MAE 140 - Linear Circuits - Summer 2011

News

Our final exam will be as originally scheduled, on Saturday the 3rd.
We have placed a box in front of EBU II 281 where you can pick up your graded homework. You will also have access to your grades over webct.
If you need to turn in late homework, please contact Chien. His office is at EBU II 276.

Instructor

Mauricio de Oliveira, first name at ucsd dot edu

Class Times

Lectures

Tuesday, Thursday 14:00-16:50,
Center Hall 216

Teaching Assistants

Halil Basturk, h last name at ucsd dot edu
Chien Wei Lee, chl 099 at ucsd dot edu

Office Hours

EBU II 305:

Monday: 11:00-12:00 AM (Chien)
Wednesday: 11:00-12:00 AM (Mauricio)
Friday: 11:00-12:00 AM (Halil)

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

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, 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 2010 website, the Fall 2009 website, 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

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: August 18th
In class
Need a solution?
Check out the frequency and percentile plots to see how you did.
Final exam: September, 3rd (SATURDAY!)
15:00 - 18:00, CENTER 216
Need a solution?
Check out the frequency and percentile plots to see how you did.

Homework

Hand in on Tuesday 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, 1.14, 1.22, 2.5, 2.15, 2.24 2.37, 2.44, 2.53, 3.36, 3.43
Need a solution?
Due: 08/09/2011

Homework #2

T R & T, 3.71, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7
Solve problems
3.5, 3.12, 3.20
using Nodal Analysis to solve the questions regardless of the problems statement.
Solve problems
3.5, 3.12, 3.20
this time using Mesh Analysis.
IMPORTANT: 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 do do that item. For instance in prob. 3.20 you do not have to do part (c)
Need a solution?
Due: 8/16/2011

Homework #3

T R & T, 4.4, 4.5, 4.22, 4.23, 4.28, 4.34, 4.38, 4.45, 4.55, 4.66
Due: 8/23/2011
Need a solution?

Homework #4

T R & T, 9.6, 9.8, 9.16, 9.17, 9.20, 10.1, 10.10, 10.15, 10.17, 10.32
Due: 8/30/2011
Need a solution?

Homework #5

T R & T, 10.55, 11.5, 11.7, 11.9 11.27, 11.51, 11.59, 12.3, 12.15, 12.57
Due: This homework will not be graded!
You can find solutions for all problem in past years' websites.
Need a scan?