University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

48530 Circuit Analysis

6cp

Requisite(s): 48520 Electronics and Circuits AND 33230 Mathematical Modelling 2
Recommended studies: Students are assumed to have knowledge of basic electrical circuits and devices, e.g. Kirchhoff's Current and Voltage Laws, diodes, energy storage devices and operational amplifiers.
Fields of practice: Electrical Engineering program
Undergraduate
Subject coordinator: Dr Gerard Boardman

Using students' understanding of basic electrical circuits and devices as a starting point, this subject introduces the basic theoretical models that underpin signals and system analysis. Students use analytical modelling to investigate real-world devices. Comparison of experimental results is emphasised in the laboratory sessions; students generally attend three laboratory sessions during the semester.

Topics covered are: ideal and real voltage and current sources and loads; resistors, capacitors, inductors and magnetically coupled coils; mesh and nodal analysis, superposition, circuit transformation; power in AC circuits; Laplace transforms, solution of ODEs using Laplace transforms; one- and two-ports systems; transfer (network) functions; two-port parameters and behaviour; poles and zeros; s-plane analysis; Bode plots; first- and second-order systems – response to periodic and aperiodic inputs; time domain and frequency domain solution; response to an arbitrary input using convolution, resonance; dominant pole approximation and practical system identification techniques.

Assessment: Typically assessment in this subject involves laboratory work, a mid-semester test and a final examination.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,460.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.