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EET 201: Fundamentals of Electronic Technology

Credits and Contact Hrs. (Lecture/Laboratory): 3 credits, 3 contact hours per week.

Course Description: Physics of electricity, DC and AC circuit fundamentals, measurements, and electron devices for non-electronic engineering technology majors.

Prerequisites: SET 112

Co-Requisites: None

Textbooks: Patrick and Fardo, Electricity and Electronics - A Survey. 3rd Edition. Prentice-Hall. 1996

Reference(s): None. 

Course Coordinator: Joseph M. Farren, Professor. 

Goals/Course Objectives: To provide an understanding of the various concepts and definitions involved in electricity. To provide the basics of electronics and it's applications in the industrial world.  

Course topics and lecture hours devoted to each topic:  

  • Structure of the atom. Electron drift and the definition of current, concept of voltage. Characteristics of conductors, insulators and semiconductors. (3 hrs.)
  • Concept of resistance (opposition to current flow). Resistance formula and Circular Mils. Wire Tables. Color code for composition resistors. Resistance-Temperature characteristics of conductors. Temperature coefficient of resistance. (4 hrs.)
  • Concept of power in a component or system. Conservation of energy and the efficiency of a system. (1 hr.)
  • Ohm’s Law. Series circuits. Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law. Voltage divider rule. Concepts of polarity, closed loop and voltage rises and drops. Voltage between two points or at a point. Concept of a reference or ground point. Concept of an equivalent circuit. Voltage sources in series. Non-ideal voltage sources. (5 hrs.)
  • Parallel circuits. Kirchhoff’s Current Law. Current divider rule. Simplification of parallel circuits to an equivalent circuit. Analysis of series-parallel combination circuits. (3 hrs.)
  • Concept of capacitance. Characteristics in a DC circuit. Charging and discharging R-C circuits and the time-constant. Transient analysis. (3 hrs.)
  • Introduction to magnetic circuits and applications as a transformer, motor and an inductor. The inductor in a DC circuit. Charging and discharging R-L circuits and the time-constant. Transient analysis. (2 hrs.)
  • Introduction to AC circuits. Review of the sinewave. Peak and RMS values. Period and frequency. Rotating vector concept to represent a sinewave. Concept of lead and lagg. (2 hrs.)
  • Introduction to phasors representations for voltage and current. Ohm’s Law for AC circuits.
  • Reactances and impedance. (2 hrs.)
  • Simple R-L, R-C, and R-L-C circuits. Power definitions for AC circuits. Filters and resonance. (2.5 hrs.)
  • Semiconductor materials and the PN junction diode. basic power supply circuits. Introduction to the concept of amplification. (2.5 hrs.)
  • Tests. (5 hrs.) 
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    Computer usage: None 

    Laboratory projects: None 

    Oral and written communication requirements: Numerous homework assignments to be turned in. 

    Calculus usage: None. 

    Library usage: None.