Description:

Introduction into theory of electrical circuits, analysis special types of electrical circuits as DC and AC. Transient states in circuits with accumulators of energy. Using Symbolic-Complex method and Fourier transformation for analysis AC circuits supplied with harmonic signal. El. Power and Energy. Introduction into electronics. Principle and typical parameters of basic semiconductor components. Application in electronic circuits (rectifier, stabilizer, power control, operational amplifier). Analogue and digital circuits. Principle of analogue and digital signal processing. Logical circuits, converters, microprocessor.

Contents:

1. El. installation, protections, protective enclosures, protective systems, Basic Safety Standards and Notice No. 50/78.
2. Components of electrical circuits - resistors, capacitors, inductors, source of voltage and current. Ideal, real, equivalent diagrams
3. Analysis methods of electrical circuits - Nodal voltages, mesh currents, Thevenin & Norton theorem, principle of superposition. General methods for analysis of circuits with non DC supplying. Transients.
4. Symbolic-complex method and Fourier transformation for analysis of AC circuits.
5. Three phase system. Electrical power in DC, AC (one and three phase) circuits. Measurement of electrical power.
6. Electronics. Diodes, rectifiers. Zener diode, voltage stabilizer
7. Thyristor, triac, controlled rectifier, chopper
8. Unipolar and bipolar transistor, transistor linear model.
9. Transistor as amplifier.
10. Operational amplifier, inverter, integrator, digital to analogue converter
11. Base of digital signals. Transistor as switch. Logical circuits. Converters of signal levels.
12. Digital TTL and CMOS integrated circuits. Combinational logic elements. Applications
13. Sequential circuits, counters, registers. Microcomputer, basic structure, properties.
14. Power electronics, Magnetic circuits, electromagnet

Seminar contents:

1.Introduction - electrical laboratory work safety, Group subdivision.
2.DC circuits analysis, power supply sources, safety work test
3.Symbolic-complex method for circuits powered by sources of harmonic signal
4.Verification of fuse and circuit breakers characteristic The fault loop impedance measurement.
5.Transients, oscilloscope.
6.Circuits powered by harmonic AC voltage.
7.Power in 1 phase system, power factor correction
8.Semiconductors, Diodes. Rectifiers
9.Zener diode, voltage stabilizer. Switching power source
10.Transistors parameters measurement. Amplifier.
11.Thyristors, chopper
12.Operational amplifier
13.Transistor in switching mode, timing circuit
14.Microcomputer application examples, assessment

Recommended literature:

Rizzoni Giorgio, Principles and Applications of electrical Engineering, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
ISBN 0-256-26116-4

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar