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Basic Concept 1

This document introduces an electrical circuit analysis course. It provides information about the course instructor, textbook, evaluation breakdown, and motivation for studying electrical circuits. The overview indicates the document will cover basic circuit concepts, electrical quantities and units, circuit elements, and basic circuit laws from the first two chapters of the textbook. Sample circuits are shown to illustrate what constitutes an electric circuit and how they can range from simple to more complicated. Finally, the system of units used in circuit analysis is introduced as the International System of Units (SI).

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Basic Concept 1

This document introduces an electrical circuit analysis course. It provides information about the course instructor, textbook, evaluation breakdown, and motivation for studying electrical circuits. The overview indicates the document will cover basic circuit concepts, electrical quantities and units, circuit elements, and basic circuit laws from the first two chapters of the textbook. Sample circuits are shown to illustrate what constitutes an electric circuit and how they can range from simple to more complicated. Finally, the system of units used in circuit analysis is introduced as the International System of Units (SI).

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EECE251

Circuit Analysis I
Set 1: Basic Concepts and Resistive Circuits

Shahriar Mirabbasi
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of British Columbia
shahriar@ece.ubc.ca

SM EECE 251, Set 1 1

Course Material
• Lecture notes (http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~shahriar/eece251.html)
• Textbook:
Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, 10th edition
by J. David Irwin and R. Mark Nelms,
John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
• Must purchase WileyPlus edition:
- Binder Ready version from UBC Bookstore
includes access to electronic version online.
• Link to our section on WileyPlus:
http://edugen.wileyplus.com/edugen/class/cls295775/
• Another good reference:
– Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 4th Edition
by Charles Alexander and Matthew Sadiku, McGraw Hill,
2009
SM 2
EECE 251, Set 1

1
Evaluation
• Assignments 10%

• Midterms 40%

• Final Exam 50%

SM 3
EECE 251, Set 1

Motivation

Electrical circuits seem to be everywhere!

SM 4
EECE 251, Set 1

2
Overview
In this slide set we will review basic concepts,
electrical quantities and their units, circuit elements,
and basic circuit laws.

Reading Material: Chapters 1 and 2 of the textbook.

Note: Some of the figures in this slide set are taken from the books (R.
Decarlo and P.-M. Lin, Linear Circuit Analysis, Second Edition, 2001,
Oxford University Press) and (C.K. Alexander and M.N.O Sadiku,
Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Second Edition, 2004, McGraw Hill)

SM EECE 251, Set 1 5

What is an Electric Circuit?


• In electrical engineering, we are usually interested in
transferring energy or communicating signals from one point to
another.

To do this, we often require an interconnection of electrical


components.

“An electric circuit is an interconnection of electrical


components.”

• Typical circuit or electrical components that we will see in this


year:
batteries or voltage sources, current sources, resistors,
switches, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, operational
amplifiers, …
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EECE 251, Set 1

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What is an Electric Circuit?
• According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
“The complete path of an electric current including usually the source of
electric energy.”

• According to Encyclopedia Britannica:

“Path that transmits electric current.”

“A circuit includes a battery or a generator that gives energy to the


charged particles; devices that use current, such as lamps, motors, or
electronic computers; and connecting wires or transmission lines.
Circuits can be classified according to the type of current they carry
(see alternating current, direct current) or according to whether the
current remains whole (series) or divides to flow through several
branches simultaneously (parallel). Two basic laws that describe the
performance of electric circuits are Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's circuit
rules."

SM 7
EECE 251, Set 1

A Simple Circuit

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EECE 251, Set 1

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A More Complicated Circuit

A Radio Receiver
SM 9
EECE 251, Set 1

System of Units

The International System of Units, or Système


International des Unités (SI), also known as metric
system uses 7 mutually independent base units. All other
units are derived units.

SI Base Units
SM 10

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