Courses and Schedules

ELE-2120 AC Circuits

This course is a follow-up to ELE-2110: DC Circuits, expanding into the principles and applications of alternating current (AC). It begins with the AC concepts such as sinusoidal waveforms and the mathematical formalism required for AC analysis. Key topics covered include reactance, impedance, phasor diagrams, the behavior of resistive, inductive, and capacitive components in AC circuits, and how frequency influences their performance. The course also covers advanced circuit analysis techniques such as nodal and mesh analysis. Finally, students will analyze resonance, three-phase power systems, and decibels.

Advisory: Advisory: Knowledge of basic DC circuits (or a course equivalent to ELE-2110: DC Circuits) and an understanding of trigonometric functions (or proficiency in a course equivalent to at least MAT-1290: Precalculus) is needed to succeed in this course.

Note: This course requires that students use NI Circuit Design Suite software, which is a Windows-based product and will not run on Macs. Students can run this software and other Windows software on a Mac using Apple's Boot Camp technology or third-party virtualization tools like Parallels or VMWare Fusion. These tools make it possible to run Mac OSX and a Windows operating system side by side. This solution will require a Windows license.

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Credits: 3

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