Michigan State University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

ECE 202 Circuits and Systems II

(Fall 2007)

 

Instructor(s):

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:

Exam I:

25%1

Exam II:

25%1

Exam III:

25%1

Final Exam:

40%2

Homework Assignments (normalized):

10%2

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:

·         ECE202 Spring 2007 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.

·         Previous Announcements

 


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:

1.    Exam I solution key

2.    Exam II solution key

3.    Exam III solution key

 


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

·         How to succeed in ECE202

 


Please report broken links, missing materials and errors on this website to:  schan’at’msu.edu  (replace ‘at’ with the @ symbol)