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This document outlines the contents and objectives of a course on fundamentals of electrical circuits. The course covers basic circuit concepts, DC circuit analysis using nodal and mesh analysis, circuit theorems, first and second order circuits, and sinusoidal steady-state analysis using phasors and impedance.

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This document outlines the contents and objectives of a course on fundamentals of electrical circuits. The course covers basic circuit concepts, DC circuit analysis using nodal and mesh analysis, circuit theorems, first and second order circuits, and sinusoidal steady-state analysis using phasors and impedance.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology


School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course Title: Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits ECEG-2121.
Course Objectives: On completion of this course the students are able to:
• To enable students to understand the basic electromagnetic phenomenon, circuit variable and
parameters.
• To enable students to understand and apply the fundamental and derived circuit laws and theorems to
the analysis of DC and steady state poly-phase AC circuits.
Course Contents
1 Chapter I: Introduction
1.1 Basic concepts 5. Chapter V: Sinusoidal Steady- state
1.1.1. System of Units Analysis
1.1.2. Charge, Coulomb’s Law, Electric field 5.1. Review of Complex Algebra
1.1.3. Voltage and Current 5.2. Sinusoids and Phasors
1.1.4. Power, the passive sign convectional and Energy 5.3. Impedance and Admittance
1.1.5. Circuit Elements 5.4. Nodal and Mesh Analysis
1.2. Basic Laws 5.5. Superposition theorem
1.2.1. Ohm’s Law 5.6. Source Transformation
1.2.2. Kirchhoff’s Law 5.7. Thevenin’s and Norton Theorems
1.2.3. Nodes, Branches, Loops and Meshes 5.8. Frequency Response and Resonance
1.2.4. Series Resistors and Voltage Division 6. Chapter VI: Power Analysis
1.2.5. Parallel Resistors and Current Division 6.1. Instantaneous, Average, Reactive
1.2.6. Star (Y) –Delta () Transformation and Complex Power
2 Chapter II: DC Circuit Analysis 6.2. Maximum Average Power Transfer
2.1. Nodal Analysis 6.3. Effective or RMS Value
2.2. Nodal Analysis with Voltage Sources 6.4. Apparent Power, Power Factor and
2.3. Mesh Analysis Power Factor Correction
2.4. Mesh Analysis with Current Sources References
3 Chapter III: Circuit Theorems
3.1. Linearity and Principle of Superposition 1. Engineering Circuit Analysis, By H.
3.2. Source Transformation Hyte and J. E. Kemmerly.
3.3. Thevenin’s and Norton Theorems 2. Basic Electrical Engineering, by
3.4. Maximum Power Transfer Fitzgerald and D. E. Higginbotham.
3. Electric Circuits, by T. F. Bogart.
4 Chapter IV: First and Second Order Circuits 4.Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, by
4.1. Inductors and Capacitors Charles K. Alexader.
4.2. Series and Parallel Connection
4.3. First Order Circuit
4.3.1. Source free RC and RL Circuits
4.3.2. Step Response of RC and RL Circuits
4.4. Second Order Circuit
4.4.1. Source Free Series RLC and Parallel RLC Circuits
4.4.2. Step Response of Series and Parallel RLC Circuits

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