Lecture - 1
Lecture - 1
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Module information
Credits / TP: 15 credits, Term 2
Delivery: Lectures (3 h/week—Lecture 2 hrs, tutorial 1 hr and each student lab 4 hr/semester)
Assessments: 1. Quizzes x 4 = (20%)—Every Three weeks
2. Lab Group report x 2 = (20%)
3. Final Exam (60%)
Coursework: • Lab reports
Resources Textbook
1. Don Johnson, 2014. Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, OpenStax CNX, ISBN 13:
9781300160137
2. Fundamentals of Electric Circuits ISBN10: 1260226409 | ISBN13: 9781260226409 By
Charles Alexander and Matthew Sadiku
Lecture slides E-material (Research articles, reliable Internet information)
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Module content
1- Basic electrical quantities (charge, electric field, current, voltage and power) and laws (Coulomb
electrostatic force law, Faraday's Law of induction, Ohm's law and Ampere's magnetic force law.
2- Basic components of electronic circuits: resistors, capacitors, capacitive, inductors, all
semiconducting devices.
3- Signal parameters and their types.
4- Operational Amplifiers.
5- Active Filters: Op amps use in active filter, as an integrator and differentiator, as a comparator and
as an oscillator.
6- The Cartesian and polar representation of voltage and current.
7- Electromechanical actuators: Plungers, solenoids. Motors: DC/AC motor/generator, synchronous
generator.
8- Power supplies and measurement instruments.
9- Fundamentals of power systems
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Atomic structure
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Charge
Charge is an electric property of the atomic particles of which matter consists
Charge is measured in coulombs (C)
3. The coulomb is a large unit for charges. In 1 C of charge, there are 1/(1.602 × 10−19 ) = 6.24 × 1018
electrons.
4. Charge is quantized
Only charges that occur in nature are integral multiples of the electronic charge
e = − 1.602 × 10−19 C
Coulomb’s Law
The force F of attraction or repulsion between two electrically
charged objects, q1 and q2 in a vacuum is directly proportional to the
magnitude of their product and inversely proportional to the
square of the distance, r between them.
q1 q2
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Coulomb’s Law
EXAMPLE 1.0: Three-point charges lie along the x axis as shown in the
Figure. The positive charge q1= +15.0 𝜇C, the positive charge q2=+ 6.0 𝜇C
and the negative charge q3= -15.0 𝜇C.
a) Calculate F23 5
b) Calculate F12
SOLUTION
𝑞2𝑞3
𝑎 𝐹23 = 𝑘
𝑟2 2
(+6×10−6 𝐶)(−15×10−6 𝐶)
𝐹 = 9 × 109 𝑁. 𝑚
𝐶2
= −0.09 N
5 𝑚−2 𝑚 )2
𝑞1𝑞2
𝑏 𝐹12 = 𝑘
𝑟2 2
(+15×10−6 𝐶)(6×10−6 𝐶)
*from different references F= 9 × 109 𝑁. 𝑚2 = +0.0324 N
𝐶 (5 𝑚) 2
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EXAMPLE 1.2
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EXAMPLE 1.3: The charge q1= +2.0 x 10 -7 C, the charge q 2 =-4.0 x 10 -7 C and
the charge q3= -1.0 x 10 -7 C are placed at the corners of the triangle shown
below. a) Calculate F13
b) Calculate F12
SOLUTION
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(+2×10−7 𝐶)(−1×10−7 𝐶)
𝑎 𝐹13 = 𝑘 𝑞𝑟12𝑞 3 =9× 109 𝑁. 𝑚
𝐶2 3𝑚 2
𝐹13 = −2 × 10−5 N
2
(+2×10−7 𝐶)(−4×10−7 𝐶)
𝑏 𝐹12 = 𝑘 𝑞𝑟12𝑞 2 =9× 109 𝑁. 𝑚
𝐶2 5𝑚 2
𝐹12 = −2.88 × 10−5 N
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Electric Field
➢ When charges are separated, a space is created where forces are exerted on the
charges. An Electric Field is such a space.
➢ Depending upon the polarity of the charges, the force is either attractive or
repulsive.
➢ An electric field influences the space surrounding it.
➢ Electric field strength is determined in terms of the force exerted on charges.
Electric Field
Electric field lines have these
characteristics:
1. At every point in space, the electric field
vector 𝑬 at that point is tangent to the
electric field line through that point.
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Electric Field on Charge
The space around a particle Electric Field on charge Q
through which an electric
charge can exert a force is The electric field, 𝐸 is defined as the
called an Electric field, 𝑬. force, 𝐹 applied per unit stationary
charge q on an object and is expressed
as: 𝑬 = 𝑭 .
𝒒
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EXAMPLE : The distance from the proton to the electron is 5.29 x 10 -11 m.
Find the electric field due to the proton at this distance.
SOLUTION
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EXAMPLE. What is the magnitude of a point charge that would create an
electric field of 1.00 N/C at points 1.00 m away?
Solution:
𝑞
𝐸=𝑘
𝑟2
𝐸𝑟 2 (1 𝑁/𝑐)(1.0 𝑚)2
𝑞= = 2 = 1.11 × 10−10𝐶
𝑘 𝑁𝑚
8.99 × 109
𝐶2
The magnitude of the charge is 1.11 × 10−10𝐶
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The work done to move a charge
𝑊
= ∆𝑉
𝑞
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EXAMPLE : What potential difference is required to do 100 J of work to carry a
charge of 10 C between two points?
