EE1101 Circuits and Network Analysis

Welcome to EE1101: Circuits and Network Analysis. This introductory course is tailored for first-year undergraduate students, offering a comprehensive overview of Circuit Theory. Students will learn essential concepts, methods for analyzing extensive circuits, and see how these principles are applied in different areas of Electrical Engineering.

For detailed information about the course, including logistics and evaluation methods, please refer to the following link: Course Details.

Course Contents : Introduction, From Maxwell's equations to Circuits domain, Circuit Domain essentials - Voltage, Current, Power and Energy, Voltage and Current Sources, Resistance, DC Circuits, Linearity and Superposition, Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL) for DC Circuits, Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL) for DC Circuits, Mesh and Node analysis, Role of Matrices in Mesh and Node Analysis for Large Circuits, AC Circuits, Inductors, Capacitors, lumped circuits, KCL and KVL for AC circuits, steady state and transient response of AC circuits, role of transformations, Network theorems - Thevenin, Norton, Tellegen's and Receprocity thoerems, Power in AC circuits, multi-phase AC circuits, frequency response of AC circuits, Analog Filters, Two Port Networks, Magnetic Circuit Analysis and Coupled Magnetic Circuits.

Classroom lectures will focus on key concepts and selected examples. The course aims to explore practical applications of these concepts, with some applications discussed during tutorials and others presented through practice problem sets. There are no formal assignments; students are encouraged to strengthen their problem-solving skills by working through the provided practice problems.

Applications covered: Use of Circuit Laws to Solve Operational Amplifier Circuits, Switches in Practice - Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) and Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs), Impulse Response and Stability, Active Filters and Response of Circuits to Periodic Inputs.

Instructor

• Name : Seshadri Sravan Kumar V

• Email : seshadri@ee.iith.ac.in

• Office : 603, Electrical Engineering

Class Timings

• Class timings : Slot D (Monday 12:00 - 12:55, Tuesday 09:00 - 09:55 and Friday 11:00 - 11:55)

• Venue: LHC-08, Lecture Hall Complex

Evaluation Pattern

• Checkpoint Quizzes : 10% (Top 4 scores will be considered)

• Quizzes : 30% (Top 3 scores will be considered)

• Exams : 60% (25% for Mid-Term and 35% for Final Exam)

References

• M E Van Valkenburg, “Network Analysis,” PHI.

• C A Desoer and E S Kuh, “Basic Circuit Theory,” Tata Mcgraw-Hill.

• W A Hytt, J E Kimberly and S M Durbin, ”Engineering Circuit Analysis”, Mcgraw-Hill.

• C K Alexander and M N O Sadiku, “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits,” McGraw-Hill.

Teaching Assistants

Credit to the following undergraduate students who have volunteered to serve as Teaching Assistants for the course.