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Sep 20, 2026
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EECT 114 - Introduction to AC Circuit Analysis
PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITE: EECT 113 or Demonstrated readiness in TECH, STEM, or CALC MATH
PROGRAM: Electronics and Computer Technology
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2 CREDIT HOURS MAX: 2
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1.5 LECTURE HOURS MAX: 1
LAB HOURS MIN: 1 LAB HOURS MAX: 1.5
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MIN: 40 TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MAX: 40
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2022
Voltage, current, resistance, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, resistance combinations, and Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and superposition theorems are studied. AC circuits are studied and utilized with basic AC terminology described. The performance of ideal transformers, capacitors and inductors, and first order RLC circuits are investigated. Fundamental analog electronic circuits are utilized in the lecture and laboratory to enhance the understanding of basic laws and theorems.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Recognize and apply basic electrical/electronics units and terminology to circuits with capacitors and inductors.
- Utilize the scientific calculator to solve electronics circuit problems.
- Identify and apply electronic devices and their corresponding schematic symbols, including voltage and current sources (AC), resistors, potentiometers, transformers, capacitors, inductors, and diodes.
- Distinguish between real and ideal voltage and current sources and properly model real sources.
- Identify and calculate basic parameters and sketch the sine, triangle, and square wave.
- Calculate ideal transformer parameters of primary and secondary reflected resistances, voltages and currents.
- Determine the series and parallel combination of capacitors and inductors.
- Use the results of the appropriate first-order differential equation and the initial steady state device models of the capacitor and inductor to analyze DC switching RC and RL circuits.
- Determine the Capacitive and Inductive Reactance of circuits.
- Practice circuit construction (interpreting schematics) and use the digital multimeter, the oscilloscope, and RCL meter to perform electronic measurements and recognize meter-loading impacts.
- Apply basic laws to electronics circuits
GRADING POLICY
- Circuit grounding
- AC waveforms
- Ohm’s law
- Kirchhoff’s laws
- Power rule
- Series circuits
- Parallel circuits
- Series-parallel circuits
- Node voltage calculations
- Basic electrical/electronic units and terminology
- Calculate and solve electronics circuits problems
- Electronics components identification
- Schematic symbols and diagrams
- Real and ideal voltage and current sources
- Circuit breadboarding and construction
- Voltage and current divider rules
- Ideal transformer parameters
- Basic analog electronics circuits
- DC switching RC and RL circuits
- Test equipment and instruments
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