ELEC 102 - AC Circuits

4 Credits: (3 lecture, 2 lab)

Course Description
This course covers the study of resistive and reactive components and circuits for time-varying signals. Major topics in AC Circuits include: Sinusoids, and transients, reactance, impedance, resonance, phasors, complex numbers, polar and rectangular notation and conversion, loop and nodal analysis using complex numbers. Use of the VOM, DMM, oscilloscope in the evaluation of time varying signals is stressed in the laboratory. 

Note (This course is primarily intended for students in the AAS Electronic Technology Program offered in the evening.)  Spring semester only

Prerequisite ELEC 101 or permission of instructor.

Fiore, J. M. (2022). Laboratory manual for AC electrical circuit analysis.

Objectives
The student will be able to

A. Analyze circuits containing AC sources and resistive elements.

B. Calculate current, voltage and power levels in reactive circuits.

C. Use basic test equipment to measure voltage, current and resistance.

D. Explain the relationships between voltage current, power, resistance and reactance.

Content
A. Time-varying functions

B. Capacitance

C. Inductance

D. Phasor algebra

E. RLC circuits

F. Transformers and inductive coupling.

Student Evaluation
Three major tests and a final will comprise approximately 75% of the final grade. The remainder of the final grade will be based upon laboratory reports and outside assignments.