• Students understand the concepts, laws and theorems for circuit analysis.
• They can perform calculations on 1st and 2nd order circuits like operational amplifiers, capacitor or inductors.
• Students have a detailed knowledge about large- and small signal circuit analysis.
• Students can apply the basic circuit theory to transistor circuits and they are able to solve specific circuit problems.
• They know how to analyze and transfer signals between time and frequency domain (Laplace, Fourier).
• They understand the math of sampled signals in s- and z-domain.

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• Concepts, laws, and theorems
  o Basic concepts
  o Kirchhoff's and Ohm's laws
  o Nodal and mesh analysis
  o Superposition principle, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits
  • DC Circuits
  o Operational amplifiers
  o Capacitors and inductors
  o 1st order circuits
  o 2nd order circuits
  • AC Circuits
  o Sinusoidal waveforms
  o Frequency domain analysis
  o Frequency response and Bode Plot
  • Large and small-signal analysis
  o Introduction to large- and small-signal analysis
  o Active elements
  • Transistor circuits
  o Problem assignments of basic transistor circuits
  o Analysis of transistor circuits by large- and small-signal analysis
  • Theory of sampled signals
  o Signal sampling and quantization
  o Z-domain transformation
  o Fourier transformation

Lecture material as provided in the course (required)
Recommended reading as follows:

• Ch. K. Alexander, M. N. O. Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, McGraw Hill, 2016.
• J. D. Irwin, R. M. Nelms, Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis,Wiley, 2015.
• B. Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, McGraw-Hill Inc., 2000.
• A. Oppenheim, A. Willsky, S. Nawab, Signals and Systems, Pearson, 1996.

Lecture and tutorial, problem assignments, practical design labs by hand calculations, homework

Integrated module examination
Immanent examination character: Written/oral exam, including homework assignments, presentations and lecture contribution