Students finishing this course will understand fundamental circuit analysis techniques, including transient, s-domain, and sinusoidal steady-state methods. Students will be prepared for junior-level courses in electronics (ELEC 350) and signals and linear systems (ELEC 320).
Richard J. Kozick
Office: Room 220 Dana
Phone: (570) 577-1129
FAX: (570) 577-1822
Email: kozick@bucknell.edu
Web:
http://www.linux.bucknell.edu/~kozick
Office hour schedule for Professor Kozick for Spring, 2009 is
M 2-3, T 11-12:30, W 2-3, and F 9-10.
Other times can be arranged - talk to me in class, send email,
or call.
Refer to the
course web page for the most up-to-date office hours.
The library has many books on circuit analysis. I encourage you to read a variety of books in order to see different explanations and additional examples.
This supplement to the main textbook includes a CD with OrCAD Release 10.5 PSpice software. As in ELEC 225, we will continue to use PSpice for labs and possibly homework, and you will also use PSpice in future courses.
The course home page contains homework assignments and answers, syllabus, laboratory assignments, and other course information.
Two in-class exams (15% each) 30% Final exam 25% Homework and brief, in-class quizzes 25% Laboratories 20%
Monday, February 23 and Monday, April 6.The course will conclude with a comprehensive final exam.
Short quizzes (announced or unannounced) may also be given to check your understanding of the material as we proceed through the course. Missed quizzes cannot be made-up, but your lowest quiz grade will be dropped.
You are allowed and encouraged to work on the homework with groups of your classmates. The purpose of the homework is to practice with the material and to improve your understanding. I encourage you to learn from each other, and also to see me for help when you have questions. However, the homework solutions that you submit for grading must be written individually. Be sure that you understand the reasoning for each problem, even if you initially solved the problem with help from your classmates.
January 15 and 29The updated schedule is available on the Laboratories link on the course web page. Students will work in pairs (or groups of three if necessary) on the labs for this course. Some of the lab exercises will serve as illustrations of the course material, while others may be design projects in which you choose the topic.
February 12 and 26
March 19
April 2 and 16
Attendance at all laboratory sessions is expected and required. If you have a legitimate reason for missing lab, please see Prof. Kozick as soon as possible to make arrangements for making up the lab session.
Each student should keep a lab notebook for this course, but I will not collect your notebooks for grading. The lab notebook will serve two purposes. First, it is a good way to organize the notes and data that you'll need to prepare the lab report. Second, it provides a good reference for future labs that you can use to remember how to perform certain operations with the instruments.
The lab report requirements will be specified for each lab exercise. The reports will range from a brief summary of your activities to a more comprehensive documentation of your analysis, design, and measurement results.