ELEC1101 Complex AC Circuits
This course is designed to provide the student with the basic electronic concepts as they apply to Resistance Inductance Capacitance (RCL) circuits such as resonant, filter and timing circuits. The student will compute voltages, currents and times in these circuits. These will then be compared with data measured with both multimeter and oscilloscope. Circuits will be designed and evaluated by breadboarding and/or computer simulation software.
Course Requirements and Evaluation
Refer to Course Syllabus for detailed information regarding the requirements and evaluation standards for this course. The Course Syllabus will be distributed the first week of the course.
Learning Outcomes
The following outcomes will be addressed in the course:
Explain the operation of RCL circuits
Calculate the impedance of combination RCL circuits
Analyze series and parallel resonant circuits
Calculate the circuit Q, bandwidth and Resonant Frequency of RCL circuits
Analyze the phasor relationship between applied AC voltage and current in a parallel RC circuit
Discuss the applications of resonant circuits
Define the concepts of power and energy in terms of electrical parameters
Analyze and identify AC real power, reactive power, and apparent power.
Analyze the phasor relationship between applied AC voltage and current in a parallel RC circuit
Demonstrate the concept of power factor correction
Explain and plot the frequency response of circuits for low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and band-reject filter AC filter applications
Determine time constants for different circuit configurations
Analyze the universal time constant chart
Text and References
A list of textbooks required for this course is available at the
campus store and in eServices.
Course Scheduling
The scheduled hours of instruction include sixteen hours for each lecture credit, thirty-two hours for each lab credit, and forty hours for each credit of supervised occupational experience (SOE). Lecture credit may include formal or impromptu lectures, demonstrations, or discussions with the entire class or with small groups or individuals. Refer to the Course Credits section of this course outline for the credit breakdown.
Accommodations Statement
Access Services - Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified students with documented disabilities. Upon attending an intake meeting with Access Services, qualified students will receive a letter listing the approved accommodations that they may provide to their instructors. If you have a documented disability that may require accommodations, contact HTC Access Services at
AccessServices@hennepintech.edu or
https://hennepintech.edu/current-students/access-services/index.html.
Campus
Eden Prairie Campus: 952-995-1300
Credit Details