Instructor(s):
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Michael S. Chan 2215 EB 432-3525 schan’at’msu.edu |
G. M. Wierzba (also ECE 203) 3215 EB 355-5225 wierzba’at’msu.edu |
(replace ‘at’ with the @
symbol)
Lectures:
M
W F, 8:00 a.m. – 8:50
a.m., EB 1145
Office Hours:
M
W F, 9:00 a.m. –
10:00 a.m., or by appointment, 2214A EB
Help Room Hours (starting 9/24):
Tue
& Fri, 10:00 a.m. –
3:00 p.m., 1108 EB (Mr. John Vogel)
(Click
here for the full 2007 Fall ECE Help Room schedule)
Website:
http://www.egr.msu.edu/classes/ece202/schan
Texts:
1.
G.
M. Wierzba, ECE 202 Course e-Notes, Fall 2007 Edition (available
on CD at the Ag Hall Document Center, Agriculture Hall Room 47)
2.
Thomas
& Rosa, The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits (5th
Edition), Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Grading:
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Exam I: |
25%1 |
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Exam II: |
25%1 |
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Exam III: |
25%1 |
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Final Exam: |
40%2 |
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Homework
Assignments (normalized): |
10%2 |
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Attendance
(≥ 85%): |
true2 |
1 The
midterm exam with the lowest score will be dropped
2 You
must obtain a passing grade for this component to pass the course. There will be no exceptions.
Grading
Notes:
i.
You are responsible for all the materials on
the course e-Notes CD. Exceptions, if
any, will be specified in class
ii.
You are responsible for all the sections in
the Thomas & Rosa textbook listed
in the class syllabus
iii.
Exams will be on materials covered in
lectures, homework assignments, and (i) and (ii)
above.
iv.
Exams I, II and III are not cumulative. Specific coverage of each exam will be given
in class.
v.
The Final Exam is comprehensive.
vi.
Borderline grades may be “pushed up” by
demonstration of efforts, enthusiasm and participation in class.
Important
Dates:
1. Midterm
Examinations: Fridays, 9/21, 10/19 10/22 and 11/16, 8:00-8:50 a.m.
2. Final
Examination: Wednesday, 12/12, 7:45-9:45 a.m.
3. ECE
203 Lab Examination: Friday, 11/30, 8:00-8:50 a.m., 1145 EB (in class)
4. No
Class: Monday, 9/3 (Labor Day)
5. No
Class: Friday, 11/23 (Thanksgiving Break)
Lecture Schedule and Reading
Assignment (updated 11/09/2007):
·
Lecture
Schedule/Reading Assignment
Class Syllabus:
Announcements:
·
12/2:
More course notes correction (thanks to Michael Volz):
On Chapter 16, page 7, section d), the value of LL should be 4.48/60
= 74.617 mH.
·
11/28:
Course notes correction: On chapter 16,
page 4 of the course notes, for item a) in the middle of the page,
"S" should be "|S|," the apparent power.
·
11/28:
ECE203 Lab Examination is on Friday, 11/30, at 8:00 a.m. in EB 1145 (the ECE202
classroom)
·
11/9:
Exam III review session is on Wednesday, 11/14/2007, from 5-7 p.m. in ANH-1255
(Anthony Hall)
·
11/9:
Solutions to Homework #8 and Examination II have been posted.
·
11/2:
HW #9 has been posted. It is due Friday,
11/9/2007.
·
11/2: A set of supplemental notes on Network
Stability has been posted (see bottom of this page)
·
10/26:
Homework #8 has been posted, due Friday, 11/2/2007.
Homework
Assignments:
1. HW #11 (due Wednesday, 12/5); (Solutions)
2. HW #10 (due Wednesday, 11/14); (Solutions)
3. HW #9 (due Friday, 11/9); (Solutions)
4. HW #8 (due Friday, 11/2); (Solutions)
5. HW #7 (due Friday, 10/19); (Solutions)
6. HW #6 (due Friday, 10/12); (Solutions)
7. HW #5 (due Friday, 10/5); (Solutions)
8. HW #4 (due Friday, 9/28)(postponed to Monday,
10/1/2007); (Solutions)
9. HW #3 (due Monday, 9/17); (Solutions)
10. HW #2
(due Friday, 9/7); (Solutions)
11. HW #1 due
(on or before) Wednesday, 9/5
Examinations:
Other
Information of Interest:
·
Additional
Notes for Chapter 16
·
Materials on Delta-Wye
and Wye-Delta network conversions may be found in
Chapter 2, pp.36-43 of the ECE201 course notes.
·
Please see Announcements on 11/28 and 12/2
above for corrections on course notes.
·
Supplemental
notes on Network Stability
·
An
additional practice problem discussed in Exam II review session
·
Supplemental
Notes to Section 8-6 of text (pdf, 1.88 MB)
·
Some
information on OrCAD Capture from Prof. S. Chandrasekar of Rutgers University (pdf,
176kB)
·
PSpice
Refresher (by Prof. Wierzba)
·
Finding
Inverse Tangents Using a Calculator May Give You a “Wrong” Answer
Please report broken links, missing
materials and errors on this website to:
schan’at’msu.edu (replace ‘at’ with the @
symbol)