MAE 140 - Linear Circuits - Fall 2010

News

11/29/2010: If you bought our custom edition you may access Chapter 11 online at this location.
10/28/2010: Midterm solution has been posted.
10/25/2010: A Review Session has been scheduled for this Wednesday at 6:00 PM on PETER 110.
10/08/2010: Homework is available for pickup on a box labeled MAE 140 in front of the office EBU I A2013.
09/21/2010: First homework set is already posted.

Instructors

Mauricio de Oliveira, first name at ucsd dot edu
Sonia Martinez, first name md at ucsd dot edu
(link to Sonia's MAE 140 website)

Class Times

Lectures

Tuesday, Thursday 11:00-12:20,
(Mauricio) Center Hall 216
(Sonia) Center Hall 214

Discussion Session

Monday 15:00-15:50
Center Hall 214

Teaching Assistants

Charles Daitch, c last name at ucsd dot edu
Viktoria Gisladottir, vgislado at ucsd dot edu
Gideon Prior, g last name at ucsd dot edu

Office Hours

EBU II Room 305

Monday: 10:00-11:00 (Viktoria)
Tuesday: 14:30-15:30 (Sonia)
Wednesday: 14:30-15:30 (Charles)
Friday: 13:00-14:00 (Gideon)

EBU II Room 479

Thursday: 09:30-10:30 (Mauricio)

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

Text Book

This year we ordered a custom version of our textbook which will be sold at the UCSD bookstore at a signfinicant discount. It should be in stock in time for the class:

The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 6th Edition (UCSD Custom), R. E. Thomas, A. J. Rosa and G. J. Toussaint, Wiley 2009. ISBN 9780470953457

This custom version contains only a selection of chapters from the standard hardcover version of the 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

Of course you can buy the hardcover version or you may also choose to buy used earlier editions, 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 Fall 2009 website 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

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: October, 28th
Check out the solution
Check out the histogram and percentile plots.
Final exam: December, 8th
11:30 - 14:29, TBA
Check out the 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, 1.16, 1.21, 1.23, 2.3, 2.7, 2.13, 2.16, 2.22, 2.29, 2.34
Need a solution?
Due: 09/30/2010

Homework #2

T R & T, 2.38, 2.41, 2.45, 2.49, 2.51, 2.55, 2.57, 3.35, 3.38, 3.42
Need a solution?
Due: 10/07/2010

Homework #3

T R & T, 3.72, 3.73, 3.76, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
Need a solution?
Due: 10/14/2010
IMPORTANT: Please solve problems 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14, using nodal analysis, not mesh analysis as stated! You are not required to use MATLAB or ORCAD in this course. If a homework problem has an item involving MATLAB or ORCAD you do not have to do that item. For instance in prob. 3.13 you do not have to do parts b) and e). You have to do all other parts using nodal analysis.

Homework #4

T R & T, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.20, 3.23, 3.27, 3.32, 4.1, 4.5, 4.11
Due: 10/21/2010
Need a solution?
IMPORTANT: Please solve problems 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14, using mesh analysis this time!

Homework #5

T R & T, 4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 4.25, 4.27, 4.29, 4.33, 4.35, 4.39, 4.45
Due: 11/04/2010
Need a solution?

Homework #6

T R & T, 9.1, 9.5, 9.7, 9.9, 9.10, 9.15, 9.17, 9.19, 9.25, 9.27
Due: 11/16/2010
Need a solution?

Homework #7

T R & T, 10.3, 10.7, 10.9, 10.11, 10.13, 10.19, 10.21, 10.23, 10.30, 10.31.
Due: 11/23/2010
Need a solution?

Homework #8

T R & T, 10.55, 11.5, 11.7, 11.9 11.27, 11.51, 11.59, 12.3, 12.15, 12.57
Due: 12/02/2010
Need a solution?
If you bought our custom edition you may access Chapter 11 online at this location.