BASIC CONCEPTS

Dr. Mustafa Uyguroglu

Electric Circuit
An electric circuit is an interconnection of electrical
elements.
Systems of UNITS
Quantity Basic Unit Symbol
Length meter m
Mass kilogram kg
Time second s
Electric current ampere A
Thermodynamic
Temperature
kelvin K
Luminous
intensity
candela cd
The SI Prefixes
Charge and Current
Electric Current
Electric Current
The charge transferred between time t
0
and t
o
t
t
q idt

Voltage
Power
Energy
Passive Sign Convention
PSC: Example I
PSC: Example II
PSC: Example III
Circuit Elements
Ideal Independent Source: provides a specified
voltage or current that is completely independent of other
circuit variables
Ideal Independent Voltage Source:

Circuit Elements
Ideal independent current source
Circuit Elements
Ideal dependent voltage source




Ideal dependent current source