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Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 311: Circuits II

Syllabus

Updated 02/14/2025

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Text Book: Electric Circuits by Nilsson and Riedel (2007 edition or later)

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		Topic	Videos	Homework	Labs
Tu	Week 1	Introduction & Syllabus			No lab this week
Th		Kirchoff Laws (review)		HW #2
Tu	Week 2	Phasors (review)		HW #3	#1: Phasors
Th		Transformers and AC Impedance		HW #4
Tu	Week 3	Complex Power		HW #5	#2: Transformers
Th		Balanced 3-Phase Voltages		HW #6
Tu	Week 4	Convolution		HW #9	#3: Convolution
Th		Derivation of LaPlace Transforms		HW #10
Tu	Week 5	Properties of LaPlace Transforms		HW #11
Th		Test #1
Tu	Week 6	Impulse (Natural) Response		HW #12	#4: Step Response
Th		Transfer Functions and Forced Response		HW #13
Tu	Week 7	Systems with Repeated Poles			#5: RL Filter
Th		L & C in the LaPlace Domain		HW #15
Tu	Week 8	Voltage Nodes with LaPlace		HW #16	#6: RC Filter
Th		Current Loops with LaPlace		HW #17
Tu	Week 9	State Variable Solution with LaPlace		HW #18
Th		Transfer Functions		HW #19
Tu	Week 10	Passive RL, RC Filters		HW #20
Th		Test #2
Tu	Week 11	Passive RLC Filters			#7: Active Filters (real poles)
Th		Active Filters: Real Poles		HW #22
Tu	Week 12	Active Filters: Complex Poles		HW #23	#8: Active Filters (complex poles)
Th		Filters: Analysis and Design		HW #24
Tu	Week 13	Butterworth and Chebychev Filters		HW #25	#9: Superposition
Th		Filter Design in Matlab		HW #26
Tu	Week 14	Superposition		HW #27	#10: Fourier Transform
Th		Fourier Transform		HW #28
Tu	Week 15	Complex Fourier Transform		HW #29
Th		Properties of Fourier Transforms		HW #30
Tu	Week 16	Dif-Eq with Periodic Inputs		HW #31
Th		Circuit Analysis with Fourier Transforms		HW #32
		Test #3