Course Catalogue

Circuit Analysis and Design UESTCHN2002

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 18
  • Level: Level 2 (SCQF level 8)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This course provides the skills and understanding required to analyse the behaviour of electrical circuits containing inductors, capacitors, resistors and operational amplifiers when dc, ac and transient dc signals are applied to the circuits. It develops insight into the relationship between the ac and transient solution and the impedance representation of an electrical circuit.

Timetable

This course will be timetabled in blocks, typically one week in four.

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

75% Written Exam

25% Report: Laboratory report

Main Assessment In: December

Course Aims

This course aims to provide a basic understanding of the behaviour of electrical circuits containing inductance, capacitance and resistance and the circuits response to dc, steady-state ac, and transient d.c. voltages and currents. It also establishes the relationship between the ac and transient solution and the impedance representation. The concepts are illustrated through simulations and practical experiments to refine analysis techniques and develop measurement skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ define the fundamental electrical properties of charge, current, voltage, power and their units;

■ apply the fundamental laws of circuits analysis, including Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws for current and voltages, and Thévenin's and Norton's theorems, to circuits containing resistors, capacitors, inductors, and operational amplifiers;

■ employ the concepts of phasors and impedances in the analysis of linear steady-state AC electrical circuits;

■ analyse the behaviour at transients of 1st order and 2nd order DC electrical circuits;

■ design and characterise passive and active filters;

■ practice and apply the concepts acquired in class to laboratory experiments involving the use of basic equipment such as multimeters, DC power supplies, digital oscilloscopes, and waveform generators.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions