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Foundation Level

Electrical and Electronic Circuits

4 credit course, weekly online assignments, 2 in-person invigilated quizzes, 1 in-person invigilated end term exam.

Code EE1103
Credits 4 Credits
Type Foundation
Prerequisites
Core Competencies

What You'll Learn

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  • At the end of this course, the student should be able to understand and analyse Linear Circuits in the time and frequency domain. 2- and 3-terminal nonlinear devices will be introduced.

12-Week Roadmap

Course Structure & Syllabus

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Module 1
Phasor analysis of AC circuits; impedance, composite networks, and complex power.
Module 2
AC/DC network theorems; Thevenin, Norton, and maximum power transfer analysis.
Module 3
Advanced circuit analysis techniques; nodal analysis, superposition, dependent sources, and network transformations.
Module 4
Introduction to Laplace transforms and signal-domain analysis of electrical systems.
Reading List

Prescribed Books & References

  • Engineering Circuit Analysis, Hayt, Kemmerly and Durbin, 8th Edition, 2013
  • MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, Sedra, Smith and Chandorkar, 7th Edition, 2017
Faculty & Experts

About the Instructors

Prof. Sankaran Aniruddhan

Prof. Sankaran Aniruddhan

Associate Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering , IIT Madras

Dr Sankaran Aniruddhan is Associate Professor in the VLSI group of the department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained his B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2000, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2006. Between 2006 and 2011, he worked in the RF-Analog group at Qualcomm Inc., San Diego where he designed integrated circuits for Cellular RF applications. His research primarily focuses on CMOS RF Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communications.

Prof. Boby George

Prof. Boby George

Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering , IIT Madras

Dr. Boby George received the M. Tech. and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras. He is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras. His research areas include Sensor Interface Electronics, Electric and Magnetic field Based Sensors and their Applications, Sensor Systems for Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring, and Biomedical Instrumentation. He also serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

Prof. R. S. Ashwin Kumar

Prof. R. S. Ashwin Kumar

Assistant Professor , Electrical Engineering , IIT Kanpur

Prof. R. S. Ashwin Kumar received his Bachelor's degree from the College of Engineering, Guindy (Anna University) in 2013 and his Ph.D. degree from IIT Madras in 2020. He is currently an Assistant Professor with IIT Kanpur. His research interests are in analog & mixed-signal IC design and signal processing.