Introductory Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Readers benefit because the book
is based on these three themes: (1) it builds an understanding of concepts based
on information the reader has previously learned; (2) it helps stress the relationship
between conceptual understanding and problem-solving approaches; (3) the authors
provide numerous examples and problems that use realistic values and situations
to give users a strong foundation of engineering practice. The book also includes
a PSpice Supplement which contains problems to teach readers how to construct
PSpice source files; and this PSpice Version 9.2 can be used to solve many of
the exercises and problems found in the book. KEY TOPICS: Topical emphasis
is on the basic techniques of circuit analysis—Illustrated via a Digital-to-Analog
Resistive Ladder (Chapter 2); the Flash Converter (Chapter 4); Dual Slope Analog-to-Digital
Converter (Chapter 5); Effect of parasite inductance on the step response of
a series RLC circuit (Chapter 6); a Two-Stage RC Ladder Network (Chapter 8);
and a Switching Surge Voltage (Chapter 9). MARKET: For Electrical and
Computer Engineers.
Table of Contents
1. Circuit Variables and Circuit
Elements.
Circuit
Analysis: An Overview. Voltage, Current and the Basic Circuit Element. Power
and Energy. Voltage and Current Sources. Electrical Resistance (Ohm's Law).
Kirchoff's Laws. Analysis of a Circuit with Dependent Sources. Summary.
2. Some Circuit Simplification
Techniques.
Practical Perspective: A Digital-to-Analog
Resistive Ladder.
Combining
Resistors in Series and Parallel. Voltage and Current Dividers. Source Transformations.
Superposition. Practical Perspective: Analysis of the Digital-to-Analog Resistive
Ladder. Summary.
3. Techniques of Circuit Analysis.
Practical Perspective: Realistic
Resistors.
Terminology.
Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method. The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent
Sources. The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special Cases. Introduction to the Mesh-Current
Method. The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent Sources. The Mesh-Current Method:
Some Special Cases. The Node-Voltage Method vs. the Mesh-Current Method. Thevenin
and Norton Equivalents. More on Deriving a Thevenin Equivalent. Maximum Power
Transfer. Practical Perspective: Realistic Resistors. Summary.
4. The Operational Amplifier.
Practical Perspective: The
Flash Converter.
Operational
Amplifier Terminals. Terminal Voltages and Currents. The Inverting-Amplifier
Circuit. The Summing-Amplifier Circuit. The Non-inverting-Amplifier Circuit.
The Difference-Amplifier Circuit. The Comparator. Practical Perspective: The
Flash Converter. Summary.
5. The Natural and Step Response of RL and RC Circuits.
Practical Perspective: Dual
Slope Analog-to-Digital Converter.
The
Inductor. The Capacitor. Series-Parallel Combinations of Inductance and Capacitance.
Natural Response of RL and RC Circuits. Step Response of RL and RC Circuits.
The Integrating Amplifier. Practical Perspective: Analysis of Dual Slope Converter.
Summary.
6. Natural and Step Response of RLC Circuits.
Practical Perspective: Effect
of Parasitic Inductance on the Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit.
Introduction
to the Natural Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit. The Forms of the Natural
Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit. The Step Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit.
The Natural and Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit. Practical Perspective:
Effect of Inductance on the Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit. Summary.
7. Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis.
Practical Perspective: Household
Distribution Circuit.
The
Sinusoidal Source. The Sinusoidal Response. The Phasor. The Passive Circuit
Elements in the Frequency Domain. Kirchhoff's Laws in the Frequency Domain.
Circuit Simplifications. The Node-Voltage Method. The Mesh-Current Method. Instantaneous,
Average, and Reactive Power. The RMS Value and Power Calculations. Complex Power
and Power Calculations. Practical Perspective: Household Distribution Circuit.
Summary.
8. Introduction to the Laplace Transform.
Practical Perspective: A Two-Stage
RC-Ladder Network.
Definition
of the Laplace Transform. The Step Function. The Impulse Function. Functional
Transforms. Operational Transforms. Applying the Laplace Transform. Inverse
Transforms. Poles and Zeros of F(s). Initial and Final Value Theorems. Practical
Perspective: A Two-Stage RC-Ladder Network. Summary
9. The Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis.
Practical Perspective: Creation
of a Voltage Surge by Switching.
Circuit
Elements in the s-Domain. Circuit Analysis in the s-Domain. Applications. The
Transfer Function. The Transfer Function in Partial Fraction Expansions. The
Transfer Function and the Convolution Integral. The Transfer Function and the
Steady-State Sinusoidal Response. The Impulse Function in Circuit Analysis.
Practical Perspective: Analysis of a Voltage Surge Caused by Switching off a
Load. Summary.
Appendix A: International System of Units.
Appendix B: Complex Numbers.
Appendix C: Trigonometric Identities.
Appendix D: An Abbreviated Table of Integrals.
Appendix E: Answers to Selected Problems.
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