ECE-2024: Circuits and Devices
Description: Analysis and design of passive and active circuits under Direct Current (DC), Alternating Current (AC), and switched excitation. Linear circuit analysis techniques for various circuit topologies. Expressing the transient response of first- and second-order linear circuits using time-domain methods. Calculating the AC steady-state response of linear circuits using phasors and immittances. Characterizing the frequency response of linear circuits. Determining operating point and small signal response of non-linear circuits containing diodes and bipolar transistors. Projects demonstrating circuit design processes adhering to professional practices.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: MATH-2214, PHYS-2306
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 30
Average GPA: 2.68 (rounds to B-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 11.56%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.93%
| Dong Dong | 2022 | 24.8% | 45.1% | 20.3% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 2.88 | 3 |
| Shuxiang Yu | 2024 | 11.0% | 41.1% | 35.1% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 5.3% | 2.56 | 5 |
| Khai D Ngo | 2020 | 3.0% | 36.3% | 42.5% | 3.0% | 15.2% | 0.0% | 2.05 | 1 |
| Virgilio A Centeno | 2022 | 24.1% | 34.3% | 27.9% | 6.1% | 2.0% | 5.5% | 2.75 | 6 |
| Arthur H Ball | 2024 | 18.9% | 41.4% | 22.9% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 2.66 | 8 |
| Xiaoting Jia | 2023 | 28.1% | 37.6% | 21.2% | 5.9% | 3.0% | 4.3% | 2.84 | 5 |
| Wei Jer Han | 2023 | 8.3% | 34.2% | 42.4% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 5.9% | 2.40 | 1 |
| Yizheng Zhu | 2024 | 18.1% | 31.4% | 33.7% | 7.2% | 3.6% | 6.0% | 2.58 | 1 |