MAE 140 - Linear Circuits - Fall 2016

News

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Instructor

Mauricio de Oliveira, first-name at ucsd dot edu

Class Times

Lectures

Tuesday, Thursday, 08:00-09:20
Center 115

Discussion Session

Friday, 17:00-17:50
Center 119

Teaching Assistant

Amit Pandey, ap last-name at ucsd dot edu
Behrooz Amini, b last-name at ucsd dot edu

Office Hours

EBU II 105:

Tuesday: 16:00-17:00 (Amit)

EBU II 305:

Monday: 09:00-10:00 (Behrooz)
Wednesday: 10:00-11:00 (Mauricio)

You can make an appointment with me or the TA by email if you need extra help.

Text Book

This quarter 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, 8th Edition (UCSD Custom), R. E. Thomas, A. J. Rosa and G. J. Toussaint, Wiley 2016. ISBN 9781119319894

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

The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 8th Edition, R. E. Thomas, A. J. Rosa and G. J. Toussaint, Wiley 2016. ISBN 978-1-119-23538-5

Of course you can buy the hardcover version or you may also choose to buy used earlier editions dating back to the 4th edition.

Homework will be assigned from the 8th Edition though. 8th Edition is on the Science and Engineering Library Reserves.

Past Years Websites

You might want to check out the websites for:

Fall: 2015 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
Winter: 2016, 2015 2014 2013, 2012 2009, 2008
Summer: 2011, 2007

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

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 & 11)
Frequency response and filter design (T & R, Chapter 12 & 14)

Demo Notes

Grades

You should be able to check out your homework and midterm grades on TED.
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: Thursday, October, 27th.
In class
Exam and solutions.
Final exam: Tuesday, December, 6th
Price Center East Ballroom
8:00-10:59
Exam and solutions.

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: 1.9, 1.11, 1.14, 1.23, 2.7, 2.8, 2.16, 2.18, 2.24, 2.26
Need solutions?
Due: 09/29/2016

Homework #2

T R & T: 2.27, 2.31, 2.32, 2.42, 2.45, 2.51, 2.58, 2.61, 2.75, 2.79
Need solutions?
Due: 10/06/2016

Homework #3

T R & T: 3.51, 3.56, 3.61, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.12 (a,b), 3.13 (a,c), 3.14 (a,c), 3.20 (a,c,d)
Need solutions?
Due: 10/13/2016
IMPORTANT: Please solve problems 3.13, 3.14 and 3.20 using nodal analysis, even if the problem statement asks for mesh analysis!

Homework #4

T R & T: 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.13, 3.14, 3.20 (a,c,d), 3.41, 3.43, 3.97, 3.102
Need solutions?
Due: 10/20/2016
IMPORTANT: Please solve problems 3.2, 3.4 and 3.6 using mesh analysis, even though the problem statement asks for nodal analysis!

Homework #5

T R & T, 4.3, 4.6, 4.10, 4.26, 4.28, 4.30, 4.35, 4.36, 4.38, 4.39
Due: 10/27/2016
Need solutions?

Homework #6

T R & T, 4.43, 4.50, 4.61, 4.70, 4,87
Due: 11/03/2016
Need solutions?

Homework #7

T R & T, 9.5, 9.8, 9.10, 9.18, 9.21, 9.23, 9.27, 9.30, 9.35, 9.37
Due: 11/10/2016
Need solutions?

Homework #8

T R & T, 10.3, 10.7, 10.18, 10.21, 10.25, 10.27, 10.51, 10.53, 10.72, 10.83
Due: 11/17/2016
Need solutions?

Homework #9

T R & T, 11.2, 11.3, 11.12, 11.14, 11.36, 11.40 (a-c), 12.4, 12.7, 12.31, 12.32
Due: 11/29/2016
Need solutions?
HINT: Use material from chapter 12 to solve problems from chapter 11!
HINT: A sketch of the frequency response is fine rather than a straight-line approximation of the Bode plot.