PHYS 311 - Electrical Circuits and Electronics

4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduction to linear lumped-element electrical circuit analysis. Topics include Kirchhoff’s laws, nodal and mesh analysis methods, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, operational amplifiers, first- and second-order circuits, transient analysis, and sinusoidal steady-state analysis. The laboratory provides hands-on practice with constructing circuits as well as experience using circuit simulation software.
Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week
Prerequisites PHYS 223
Pre or Corequisites MATH 311, PHYS 309, PHYS 280
Fall Only