Jorge Cortés
Professor
Cymer Corporation Endowed Chair
MAE 40: Linear Circuits
General Class Information
Lecture times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00pm to 3:20pm at Center
Hall, room 212
Discussion section:
Wednesdays, 9:00am to 9:50am
at Center Hall, room 212
Extra discussion section before midterm 1:
Monday, February 3, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
at EBUII, room 305
Instructor:
Jorge
Cortes (cortes at
ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 3:30pm-4:30pm @ EBUI, room 1603
Teaching Assistant:
Brooklyn Asai
(basai at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Fridays, 2:00pm-3:00pm @ EBUI, room 1603
Canvas
Canvas will be our online platform for class announcements,
video recordings, access information to Zoom meetings,
turning in homework, checking your grades, etc.
A note regarding recordings: use them judiciously, e.g., you
were sick and had to miss a class, or you want to re-check something
you saw in lecture. Don't take recordings as a substitute for
regularly attending class in person -- I cannot stress this enough
based on past experience. Recordings will not work as a substitute for
the type of active understanding that it is only possible in class
when you follow the lecture, ask/answer questions, or listen to other
people's questions/answers.
Canvas
link: Section
#754814
Handouts
Course Syllabus:
pdf
Quiz on complex numbers
pdf
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)
myDAQ Notes
Homework Assignments
We will
use
Piazza for Q&A related to homework problems
All homework submission and grading is electronic
Homework exercises, instructions and solutions will be posted on Canvas
- Homework #1 (due 1/17/25): 1.2, 1.8, 1.15, 1.20, 1.21, 2.4, 2.10, 2.11, 2.17, 2.20
- Homework #2 (due 1/24/25): 2.22, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.29, 2.33, 2.43, 2.46
- Homework #3 (due 1/31/25):
3.3, 3.5, 3.9(a,b), 3.13(b,e), 3.17(b,d), 3.24, 3.40, 3.42(a,c)
IMPORTANT: If a problem statement says "use mesh current analysis", use node-voltage analysis instead
NOTE: You do not need to do any of the simulations using Multisim. Simulations are not required nor graded as part of the homework. - Homework #4 (due 2/8/25):
3.3, 3.9(a,b), 3.11, 3.13(a,d), 3.17(a,d)
IMPORTANT: If a problem statement says "use node-voltage analysis", use mesh current analysis instead
NOTE: You do not need to do any of the simulations using Multisim. Simulations are not required nor graded as part of the homework. - Homework #5 (due 2/14/25):
3.32, 3.37, 3.38, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 4.9
NOTE: You do not need to do any of the simulations using Multisim. Simulations are not required nor graded as part of the homework. - Homework #6 (due 2/21/25): 4.21, 4.25, 4.28, 4.32, 4.40, 4.60, 4.11, 4.14
Exams
Midterm1 on 2/4/25, during class. You can
download the midterm here and the
midterm solution here
Midterm2 on 2/25/25, during class. You
can download the midterm here and the midterm solution here
Final on 3/20/25,
3:00pm-6:00pm. You can download the
final here and the final solution here
Grades
The formula to compute the grade is grade = max{grade1,grade2}, where
    grade1 = 0.20 * homework + 0.25 * midterm1+ 0.25 * midterm2
+ 0.30 * final
    grade2 = 0.20 * homework + 0.20 * midterm1+ 0.20 * midterm2
+ 0.40 * final
Even though the hwk is only 1/5 of
the total grade, past experience
reveals that it is nearly
impossible to get a good grade
without having worked on and spent
time with the homework
consistently throughout the
course.
You can check your grade online via Canvas
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 MAE40 to
perform the experiment successfully!
Past Years Websites
You might want to check out the websites for
where you will find links to older offerings of this class. In particular, you should find old midterm and final exams quite useful to prepare for ours!
IDEA Engineering Student Center
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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