ELE2111 NETWORKTHEORY

HoursperSemester / Weighted
TotalMark / Weighted
ExamMark / Weighted Continuous AssessmentMark / Credit
Units
LH / PH / TH / CH / WTM / WEM / WCM / CU
45 / 30 / 00 / 60 / 100 / 60 / 40 / 4

Rationale:

Thecoursehelpsthestudenttounderstandtheprinciplesandmethodsusedtosimplifyelectric networks.

CourseObjectives:

Bytheendofthecoursestudentsshouldbeableto:

•Knowvarioustypesandcomponentsofnetworks

•Applynetworkconceptstobuild,simplifyandanalyseelectricandelectronicsystems.

DetailedCourseContent:

Networkelements,R,L,M,C:[10Hours] Reviewofthevolt‐ampereequationsforthesepassivecircuitelements.BehaviorofCandLatt=0 andt = ∞,Stepandimpulseresponses,Conceptofcoupling,andcouplingco‐efficient.

MatrixMethodsinNetworkAnalysis:Networktopology,planarandhingedgraphs,KVLandKCL¸

Meshandloopformulations,Cut‐sets,coupledCircuits

TwoPortNetworks:[8Hours]

Types of two‐port networks, y­, z­, h­ and ABCD parameters,image impedance, insertion loss, attenuationandphaseconstants.

NetworkFunctions:[9Hours] ReviewofLaplacetransforms.Simplefirstandsecondordercircuits,naturalresponses,natural frequencies. PolesandZeroFrequencyresponse,Bodeplots.Generals‐planetopics.Mathematical modelsandblockdiagrams;transientresponsecharacteristics:Second‐ordersystems:steady‐state characteristics:classificationofsystem,errorcriteria:analysisbyroot‐locus:BodeandNyquistplots, constantM‐contours,constant‐contours:Nicholschart

FourierTransformstheFourierIntegral:Convolutionintegral.Solutionofcircuitswithperiodic butnonsinusoidalinputs

NetworkStability:[8Hours] Reliability,stableandunstablenetworkfunction,realisingnetworkfunctions/polynomials, positive realnetworkfunctions.SynthesisofLC,RC,RLandRLCnetworks,Generalisedladdernetwork Stability and design procedures: Stability criteria; type of stability; characteristics frequency response testing; system identification; statistical considerations, time‐domain identification, frequencydomainidentification;design;correlationbetweenroot‐locusandfrequencyresponse. ElectricFilters: [10Hours] Classificationoffilters, passiveandactivefilter,Filtertransfer functionsButterworthandChebyshev filter,attenuationfunction,phasefunction,propagationconstant,Normalizedfilters.Magnitudeand frequencynormalization.Frequencytimefunctions.Denormalizedfilter

ComputerAidedNetworkAnalysisDesign

ModeofDelivery

Thecoursewillbetaughtbyusinglectures,tutorialsandassignments.

Assessment

Assignments,testsandfinalexamination.Theirrelativecontributionstothefinalgradeare:

RequirementPercentagecontribution

Coursework(Assignments,tests)40% Finalexamination60%

Total100% LearningOutcomes

Thecourseparticipantisabletoappreciatenetworkandsignaltheoryandtheirapplicationsto circuitdesign,filterdesignandcommunicationtheory.

MethodofTeaching/Delivery

Thecoursewillbetaughtbyusinglectures,tutorialsandassignments.

ModeofAssessment

Assignments,testsandfinalexamination.Theirrelativecontributionstothefinalgradeare:

RequirementPercentagecontribution

Coursework(Assignments,tests)40% Finalexamination60% Total100%

ReferenceMaterial

[1]AlanV.Oppenheim,AlanS.Willsky,S.NawabNawab,SyedHamidNawab,Signalsand

Systems(2ndEdition),Prentice‐Hall,1997

[2]S.S.SolimonandM.D.Srinath,ContinuousandDiscreteSignalsandSystems(2ndEdition), PrenticeHall,1998.

[3]S.HaykinandB. VanVeen,SignalsandSystems,JohnWielySons,1999

[4]L.Balmer,SignalsandSystems:AnIntroduction(2ndEdition),PrenticeHallEurope,1997

[5]B.P.Lathi,LinearSystemsandSignals,BerkeleyCambridge,1992.

PossibleLecturers:

Dr.E.Lugujjo Dr.M.K.Musaazi Mr.D.Sebbaale