COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
CEN 217 B 3 3 0 2 4 7
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) Prof.Dr. Gëzim Karapici gkarapici@epoka.edu.al
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: Prof.Dr. Gëzim Karapici gkarapici@epoka.edu.al , By appointment
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: M.Sc. Genti Rustemi grustemi@epoka.edu.al
Language: English
Compulsory/Elective: Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered) Bachelor in Computer Engineering (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time: not available yet
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: NA
Code of Ethics: Code of Ethics of EPOKA University
Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement: Please refer to Epoka Regulations.
Course Description: This course aims to equip the students with the basic theoretical and practical tools to understand and to study electrical circuits and electronic circuits & devices.At the end of the course, student should be able to analyze and/or to design a small electrical circuit, or electronic circuit & device based on diodes, transistors and Operational amplifiers for analog and digital devices.
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to equip the students with the basic theoretical and practical tools to understand and to study electrical circuits and electronic circuits & devices. At the end of the course, student should be able to analyze and/or to design a small electrical circuit, or electronic circuit & device based on diodes, transistors and Operational amplifiers for analog and digital devices.
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE
1 This course provides the students with fundamental understanding of electric and electronic circuits.
2 Units of Measurement, Scientific Notation, Engineering Notation and Metric Prefixes, Metric Unit Conversions;
3 Voltage and Current Sources, Resistors; Ohm’s Law; Jule’s Law: Energy and Power
4 Resistors in Series; Resistors in Parallel; Series-Parallel Resistive Circuits
5 Source Conversions, Superposition Theorem, Thevenin’s Theorem, Norton’s Theorem
6 Mesh and Nodal Analysis
7 Octave/Scilab applications
8 RLC circuits in DC conditions
9 Introduction to Circuits in sinusoidal steady state (AC) regime
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Octave - Open-Source Software for Electrical Engineering Basic Concepts – Octave open source – equivalent of Matlab – Basic Functions – Curve Plotting – Matrix and Vector Calculations – Symbolic Math
2 Part 1 DC Circuits I. Basic Concepts – Systems of Units – Charge, Voltage, Power & Energy – Circuit Elements
3 Part 1 DC Circuits II. Basic Laws – Ohm’s Law – Kirchhoff’s Law – Series, Parallel & Wye-Delta Transformations
4 Part 1 DC Circuit III. Methods of Analysis – Nodal Analysis – Mesh Analysis – Octave Application to DC Circuit Analysis
5 Part 1 DC Circuit IV. Circuit Theorems – Thevenin’s & Norton’s Theorems – Maximum Power Transfer
6 LTSpice - Open-Source Software for Electrical Circuit Analysis LTspice XVII Application to DC Circuit Analysis
7 Part 1 DC Circuits V. Operational Amplifiers – Introduction to Operational Amplifiers – Ideal Op Amp – Inverting & Noninverting Amplifiers – Difference Amplifier – Cascaded Op Amp Circuits – Op Amp Analysis with LTSpice
8 Midterm Exam
9 Part 2 Electronic Circuits VI. Diodes and Applications – Introduction to Semiconductors – The Diode – Diode Characteristics – Analysis with LTSpice XVII
10 Part 2 DC Circuits VI. Diodes and Applications – Diode Rectifiers – Special-Purpose Diodes – Application Assignment – Analysis with LTSpice XVII
11 Part 2 Electronic Circuits VII. Transistors and Applications – DC Operation of Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) – BJT Class A Amplifiers – BJT Class B Amplifiers – Analysis with LTSpice XVII
12 Part 2 Electronic Circuits VII. Transistors and Applications – The BJT as a Switch – DC Operation of Field-Effect Transistors (FETs) – Analysis with LTSpice XVII
13 Part 2 Electronic Circuits VII. Transistors and Applications – FET Amplifiers – Feedback Oscillators – Analysis with LTSpice XVII
14 Part 2 Electronic Circuits VIII. Power Supplies (Voltage Regulators) – Power supply circuits operation – Operation of RC filters – Analysis with LTSpice XVII
Prerequisite(s): General Physics I and II
Textbook(s): • Charles Alexander, Matthew Sadiku, "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits", 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2020. • A. S. Sedra, K. C. Smith, T. C. Carusone, V. Gaudet, "Microelectronic Circuits", 8th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2019. • Robert L. Boylestad Louis Nashelsky, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, 11th Edition 2014, Pearson Education, ISBN-13: 978-1-292-02563-6 • Thomas L. Floyd David L. Buchla, Electronics Fundamentals, Circuits, Devices and Applications, 8th Edition 2014, Pearson Education, ISBN-13: 978-1-292-02568-1
Additional Literature: 1. Mike Tooley, Electronic Circuits: Fundamentals and Applications, 5th Edition, 2020, Routledge, ISBN-13: 978-0-367-42198-4 2. William H. Hayt, Jr., Jack E. Kemmerly, Steven M. Durbin, Engineering Circuit Analysis, 8th Edition 2012, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-13: 978-0073529578 3. G. Karapici- Lecture notes on Electric and Electronic Circuits, 2022, EPOKA University
Laboratory Work: not available yet
Computer Usage: Octave, LTSpice, Multisim.
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 Analyse and /or design a small electrical and electronic circuits
2 Understanding and using Basic Laws of Electricity–Ohm’s Law – Kirchhoff’s Laws
3 Understanding and using Thevenin’s & Norton’s Theorems in DC electric circuits analysis
4 Calculation of Electric circuit using Nodal and Mesh Analysis
5 Simulation of Electrical & Electronic Circuits with LTspice
6 Using Octave/Scilab for calculation of Electric and elctronic circuits
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)
No Program Competencies Cont.
Bachelor in Computer Engineering (3 years) Program
1 Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice. 3
2 Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations. 3
3 Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects. 3
4 Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies. 3
5 Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions. 4
6 Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue. 3
7 The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence. 5
8 Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language. 3
9 Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology. 4
10 Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics. 2
11 Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues. 2
12 Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity. 5
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Homework
1
20
Midterm Exam(s)
1
20
Project
1
Laboratory
1
10
Final Exam
1
50
Total Percent: 100%
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
Activities Quantity Duration(Hours) Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 5.5 88
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 3 48
Mid-terms 1 10 10
Assignments 7 2 14
Final examination 1 15 15
Other 0
Total Work Load:
175
Total Work Load/25(h):
7
ECTS Credit of the Course:
7
CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

NA