SOLUTION:
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EXAMPLE: How much work is done on a proton to move it
from the negative plate to a positive plate 4.3
cm away if the field is 125 N/C?
a)5.5 x 10 -23 J
b)1.1 x 10 -16 J
c)8.6 x 10 -19 J
d) 5.4 J
e) None of the above
𝑁
𝑊 = 𝑄𝐸𝑑 = 1.60 × 10−19 𝐶 × 125 × 4.3 × 10−2 𝑚
𝐶
𝑊 = 8.6 x 10−19 J
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Electric Current
Electric Current is the time rate of change of charge
Current is measured in Amperes (A)
dq
i= 1 ampere = 1 coulomb/second
dt
The charge transferred between time t0 and t is obtained by integrating both sides of above equation
t
Q = idt t 0
Electric Current contd…
When voltage is applied With no voltage applied
Battery
A controlled
Electrons
drift of
drift aimlessly
electrons
Types of Electric Current
I
Current that
Direct remains constant
Current with time
t
Electric 0
Current
i
The voltage vab between two points a and b in an electric circuit is the energy
or work needed to move a unit charge from a to b. a
Mathematically,
dw
vab = vab
dq
Where w is the energy in joules (J) and q is the charge in coulomb (C)
𝑣𝑎 > 𝑉𝑏
vab
The potential difference between point a and b is vab where,
𝑣𝑎𝑏 = 𝑣𝑎 − 𝑉𝑏
Logically, 𝑣𝑎𝑏 = −𝑣𝑏𝑎
b
Polarity of Voltage
Point a is +10 V above point b
vab
i
b
Power
A Classification of Circuit
Components
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Passive Sign Convention
Tellegan’s Theorem
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Passive Sign Convention
Example
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Resistance
•Different material allow charges to move within them with
different levels of ease. This physical property or ability to
resist current is known as resistance.
•The resistance of any material with a uniform cross-
sectional area A and length l is inversely proportional to A
and directly proportional to l.
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Resistance
•In honor of George Simon Ohm (1787-1854), a German
Ohm’s Law
physicist, the unit of resistance is named Ohm (W).
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Linear and Nonlinear Resistors
•Linear resistor Nonlinear resistor Resistors (Fixed and Variable)
•Fixed resistors have a resistance that remains
constants.
•Two common type of fixed resistors are:
(a) wirewound
(b) composition (carbon film type)
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Fixed Resistors
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Identification of Resistor
Multiplier
Colour Digit Tolerance
(Number of zeros)
Black 0 1
Brown 1 10 ±1%
Red 2 100 ±2%
Orange 3 1k
Yellow 4 10k
Green 5 100k ±0.5%
Blue 6 1M ±0.25%
Violet 7 10M ±0.1%
Grey 8 ±0.05%
White 9
Gold 0.1 ±5%
Silver 0.01 ±10%
1500 Ω ±10% None ±20%
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Conductance
•G=1/R is called the conductance of the element and is Short and Open Circuits
measured in siemens (S) or mho. •A device with zero resistance is called short circuit
and a device with zero conductance (i.e., infinite
German inventor resistance) is called open-circuit.
Ernst Werner von Siemens
(1816-1892)
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Example
•Given the following circuit, find the value of the voltage source
and the power absorbed by the resistance.
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Magnetic Field
▪ A current-carrying conductor or a coil produces magnetic field around it.
▪ The strength of the magnetic field produced depends on the magnitude of
the current flowing through the conductor or the coil.
▪ There is presence of magnetic field around permanent magnets as well.
▪ A magnet is a body which attracts iron, nickel, and cobalt. Permanent
magnets retain their magnetic properties. Electromagnets are made from
coils through which current is allowed to flow. Their magnetic properties will
be present as long as current flows through the coil.
▪ The space within which forces are exerted by a magnet is called a magnetic
field. It is the area of influence of the magnet.
Magnetic Field Around A
Current Carrying Conductor
The cross ⨂ indicates The dot ⨀ indicates
that current is entering that the current is
perpendicular to the coming towards the
plane of the paper observer
❖ If a sinusoidal ac supply is provided, both the magnitude as well as the direction of current flow will
change.
❖ As a result, the magnitude of the magnetic field produced will change starting from zero value reaching its
maximum value, then getting reduced again to zero, and then becoming negative.
❖ The direction of flux produced will change in every half cycle of current flow. Such a magnetic field
whose magnitude as also its direction changes is called a pulsating alternating magnetic field.
❖ In case of dc supply, the magnetic field produced will be of constant magnitude and fixed polarity.
Faraday’s Law of
Electromagnetic Induction
Faraday, on the basis of laboratory experiments, established that whenever there a is change
in the magnetic flux linkage by a coil, EMF is induced in the coil. The magnitude of the
EMF induced is proportional to the rate of change of flux linkages.
Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction are stated as:
First law: EMF is induced in a coil whenever magnetic field linking that coil is changed.
Second law: The magnitude of the induced EMF is proportional to the rate of change of flux linkage.
d
e = −N
dt
Faraday’s Law of
Electromagnetic Induction Contd…
If the magnet shown in figure is quickly brought near the coil, there will be deflection in the galvanometer
indicating EMF induced in the coil and current flow in the circuit. If the magnet is held stationary near the coil,
although there is flux linking the coil, there will be no induced EMF since there is no change in the flux
linkage. The induced EMF will be there only if there is increase or decrease in flux linkage by the coil.
Ampere’s Law
Consider a long straight conductor carrying current i1 as shown in figure. As discovered by
Ampere, the current creates a magnetic field in the surrounding medium. To investigate the field,
we place an elemental conductor of length l parallel to the long conductor carrying current i2 in
opposite direction.
➢ A force of repulsion acts on the elemental
conductor at right angles to the long
conductor and the element. The magnitude of
this force is given by
i1 i2 i1 i2