Mastering the Art of Circuit Analysis

At the heart of every great engineer lies a strong foundation in the fundamentals.

• Do you feel like you’re missing something fundamental?
• Are you struggling to understand the core concepts of electrical engineering?
• Do you feel overwhelmed by the vast amount of knowledge available, and wish you had a key to unlock the door of understanding?

Look no further than “Mastering the Art of Circuit Analysis” – The first course in The Tao of Phasor Series.

This course is not just about analyzing circuits with phasors:

• With high-quality content, insightful lessons and engaging storytelling, you’ll gain a deep understanding of the fundamental principles that underpin all of electrical engineering.
• Our focus is not just on the HOW, but also on the WHY and the evolution of analytical methods in this field.
• You’ll discover that phasors are not just a mathematical tool, but a KEY to unlock the secrets of electrical engineering.

By the end of this course:

• You’ll learn how to harness the vast knowledge in this field and apply it to your career.
• You’ll learn how to master this field and develop the skills that will set you apart from your peers.
• You’ll have a solid foundation that will impact your entire electrical engineering career.
• You’ll be well on your way to becoming a confident and successful engineer.

Join us on this journey and discover the joy of understanding the Tao of electrical engineering!

Course Highlights:

Don’t overlook this seemingly boring agenda. I am not using a conventional teaching style, but explaining how the circuit analysis approach is built up. This may solve many of the “WHYs” in your mind.

• Basic Laws and Methods, Ohm
• Kirchhoff Current and Voltage Laws, Kirchhoff
• Nodal Voltage and Mesh Current Analysis
• History of Electricity
• RC and RL Circuits, 1st-order Differential Equation, 1st-order Circuit Response
• General Solution for 1st-order Differential Equation, Examples
• Reason to Study RLC Circuits
• Kelvin, Ruhmkorff Coil
• RLC Circuit Analysis, Maxwell, and Hertz
• 2nd-order Differential Equation, Natural Response
• Derivatives, Newton, Leibniz, Lagrange, and Arbogast
• Heaviside & Heaviside’s Trick
• Characteristic Equation and Natural Responses
• Undamped, Underdamped, Critically Damped and Overdamped
• Discriminant and Damping Ratio
• Simple Spring System and Pendulum System
• Zero-state Response Examples, Complete Response Example
• Revisit 1st-order Case
• Sinusoidal Properties, Formula of Power Calculations, Magnitude vs. Amplitude
• Sinusoidal Excitation Analysis (Time-domain)
• Coordinate Systems and Descartes
• Complex Plane and Gauss
• Complex Numbers, Complex Plane and Sinusoidal Wave
• Complex Excitation Analysis (Time-domain), Phasor Excitation Analysis (Frequency-domain)
• Phasor Plane and Its Base Function
• Sinusoidal Waves Synthesis
• Phase Noise: The Leeson’s Model
• Phasors Everywhere
• Impedance and Admittance, Kirchhoff’s Laws
• Mr. Bigs, Steinmetz
• Challenges and Silver Lining, The Paper, and Carson
• The Beauty of Phasor