Introduction to Electrical Engineering
Name of the course |
Lecture |
Exercise |
Lab* |
Electrical Engineering |
✓ |
✓ |
✓* |
*Lab is mandatory if enrolled for the course 'KdG Electrical Engineering', otherwise optional
The course 'Introduction to Electrical Engineering' is an online course. Students attend from lecture halls or from home. Local presence is not required so that the course is barrier-free.
Course Records
Module |
Content |
Notes |
Video |
Lab |
1 |
Charge and current, electric and magnetic vector field, potential and voltage, conductance and resistance |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
2 |
Energy and power, thermal conductivity, ohm's law, series and parallel circuits, ohm's power law |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
3 |
Voltage and current divider, linear sources, measuring current and voltage, Kirchhoff laws, Kirchhoff network analysis, superposition, Norton and Thevenin equivalents |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
4 |
Alternating voltage, generator, superposition of AC voltages, beat frequency, phasor diagrams, rms value |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
5 |
Electric field, capacitance, series and parallel circuits, ideal and real capacitance, Q-factor, capacitive voltage divider |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
6 |
Magnetic field, inductance, induction, magnetization and hysteresis, energy in inductance and capacitance, power and power factor |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
7 |
Complex numbers, introduction to complex AC calculus, absolute and phase, RLC circuits |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
8 |
Thevenin theorem of AC calculus, decibels, input and output impedance, low pass filter |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
9* |
Transmission line theory, telegraphers equation, characteristic impedance, impedance matching, voltage standing wave ratio |
[PDF] |
[MP4] |
[TGZ] |
*optional content, not part of the examination
Literature
[1] Practical Electronics for Inventors, Scherz & Monk, Mcgraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 007-1-77133-6
[2] The Art of Electronics, Horowitz & Hill, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-80926-9