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MAE 140: Linear Circuits

General Class Information

Lecture times:
Section #660659, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-4:50pm, Patrick J. Ledden Auditorium (formerly Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Map Building 250)
Section #666468, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-4:50pm, Center Hall (Map Building 984), room 119

Discussion section:
Fridays, 12:00-12:50pm, Peterson Hall (Map Building 399), room 110

Extra discussion section before the midterm!
Monday, Nov 9, 8:00-9:50pm, Peterson Hall (Map Building 399), room 110

Instructors:
Jorge Cortes (cortes at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Mauricio de Oliveira (mauricio at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Teaching Assistants:
Mike Ouimet (miouimet at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Mondays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Andrew Liu (liu.reizhi at gmail.com)
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Mansi Sheth (mnsheth at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Fridays, 2-3pm @ EBU II, room 305

Handouts

Course Syllabus

Lecture Notes: part I

• Introduction (T & R, Chapters 1 & 2)
• Equivalent circuits (T & R, Chapters 2 & 3)
• Systematic circuit analysis (T & R, Chapter 3)
• Active circuits (T & R, Chapter 4)

Lecture Notes: part II

• Capacitors, Inductors (T & R, Chapter 6)
• Laplace transform (T & R, Chapter 9)
• Circuits in the s-domain (T & R, Chapter 6 & 10)
• s-domain circuit analysis and design (T & R, Chapter 11)
• Frequency response and filter design (T & R, Chapter 12 & 14)

Elvis Notes

• Equivalent Circuits
• Operational Amplifier
• Summer
• Filter

Homework Assignments

• Homework #1 (due 10/1/09): 1.19, 1.22, 1.28, 2.4, 2.7, 2.12, 2.17, 2.23, 2.27, 2.34. Solutions here
• Homework #2 (due 10/8/09): 2.38, 2.41, 2.44, 2.46, 2.51, 2.55, 2.57, 3.35, 3.38, 3.42. Solutions here
• Homework #3 (due 10/15/09): 3.71, 3.74, 3.76, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.8, 3.12, 3.14, 3.19. Solutions here
  IMPORTANT: Use only node voltage analysis in 3.12, 3.14, 3.19, not mesh analysis
• Homework #4 (due 10/22/09): 3.12, 3.14, 3.19, 3.20, 3.23, 3.26, 3.32, 4.1, 4.5, 4.11. Solutions here
  IMPORTANT: Use only mesh analysis in 3.12, 3.14, 3.19
• Homework #5 (due 10/29/09): 4.19, 4.22, 4.23, 4.25, 4.27, 4.30, 4.33, 4.45, 4.56, 4.58. Solutions here
• Homework #6 (due 11/12/09): 2.24, 2.36, 2.59, 3.11, 3.15, 3.46, 3.47, 4.40, 4.44, 4.57. Solutions here
• Homework #7 (due 11/19/09): 9.1, 9.8, 9.10, 9.16, 9.25, 9.32, 9.47, 10.1, 10.6, 10.9. Solutions here
• Homework #8 (due 11/25/09): 10.11, 10.13, 10.20, 10.30, 10.31, 10.32. Solutions here
• Homework #9 (due 12/3/09): 10.55, 11.5, 11.7, 11.8, 11.28, 11.51, 11.58, 12.3, 12.15, 12.57. Solutions here

Exams

You can download the midterm here and the midterm solution here
You can download the final here and the final solution here

Grades

The formula to compute the grade is
    grade = max(0.2 * homework + 0.3 * midterm + 0.5 * final, final)

Even if you count on getting the overall grade with only the final, you should still turn in all your homework. Past experiences reveal that it is nearly impossible to get a good grade in the final without having first done the homework.

You can check your grade online via WebCT

Cool linear circuit experiment from MAE171a

Check out the following linear circuit experiment and the accompanying lecture from MAE171a "Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I" (prepared by Professor Raymond de Callafon)

You will really need to master all the material from MAE140 to perform the experiment successfully!

Past Years Websites

You might want to check out the Winter 2009 website, the Fall 2008 website, the Winter 2008 website, the Fall 2007 website, the Summer 2007 website, or the Fall 2006 website, where you will find links to older websites for this class

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California, 92093-0411

Ph: 1-858-822-7930
Fax: 1-858-822-3107

cortes at ucsd.edu
Skype id: jorgilliyo