COMPUTER, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

Professor: Carlo CONCARI
Academic discipline: Convertitori, macchine e azionamenti elettrici (ING-IND/32)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

72 hours
of face-to-face activities

9 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable unavailable

exam calls

Learning objectives

The course aims at providing basic knowledge and methods for the analysis and synthesis of linear circuits in DC, AC and transient conditions. Part of the contents will be preparatory for later Electronics courses.

Prerequisites

Students must be familiar with the concepts and methods treated during the first year of the course (Mathematical analysis, Analytical geometry, Physics).

Course unit content

Analysis and synthesis on linear electric circuits in direct current, alternating current, and transient operation. Energy analysis. Frequency analysis.

Full programme

1) Steady-state electrodynamics (6 hours).
Voltage and currents. Resistor, voltage and current independent generators, Ohm's laws, energy. Voltage and current limits, rated values. Thermal sizing.

2) Direct current circuits analysis and synthesis (14 hours).
Connections among bipoles. Kirchhoff's principles. Mesh analysis, node analysis, delta/wye transformations, superposition principle, Millman's theorem. Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theorem. Measurement instruments. Dependent generators.

3) Steady-state electric fields (5 hours).
Electric filed, capacitance, capacitor, constitutive law of the capacitor. Dielectrics and electrical insulation. Parasitic capacitances. Energy behaviour. Charge and discharge.

4) Quasi-stationary electromagnetic field (6 hours).
Magnetic field, diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials, loss figure. Faraday-Lenz's law. Inductor, constitutive law of an inductor, energy behaviour. Magnetic circuits. Charge and discharge. Stray inductances. Lumped parameters circuits. Connections among reactive components.

5) Electric circuits in transient conditions (7 hours).
Analysis of first and second order electric transients in the time domain. State variables.

6) Electric circuits with sinusoidal supply (12 hours)
Symbolic method (Steinmetz's transform). Active and reactive power, power factor, Boucherot's theorem. Power factor correction. Introduction to polyphase systems and electric energy transmission. Maximum power transfer theorem.

7) Frequency domain electric circuit analysis (12 hours).
Frequency response of electric circuits. Transfer functions and Bode diagrams. Filters. Series and parallel resonance.

8) Two-port electric networks. (5 hours).
Representation of two-port electric networks with impedance matrix, admittance matrix, hybrid parameters, and transmission matrices. Connections among two-port networks.

9) Coupled inductors and transformers (5 hours).
Mutual inductance, ideal and real transformers, constitutive laws, applications of transformers, open and short circuit tests, autotransformers.

Bibliography

C. K. Alexander, M. N. O. Sadiku, ”Circuiti elettrici”, 4a ed., McGraw-Hill.
A. Canova, G. Gruosso, M. Repetto, "Elettrotecnica-Esercizi svolti", Esculapio-Progetto Leonardo.

Teaching methods

Due to the Covid pandemic, the lectures will be recorded and made available asynchronously. There will be synchronous problem training lectures outside the regular schedule.

Assessment methods and criteria

1. Written exam with 3-4 problems and 1-2 theoretical questions. During the exam the student will have to demonstrate knowledge of circuit analysis and synthesis techniques in direct current, alternating current and transient operation, frequency analysis, energy analysis.

2. Optional oral exam for those students who successfully pass the written exam, mandatory for those who are one or two points below 18/30. The oral exam, successfully passed, can increase the written exam mark by up to 5/30. A bad performance can lower the mark indefinitely.

If the Covid pandemic forces us to move the exams online, the written exam will be on the Elly/Respondus platform and will consist of 5-6 multiple choice numerical problems. The students will need to solve the problems and select the correct result among the proposed ones. The oral exam will still be optional, and will be online using the Teams platform.

Other information

- - -

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

- - -

Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.ingarc@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Elena Roncai
T. +39 0521 903663
Office E. dia.didattica@unipr.it
Manager E. elena.roncai@unipr.it

PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING cod. 1006132

Learning objectives

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Full programme

Bibliography

Teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Other information

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

Contacts

Toll-free number

Student registry office

Quality assurance office

President of the degree course

Faculty advisor

Career guidance delegate

Tutor professor

Erasmus delegates

Quality assurance manager

Tutor students

PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
cod. 1006132