Network Analysis: Course Outline (EE-143)

EE-143 Network Analysis, Weekly Lecture Plan

• Review: First-Order Circuits: Natural/Step Response of an RC Circuit
• First-Order Circuits: Natural/Step Response of an RL Circuit
• AC Fundamentals, Introduction and Different Terminologies
• Introduction to Phasors and Data Representation
• R, L, and C Elements and the Impedance Concept
• R, L, and C Elements: Resistance, Inductance, Capacitance with Sinusoidal AC
• Power in AC Circuits: Power to Resistive, Inductive and Capacitive Loads
• Power in AC Circuits: Power in More Complex Circuits, Apparent Power, Power Factor etc.
• AC Series-Parallel Circuits: Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s Laws for AC Circuits, Series-Parallel Circuits. Frequency Effects.
• Methods of AC Analysis: Dependent Sources, Source Conversion, Mesh (Loop) Analysis
• Methods of AC Analysis: Nodal Analysis, Delta (Δ) to Wye (Y) Conversion and Wye (Y) to Delta (Δ) Conversion. Bridge Networks.
• AC Network Theorems: Superposition Theorem – Independent & Dependent Sources, Thevenin’s Theorem—Independent Sources
• AC Network Theorems: Norton’s Theorem - Independent Sources, Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems for Dependent Sources, Maximum Power Transfer Theorem
• Resonance: Series Resonance, Quality Factor (Q), Impedance of a Series Resonant Circuit. Resonance: Power, Bandwidth and Selectivity of a Series Resonant Circuit.