PH10003: Electric circuits
[Page last updated: 05 August 2021]
| Academic Year: | 2021/2 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Physics |
| Credits: | 3 [equivalent to 6 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 60 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Composite Examination (EX 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
While taking this module you must take PH10007 AND take PH10102
You must have A-level Physics or Chemistry (or equivalent) and A-level Mathematics (or equivalent) to take this unit.
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| Description: | Aims:
The aim of this unit is to provide an introduction to electronics by developing an understanding of basic concepts in dc and ac electric circuits, as relevant to laboratory work in physics.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* use systematic analysis methods to calculate currents and voltages in passive dc circuits;
* calculate the amplitude and phase of voltages and currents in ac circuits by means of phasor analysis;
* analyse simple operational amplifier circuits from first principles;
* qualitatively describe both transient and steady-state responses of simple LCR circuits.
Skills:
Numeracy T/F A, Problem Solving T/F A.
Content:
DC circuits ( 4 hours): Kirchoff's voltage and current laws. Ideal voltage and current sources. Analysis of simple circuits using nodal voltage technique. Impedance matching; input/output impedance, maximum power transfer.
AC circuits ( 5 hours): AC voltage and current concepts (phase, rms value, amplitude, etc.). Capacitors and inductors as circuit elements. Phasors and phasor notation. Complex impedance. LCR circuits (resonance, Q factor, etc). Frequency dependence of circuits.
Ideal operational amplifiers ( 1 hour): Simple applications.
Transients (1 hour): Transient waveforms in simple circuits involving inductors, capacitors and resistors.
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| Programme availability: |
PH10003 is Compulsory on the following programmes:
Department of Physics
- USPH-AFB01 : BSc(Hons) Physics (Year 1)
- USPH-AAB02 : BSc(Hons) Physics with Study year abroad (Year 1)
- USPH-AKB02 : BSc(Hons) Physics with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- USPH-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics (Year 1)
- USPH-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics with Study year abroad (Year 1)
- USPH-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- USPH-AFM02 : MPhys(Hons) Physics (Year 1)
- USPH-AFM04 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Research placement (Year 1)
- USPH-AAM12 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Study year abroad (Year 1)
- USPH-AKM03 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Professional Placement (Year 1)
- USPH-AKM04 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Professional and Research Placements (Year 1)
- USPH-AFM10 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics (Year 1)
- USPH-AFM11 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics with Research placement (Year 1)
- USPH-AAM14 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics with Study year abroad (Year 1)
- USPH-AKM10 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics with Professional Placement (Year 1)
- USPH-AKM11 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics with Professional and Research Placements (Year 1)
- USPH-AAM15 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Astrophysics with Study year abroad and Research Placement (Year 1)
- USPH-AAM13 : MPhys(Hons) Physics with Study year abroad and Research Placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2021/22 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2022/23 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2021/22.
- Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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