Electric Circuits, 4/e is an introduction to the theory and operation of electric circuits, a needed update for the contemporary curriculum, of this successful core title in the electrical engineering syllabus. It is designed for use by students in electrical engineering and other engineering and technology programs. This outline provides a direct and effective tool and methodology for learning fundamentals of electric circuits as needed by students entering the field of electrical engineering and the sciences. It combines brief description of theory with illustrative examples, solved problems, and supplemental problems. The structure of the chapters parallels the organization of the leading textbooks.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Circuit Concepts; 3. Circuit Laws; 4. Analysis Methods; 5. Amplifiers and Operational Amplifier Circuits; 6. Waveforms and Signals; 7. First-Order Circuits; 8. Higher-Order Circuits and Complex Frequency; 9. Sinusoidal Steady-State Circuit Analysis; 10. AC Power; 11. Polyphase Circuits; 12. Frequency Response, Filters, and Resonance; 13. Two-Port Networks; 14. Mutual Inductance and Transformers; 15. Circuit Analysis Using Spice and Pspice; 16. The LaPlace Transform Method; 17. Fourier Method of Waveform Analysis; Appendix A Complex Number System; Appendix B Matrices and Determinants

About the Author

Mahmood Nahvi, Ph.D., is an electrical engineering professor at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Joseph Edminister, M.S.E., is a professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of Akron.