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Course Detail

Course Name Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronics Engineering(EEE)
Course Code 15EEE111
Program B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Semester Two
Year Taught 2019

Syllabus

Unit 1

Introduction to Electrical Power System; Ideal Independent Current and Voltage Sources, Reference Directions and Symbols; Resistance, Inductance and Capacitance; Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, Energy and Power – Series parallel combination of R, L and C Components, DC Series-Parallel Circuits – Voltage Divider and Current Divider Rules – Superposition Theorem, Network Analysis – Mesh and Node methods – Generation of sinusoidal voltage; Instantaneous, Average and effective values of periodic functions; Phasor representation.

Unit 2

Reactance and Impedance; Response in RLC circuits to sinusoidal voltage; Real and Reactive Power, Power factor; Complex Power and Power Triangle – Introduction to Three Phase Systems; Balanced 3-Phase STAR and DELTA connections of Load, Three phase power – Measuring Instruments for AC and DC quantities; Instruments to measure Voltage, Current, Power and Energy – Electromagnetic Induction; Magnetic Circuit Elements; Self and Mutual Inductances – Classification and Applications of Electrical Machines; Torque, Output Power and Efficiency. 3-Phase Induction Motor – Principle of operation, Slip, Torque-speed relation; Single Phase and Three Phase Transformers – Principle of Operation, turns ratio and Connections.

Unit 3

PN junction diode characteristics: unbiased diodes, forward and reverse bias – breakdown – barrier potential – diode approximation – Rectifiers: half wave and full wave – Zener diode – design of regulators and Characteristics – Introduction to BJT: characteristics curves and region of operation; Biasing: Load line – fixed and voltage divider bias – JFET characteristics – 555 Timer – transconductance – Introduction to Operational amplifier: inverting and non-inverting amplifier.

Text Books

  1. Edward Hughes, ‘Electrical Technology’ Seventh edition, Pearson Education Asia, 2011
  2. A. P. Malvino, Electronic Principles, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2007

Resources

  • S K Bhattcharya, “ Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering”, Pearson, 2012
  • Vincent Del Toro, ‘Electrical Engineering Fundamentals’, Second Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 2003
  • David A Bell, “Electronic Devices and Circuits”, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press 2008
  • Michael Tooley B A, “Electronic Circuits: Fundamentals and Applications”, Third Edition, Elsevier Ltd, 2006

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