Reading: Chapters 1 thru 8 and 10. In particular:
  • The passive convention and Table 1.5-1.
  • Dependent sources. Figure 2.7-1 and Table 2.7-1.(Errata: in Figure 2.7-1b, there should be a short circuit between the terminals where i is labeled.)
  • Table 3.10-1 summaries the equations pertaining to series and parallel elements.
  • Figure 4.2-3 shows how to express element currents and voltages as functions of the node voltages.
  • Figure 4.5-4 shows how to express element currents and voltages as functions of the mesh currents.
  • Figures 5.4-3 and 5.4-4, and the associated text, define voc, isc, and Rt.
  • Figure 6.3-1 describes the ideal op amp.
  • Figure 6.5-1 is a catalog of popular op amp circuits.
  • Table 7.8-1 summarizes important information regarding capacitors and inductors.
  • Table 7.13-2 summarizes parallel and series capacitors and inductors.
  • Table 8.11-1 summarizes first-order circuits.
  • Table 10.6-1 shows how to represent circuit elements in the frequency domain using phasors and impedances.
  • Table 10.8-1 summarizes voltage and current division in the frequency domain.
  • An example illustrating various types of linear electric circuit.

Exam Information

  • This final exam will be given during final exam week..
  • The final exam will be "closed book, closed notes" but I will provide a "crib sheet".
  • The final midterm covers the entire course with emphasis on material covered since the 2nd midterm exam is emphasized. In particular:
    • Complex numbers and sinusoids.
    • AC Circuits.
  • Older material worth reviewing:
    • Dependent sources.
    • Op amps.
    • Mesh and node equations.
    • Equivalent circuits.
    • Superposition.
    • Capacitors, inductors and first-order circuits.
  • Bring a calculator.
Practice Exams:
  1. Practice Exam 1 exam, answers and solutions.
  2. Practice Exam 2 exam, answers and solutions.

On-line Exercises:

  1. Kirchhoff's Laws
  2. Simple Circuits
  3. Circuits with Dependent Sources
  4. Voltage and Current Division
  5. Dependent Sources, Voltage and Current Division
  6. Equivalent Resistors
  7. Equivalent Circuits
  8. Node equations
  9. Mesh equations.
  10. Mesh or node equations for resistive circuits.
  11. More resistive circuits
  12. Signal Processing,
  13. Superposition,
  14. Source Transformations,
  15. Thevenin Equivalent Circuits,
  16. Ideal op amp circuits.
  17. Writing node equations for op amp circuits,
  18. Capacitors and Inductors.
  19. First-order circuits.
  20. More first-order circuits.
  21. Switched first-order circuits.
  22. Complex Arithmetic
  23. Simple AC Circuits
  24. More AC circuits. 


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