MEL 5151 (A) Circuit Analysis, Simulations and Modeling (Part A ) : 2 credits

Basic Elements and Laws; Introduction to Circuit Concepts and Analysis Techniques; First-order and Second-order Circuits; Sinusoidal Analysis (Time domain and Frequency domain); Important power concepts, Power measurements, Frequency response, Bode plots, Resonance, Complex frequency, Poles and zeros.

Introduction to circuit simulation and modeling; modeling the diode forward characteristics (exponential model, graphical & Iterative analysis using the exponential model, piecewise-linear model, constant-voltage-drop model, ideal-diode model, small-signal model); modeling  reverse characteristics; specifying and modeling the Zener diode, SPICE diode model and simulation; BJT transistors and amplifier circuits, (Ebers-Moll (EM) model, hybrid-Model, T model, and high-frequency hybrid-model), SPICE BJT model and simulation;  SPICE MOSFET model and simulation; amplifiers (circuit models for amplifiers, relationship between four Amplifier models, practical op-amp characteristics and modeling, SPICE op-amp model and simulation).