Syllabus
•What you will learn
–How analog circuits function as signal processors
–The language of electrical engineering: the Laplace transform (Complex Frequency Domain)
–Frequency-dependent behavior of circuits
•Bode diagrams, Filter frequency response
–Representation of signals with sinusoids.
–Second-order circuit response
•Resonance, damping, overshoot
–Design of filter circuits
–Effect of negative feedback on circuit behavior
–Block Diagrams – Equations in Real-World format
•What you should already know
–Basic mathematics
•Trigonometric identities, Logarithms, Complex numbers
–Calculus
•Integration by substitution and by parts, Evaluation of definite integrals, Differentiation
–Differential equations
•Solution of first- and second-order linear differential equations having initial values and/or forcing functions
–Basic circuits
•Loop and node analysis
•Analysis of circuits by methods other than loop and node analysis.
Use of Thevenin and Norton equivalents, voltage and current division, op-amp inverting amplifier, superposition
•Resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, independent and dependent voltage and current sources
•Other elements: the ideal op amp, the comparator
•Step response of a first-order and second order R-C circuits
•Phasor analysis, Impedance
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Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder