Carleton University · ELEC 2501

Circuits and Signals

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Properties of signals. Basic circuit elements: voltage and current sources. Kirchhoff's laws, linearity, superposition. Thevenin and Norton's theorems. Circuit simplification. AC steady-state analysis: impedance, admittance, phasors, frequency response. Transient response of RL and RC circuits: form of response, initial and final conditions. RLC circuits: resonance.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 1005 (may be taken concurrently) and ( PHYS 1004 or PHYS 1002 ), and ECOR 1032 .

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for ELEC 3605 .
  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 1005 (may be taken concurrently) and ( PHYS 1004 or PHYS 1002 ), and ECOR 1032 .
  • Lectures three hours a week, laboratory and problem analysis three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language

Properties of signals. Basic circuit elements: voltage and current sources. Kirchhoff's laws, linearity, superposition. Thevenin and Norton's theorems. Circuit simplification. AC steady-state analysis: impedance, admittance, phasors, frequency response. Transient response of RL and RC circuits: form of response, initial and final conditions. RLC circuits: resonance.

  • Prerequisite(s): MATH 1005 (may be taken concurrently) and ( PHYS 1004 or PHYS 1002 ), and ECOR 1032 .
  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for ELEC 3605 .
  • Lectures three hours a week, laboratory and problem analysis three hours a week.

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