Applied Introductory Circuit Analysis for Electrical and Computer Engineers

by Reed, Michael; Rohrer, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9780137876310
• ISBN10: 0137876319
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This ground breaking text offers an alternative to the standard scheme to teaching circuit theory, for introductory, circuit courses taught to all engineering majors. Using a top-down approach and focusing on a single system application, it motivates the reader to see circuit theory as more than a dry, abstract set of ideas. In answering the application theme, what limits the speed of a digital system, the reader sees the relationship between a set of basic physical principles and their application to a system they are familiar with (i.e., a personal computer).

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Fundamental Electrical Concepts

Introduction

Conventions

Charge, Current and Voltage

Power

Circuits, Nodes and Branches

Branch and Node Voltages

Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws

Circuit Elements

Combining Circuit Elements

Voltage- and Current-Divider Circuits

Resistive-Circuit Examples

Power and Energy Relationships

Summary

Gate Delay and RC Circuits

Introduction: Delays in Logic Circuits

Transition Times in CMOS

Inside the CMOS Inverter

Solving First Order RC Circuits

RC Delays in Integrated Circuits

Significance of the Time Constant

Maximum-Inverter Pair Switching Speed

Algebraic Analysis of Inverter Pair Switching Speed

Energy and Power Dissipation in Digital Systems

Other First-Order RC Circuits

Summary

Interconnects and RC Ladder Circuits

Introduction

Resistance and Capacitance of Interconnects

Interconnect Models

Single-RC-Lump Approximation of an Interconnect

Two-RC-Lump Interconnect Approximation

Analysis of the Two-Section-RC Ladder Circuit

Natural Frequencies and Higher Order Circuits

Timing Delays Using the Two-Lump Model

Timing Delays Using Higher-Order Interconnect Models

Summary

Fanout and Capacitive Coupling

Introduction

Fanout

Fanout and Interconnects

Capacitive Coupling and Crosstalk

Capacitive Coupling to a Grounded Adjacent Line

Capacitive Coupling to a Floating Adjacent Line

Capacitive Coupling to an Adjacent Active Line

The Capacitance Matrix

Summary

Package Inductance and RLC Circuit Analysis

Introduction

Modelling the Effects of Package Inductance

First-Order RL Circuits

RLC Circuit Model of Coupled Inverter Gates

dc Steady-State Response of RLC Circuits

Series RLC Circuit Differential Equations

Natural Frequencies of the Series RLC Circuit

Series RLC Circuit Responses

Application to the Digital-System Switching Speed

Gate Conductance and RLGC Circuits

Neglecting Unimportant Components in Circuit Analysis

Summary

Printed Circuit Interconnects an Lossless Transmission Lines

Introduction

n-lump Transmission Line Model

Analysis of the Lossless Transmission-Line Model

Interpretation of the Wave Solutions

Reflections on Transmission Lines

Transmission-Line Models

Solving Circuits with Transmission Lines

Capacitively Loaded Transmission Line

Summary

Clock Skew and Signal Representation

Introduction

Clock Skew in Synchronous Logic Circuits

Periodic Signals

Time-Domain Analysis of Clock Skew

The Big Picture

Fourier Series Signal Representation

Superposition

Complex Form of the Fourier Series

Summary

Clock Degradation and ac Steady State Analysis

Introduction

Sinusoids and Phasors

Impedance and Admittance

Clock-Signal Analysis Using ac Steady-State Theory

Transfer Functions

RLC Circuits in the Frequency Domain

Ac Steady-State Analysis Using Complex Fourier Series

Summary

Other Circuit Analysis Concepts

Introduction

Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Models

Controlled Sources

Root-Mean-Square Values

Nodal Analysis

Summary

Selected Answers

Index

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