Electric Circuits Fundamentals

by Franco, Sergio

• ISBN13: 9780195136135
• ISBN10: 0195136136
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This exciting new text teaches the foundations of electric circuits and develops a thinking style and a problem-solving methodology that is based on physical insight. Designed for the first course or sequence in circuits in electrical engineering, the approach imparts not only an appreciation for the elegance of the mathematics of circuit theory, but a genuine "feel" for a circuit's physical operation. This will benefit students not only in the rest of the curriculum, but in being able to cope with the rapidly changing technology they will face on-the-job. The text covers all the traditional topics in a way that holds students' interest. The presentation is only as mathematically rigorous as is needed, and theory is always related to real-life situations. Franco introduces ideal transformers and amplifiers early on to stimulate student interest by giving a taste of actual engineering practice. This is followed by extensive coverage of the operational amplifier to provide a practical illustration of abstract but fundamental concepts such as impedance transformation and root location control--always with a vigilant eye on the underlying physical basis. SPICE is referred to throughout the text as a means for checking the results of hand calculations, and in separate end-of-chapter sections, which introduce the most important SPICE features at the specific points in the presentation at which students will find them most useful. Over 350 worked examples, 400-plus exercises, and 1000 end-of-chapter problems help students develop an engineering approach to problem solving based on conceptual understanding and physical intuition rather than on rote procedures.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Adel S. Sedra, Microelectronic Circuits 3/e 1. Basic Concepts 2. Resistive Circuits 3. Circuit Analysis Techniques 4. Circuit Theorems and Power Calculations 5. Transformers and Amplifiers 6. Operational Amplifiers 7. Energy Storage Elements 8. Transient Response of First-Order Circuits 9. Transient Response of Second-Order Circuits 10. AC Response 11. AC Circuit Analysis 12. AC Power and Three-Phase Systems 13. AC Resonance 14. Network Functions 15. Two-Port Networks and Coupled Coils 16. The Laplace Transform 17. Fourier Analysis Techniques Appendix 1: Standard Resistance Values Appendix 2: Solution of Simultaneous Linear Algebraic Equations: Gaussian Elimination, Cramer's Rule Appendix 3: Euler's Identity and the Undamped Response Appendix 4: Summary of Complex Algebra Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems Index