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Dc circuits
NEE 311

Engr. Jessica Laine

Tumbaga

General policies
Absence in excess of 20% of total required number of meetings
per term will be given a mark of D Dropped unofficially.
Late in excess of 25% of the scheduled class duration will be
considered absent (15 minutes for a 1 hour class; 23 minutes for
a 1-1/2 hour class; 30 minutes for a 2 hour class). Reference time
is DOSTs JUAN TIME.
Only missed major exams may be given a special make-up exam
with valid reasons and upon presentation of related documents.
Missed quizzes will be given a score of 0.
Cheating will be automatically penalized with a final grade of
5.0.
Going out of the class during exams is NOT ALLOWED.

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Tumbaga

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Grading system
Prelim

Midterm

Finals

Quizzes (Q)

40%

Quizzes (Q)

Prelim Exam
(PE)
Class Standing
(CS)

40%

Midterm Exam (ME) 40% Final Exam (FE)

40%

20%

Class Standing (CS) 20% Class Standing

(CS)

20%

Tentative Midterm
Grade (TMG)

100
%

Prelim Grade
(PG)

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100
%

40% Quizzes (Q)

100
%

Midterm Grade=

Tentative Final
Grade (TFG)

40%

Final Grade=

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COURSE OUTLINE

Basic Concepts
Introduction
System of Units
Charge and Current
Voltage
Power and Energy
Circuit Elements
Basic Laws
Ohms Law
Nodes, Branches and Loops
Kirchhoffs Laws
Voltage Divider and Current Divider Principle
Wye-Delta Transformations

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Course outline (Contd)

Analysis of Series, Parallel and Series-Parallel circuits
Analysis of Resistive circuits with controlled sources
Methods of Analysis
Introduction
Mesh Analysis
Nodal Analysis
Network Theorems
Introduction
Superposition
Source Transformation
Thevenins Theorem
Nortons Theorem
Maximum Power Transfer
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Course outline (Contd)

Inductors and Capacitors
Series and Parallel Inductors
Series Parallel Capacitors
First-Order Circuits
Source-Free RL Circuit
Source-Free RC Circuit
Second-Order Circuits
Source-Free Series RLC Circuit
Source-Free Parallel RLC Circuit

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INTRODUCTION
In electrical engineering, we are often interested in
communicating or transferring energy from one point to another.
To do this requires an interconnection of electrical devices. Such
interconnection is referred to as an electric circuit, and each
component of the circuit is known as an element.
ELECTRIC CIRCUIT is an interconnection of electrical elements.

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System of units
An international measurement language is the International
System of Units (SI), adopted by the General Conference on
Weights and Measures in 1960.

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Charge and current

The
concept of electric charge is the underlying principle for
explaining all electrical phenomena. Also, the most basic quantity
in an electric circuit is the electric charge.
CHARGE is an electrical property of the atomic particles of which
matter consists, measured in coulomb (C).
Where:
N = # of particles
Q = charge (C)
C = charge of a particle

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Optimism is the faith that leads to

achievement. Nothing can be done
without hope and confidence.
Albert Einstein

~The End~
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Tumbaga

7/6/15