Union County College - Principles of AC Circuits - Course Outline 

COURSE - EET 102          PRINCIPLES OF AC CIRCUITS     
HOURS
LEC LAB CR
2 3 3

PREREQUISITE:      EET 101, Principles of DC Circuits 

COREQUISITE:        MAT-142, MAT-144, or equivalent pre-calculus

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

Continuation of EET-101, including analysis of passive devices in AC networks, resonance and characteristics of transformers.  Laboratory introduces measurement techniques utilizing signal generators, oscilloscopes, and bode plotters.

 
   CLASS TEXT    SUGGESTED 
UNIT HOURS CHAP   

   TOPICS           

 PROBLEMS
1 2 13 Introduction, alternating waveforms, frequency, period,   1,3,4,5,7,10,11,12,15,
2 2 13 Phase relations, rms voltage. 18,23,25,29,33,42
3 2 14 Phasors, sinusoidal responses, reactances, phase angle measurement, frequency response, power factor. 5,7,9,11,13,17,20,25,34
4 2 14

Complex numbers, rectangular & polar form, mathematical operations,  

 39,40,43,44,45,49,51
     

TEST 1

  
5 2 15 Series Circuits, R-C & R-L circuits, Kirchhoff's Voltage Law, Voltage Divider Rule 1,3,5,7,9,13,15
6 2 15 Parallel Circuits, admittance & susceptance, current divider rule, equivalent circuits  27,30,33,39,40,46
       

TEST 2

   
7 2 16 Series-Parallel Circuits 1,3,5,6,10,13
8 2 18 Thevenin's Theorem and Maximum Power Transfer. 12,13,39,40
     

TEST 3

  
9 2 19

Power, apparent & reactive power, power triangle, S, P, & Q, power factor conversion.

 1,2,3,5,7,12,17
10 2 21 Logarithms, decibels, R-C low pass filters, R-C high pass filters  2,3,5,9,13,19,21,24,35
11 2 21 R-L fiters, bode plots, crossovers Assigned 
12 2 20 Series Resonance, Qs, selectivity, bandwidth 1,3,5,7,9
13 2 20 Parallel Resonance, Qp, selectivity, bandwidth 13,14,15
         TEST 4   
14 2 22 Transformers, turns ratio, reflected impedance. 8,9,10,11,13
15 3  

FINAL EXAMINATION

  

METHOD OF EVALUATION

 

This document is subject to revisions at the discretion
of the instructor.

Tests & Quizzes             45%

Laboratory Reports        35%

Final Examination           20% 

Make-up exams may be given at the discretion of the instructor.  When absence from a test is unavoidable, arrangements for a make-up must be made prior to the scheduled exam.

The percentages given above are to be considered as guidelines only in arriving at a final letter grade for the course.  Poor correlation among the three components for a particular student may cause a shift in the assignment of weights.

To complete the requirements for the laboratory portion of the course a student MUST perform ALL lab experiments and must submit all lab reports in acceptable form.

Lab reports are due one week after scheduled completion of the experiment.  Ten (10) points will be deducted from the grade for each week (or fraction thereof) that the report is late.  Reports submitted after the last day of instruction will have 100 points subtracted.
TEXT

Introductory Circuit Analysis, Boylestad, Robert L, 10th Edition, ISBN 0-13-097417-X, Prentice Hall, 2002 or
Introductory Circuit Analysis, Boylestad, Robert L, 11th Edition, , ISBN-13: 9780131730441 Prentice Hall, 2007
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