Course Contents
[b]The lecture[/b] (3 SWS) introduces electrical engineering to all non-EE students:
[b]Basics[/b]: electrical charge, electrical current, voltage, electrical work and power
[b]Direct current[/b]: Ohm’s Law, terms in DC networks, Kirchhoff`s Laws, linear networks, ideal and real sources, superposition, Norton’s and Thevenin’s theorems
[b]Electrical field[/b]: capacitors, electrostatic forces, capacitors in linear networks
[b]Magnetic field[/b]: Lorentz force, Ohm’s Law of the magnetic network, Ampere’s circuital law, ferromagnetism, electromagnetic induction, self inductance, inductors in linear networks, (electro-)magnetic forces
[b]Switching processes[/b]: differential equations, switching-on and –off of RC- and LR-circuits
[b]Alternating current[/b]: voltage generation, definition of average and rms value, phasor calculus, Kirchhoff’s Laws for complex networks, impedances, apparent power, active power and reactive power, filter networks, three-phase current, transformers
[b]Electronics[/b]: principles of semiconduction, semiconductors, integrated circuits

Literature
The Online-Material video recording of the lectures, exercise materials, online tests, animations and videos, the latest information and an official discussion board can be found on the official Moodle-platform of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

An excerpt (chapters 21-32) from the textbook by Douglas C. Giancoli serves as a basic script. This excerpt is intended only for registered students of this module and is used within the legal framework of UrhG Paragraph 60a Abs 1 version of 01.03.2018.

Additional literature:
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[*]Purcell, Edward M.: Elektrizität und Magnetismus, 4. Auflage, Vieweg Verlag, 1989.
Bergmann, Schaefer.: Lehrbuch der Experimentalphysik - Elektromagnetismus, Band 2, 9. Auflage, de Gruyter Verlag, 2006.
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Preconditions
Mathematics I, School knowledge of physics

Semester: ST 2023