsd dot edu
• Jorge Cortes, last name at ucsd dot edu (Jorge's MAE 140 website)

Class Times

Lectures

• Tuesday, Thursday 15:30-16:50,
  (Mauricio) Center Hall 119
  (Jorge) Patrick J. Ledden Auditorium

Discussion Session

• Friday 12:00-12-50
  Petersen Hall 110

Teaching Assistants

• Andrew Liu, last name dot reizhi at gmail dot com
• Mike Ouimet, mi last name at ucsd dot edu
• Mansi Sheth, mn last name at ucsd dot edu

Office Hours

EBU II Room 305

• Monday: 14:00-15:00 (Mike)
• Tuesday: 14:00-15:00 (Mauricio)
• Wednesday: 14:00-15:00 (Andrew)
• Thursday: 14:00-15:00 (Jorge)
• Friday: 14:00-15:00 (Mansi)

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

Text Book

The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 6th Edition, R. E. Thomas, A. J. Rosa and G. J. Toussaint, Wiley 2009. ISBN 0-470-38330-5

Earlier or newer editions are fine, such as

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

Homework will be assigned from the 6th Edition though. 6th Edition is on the Science and Engineering Library Reserves.

Past Years Websites

You might want to check out the Winter 2009 website, the Fall 2008 website, the Winter 2008 website, the Fall 2007 website, the Summer 2007 website, or the Fall 2006 website, where you will find links to older 02'-05' websites for this class. Check them out if you want to know how the exams will look like!

What's next?

Check out the following linear circuit experiment from MAE171a, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I (prepared by Professor Raymond de Callafon). At the end MAE 140 you should be ready to perform this experiment successfully and follows this lecture with ease.

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
• Summer
• Filter

Grades

You should be able to check out your homework and midterm grades on webct.
Please check them out regularly to make sure your homework is being graded/transcribed correctly!

Grades Formula

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

Exams

• Midterm: November, 10th
  Need a solution?
• Final exam: December, 7th
  3:00p - 5:59p, CENTR 119
  Need a solution?

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.
Please turn in a readable and organized homework. This is a big class! Here is a suggestion:

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

Homework #1

T R & T, 1.19, 1.22, 1.28, 2.4, 2.7, 2.12, 2.17, 2.23, 2.27, 2.34
Need a solution?
Due: 10/01/2009

Homework #2

T R & T, 2.38, 2.41, 2.44, 2.46, 2.51, 2.55, 2.57, 3.35, 3.38, 3.42
Need a solution?
Due: 10/08/2009

Homework #3

T R & T, 3.71, 3.74, 3.76, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.8, 3.12, 3.14, 3.19
Need a solution?
Due: 10/15/2009
IMPORTANT: Please solve problems 3.12, 3.14, 3.19, using nodal analysis, not mesh analysis as stated!

Homework #4

T R & T, 3.12, 3.14, 3.19, 3.20, 3.23, 3.26, 3.32, 4.1, 4.5, 4.11
Due: 10/22/2009
Need a solution?

Homework #5

T R & T, 4.19, 4.22, 4.23, 4.25, 4.27, 4.30, 4.33, 4.45, 4.56, 4.58
Due: 10/29/2009
Need a solution?

Homework #6

T R & T, 2.24, 2.36, 2.59, 3.11, 3.15, 3.46, 3.47, 4.40, 4.44, 4.57
Due: 11/12/2009
Need a solution?

Homework #7

T R & T, 9.1, 9.8, 9.10, 9.16, 9.25, 9.32, 9.47, 10.1, 10.6, 10.9
Due: 11/19/2009
Need a solution?

Homework #8

T R & T, 10.11, 10.13, 10.20, 10.30, 10.31, 10.32
Due: 11/25/2009
Need a solution?

Homework #9

T R & T, 10.55, 11.5, 11.7, 11.8 11.28, 11.51, 11.58, 12.3, 12.15, 12.57
Due: 12/03/2009
Need a solution?

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