1. ECE201 Final Exam Review1 Final Exam Review Dr. Holbert May 1, 2006

2. ECE201 Final Exam Review2 The Fundamentals Polarity and Passive Sign Convention Ohm’s Law; KCL; KVL Voltage and Current Division Phasors, Impedance, and Complex numbers

3. ECE201 Final Exam Review3 Circuit Analysis Techniques Wide applicability (DC, AC, Transient) Nodal and Loop/Mesh Analyses Linearity; Source Transformation; Superposition Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems Applications: Op-Amps

4. ECE201 Final Exam Review4 Op Amps Generally apply nodal analysis Ideal Op-Amp Relations i – = 0 = i + v – = v + + – R in v+v+ v–v– + – A(v + - v – ) vovo

5. ECE201 Final Exam Review5 LC Characteristics

6. ECE201 Final Exam Review6 First-Order Circuits Determine the differential equation Find the forced (particular) and natural (complementary) solutions Compute time constant (  =RC;  =L/R) Transient and steady-state waveforms

7. ECE201 Final Exam Review7 Second-Order Circuits Determine the differential equation Find the forced and homogeneous solutions Compute the natural frequency,  0, and the damping ratio,  (or compute the roots, s 1,2, of the characteristic equation)

8. ECE201 Final Exam Review8 Damping Summary

9. ECE201 Final Exam Review9 Transient Circuit Analysis First and second order circuits Differential equation approach Step-by-step approach Bottom line: Using techniques from this semester can you find v(t) and/or i(t)?