Written for electronics engineering technology students taking their first course in circuit theory, this exceptional book has been hailed by users and reviewers alike as one of the best on the market. The 4th Edition provides updated coverage of standard circuit analysis topics in a remarkably easy-to-understand fashion, including fundamentals of DC and AC, methods of analysis, capacitance, inductance, magnetism, simple transients, transformers, Fourier series, and more. Essential concepts are complemented with hundreds of worked out examples designed to lead readers through the critical thinking processes required to solve problems, preparing them to reason their way through life-like situations expected to be encountered on the job. Written for electronics engineering technology students taking their first course in circuit theory, this exceptional book has been hailed by users and reviewers alike as one of the best on the market. The 4th Edition provides updated coverage of standard circuit analysis topics in a remarkably easy-to-understand fashion, including fundamentals of DC and AC, methods of analysis, capacitance, inductance, magnetism, simple transients, transformers, Fourier series, and more. Essential concepts are complemented with hundreds of worked out examples designed to lead readers through the critical thinking processes required to solve problems, preparing them to reason their way through life-like situations expected to be encountered on the job.
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Part I: FOUNDATION DC CONCEPTS. 1. Introduction. 2. Voltage And Current. 3. Resistance. 4. Ohm's Law, Power, and Energy. Part II: BASIC DC ANALYSIS. 5. Series Circuits. 6. Parallel Circuits. 7. Series-Parallel Circuits. 8. Methods of Analysis. 9. Network Theorems. Part III: CAPACITORS AND INDUCTANCE. 10. Capacitors and Capacitance. 11. Capacitor Charging, Discharging, and Simple Waveshaping Circuits. 12. Magnetism and Magnetic Circuits. 13. Inductance and Inductors. 14. Inductive Transients. Part IV: FOUNDATION AC CONCEPTS. 15. AC Fundamentals. 16. R, L, and C Elements and the Impedance Concept. 17. Power in AC Circuits. Part V: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS. 18. AC Series-Parallel Circuits. 19. Methods of AC Analysis. 20. AC Network Theorems. 21. Resonance. 22. Filters and the Bode Plot. 23. Three-Phase Systems. 24. Transformers and Coupled Circuits. 25. Nonsinusoidal Waveforms. Appendix A: PSpice And MultiSim. Appendix B: Mathematics in Circuit Analysis: A Brief Tutorial. Appendix C: Maximum Power Transfer Theorem Derivation. Appendix D: Answers To Odd-Numbered Problems. Glossary. Index.
Allan Robbins, B.Sc., M.Sc., was an instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he taught numerous courses in the Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology Department prior to his retirement. He has served both as section chair and treasurer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and as treasurer of the Electronics Industry Association of Manitoba. Robbins is also a former director of training, industrial applications, for Microelectronics Center. He holds bachelor and master of science degrees in electrical engineering.
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