Schaum's Outline of Electrical Circuits

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Features: Hundreds of examples with explanations of electrical engineering concepts Exercises to help you test your mastery of electrical engineering Problem-solving videos available online and embedded in the ebook versions Helpful material for the following courses: Electric Circuits, Electric Circuit Fundamentals, Electric Circuit Analysis, Linear Circuits and Systems, Circuit Theory Support for all the major textbooks for electrical engineering courses Cover SCHAUM’S® outline: Electric Circuits, Sixth Edition Copyright Page Preface About the Authors Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Electrical Quantities and SI Units 1.2 Force, Work, and Power 1.3 Electric Charge and Current 1.4 Electric Potential 1.5 Energy and Electrical Power 1.6 Constant and Variable Functions Chapter 2 Circuit Concepts 2.1 Passive and Active Elements 2.2 Sign Conventions 2.3 Voltage-Current Relations 2.4 Resistance 2.5 Inductance 2.6 Capacitance 2.7 Circuit Diagrams 2.8 Nonlinear Resistors Chapter 3 Circuit Laws 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law 3.3 Kirchhoff’s Current Law 3.4 Circuit Elements in Series 3.5 Circuit Elements in Parallel 3.6 Voltage Division 3.7 Current Division Chapter 4 Analysis Methods 4.1 The Branch Current Method 4.2 The Mesh Current Method 4.3 Matrices and Determinants 4.4 The Node Voltage Method 4.5 Network Reduction 4.6 Input Resistance 4.7 Output Resistance 4.8 Transfer Resistance 4.9 Reciprocity Property 4.10 Superposition 4.11 Thévenin’s and Norton’s Theorems 4.12 Maximum Power Transfer Theorem 4.13 Two-Terminal Resistive Circuits and Devices 4.14 Interconnecting Two-Terminal Resistive Circuits 4.15 Small-Signal Model of Nonlinear Resistive Devices Chapter 5 Amplifiers and Operational Amplifier Circuits 5.1 Amplifier Model 5.2 Feedback in Amplifier Circuits 5.3 Operational Amplifiers 5.4 Analysis of Circuits Containing Ideal Op Amps 5.5 Inverting Circuit 5.6 Summing Circuit 5.7 Noninverting Circuit 5.8 Voltage Follower 5.9 Differential and Difference Amplifiers 5.10 Circuits Containing Several Op Amps 5.11 Integrator and Differentiator Circuits 5.12 Analog Computers 5.13 Low-Pass Filter 5.14 Decibel 5.15 Real Op Amps 5.16 A Simple Op Amp Model 5.17 Comparator 5.18 Flash Analog-to-Digital Converter 5.19 Summary of Feedback in Op Amp Circuits Chapter 6 Waveforms and Signals 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Periodic Functions 6.3 Sinusoidal Functions 6.4 Time Shift and Phase Shift 6.5 Combinations of Periodic Functions 6.6 The Average and Effective 6.7 Nonperiodic Functions 6.8 The Unit Step Function 6.9 The Unit Impulse Function 6.10 The Exponential Function 6.11 Damped Sinusoids 6.12 Random Signals Chapter 7 First-Order Circuits 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Capacitor Discharge in a Resistor 7.3 Establishing a DC Voltage Across a Capacitor 7.4 The Source-Free RL Circuit 7.5 Establishing a DC Current in an Inductor 7.6 The Exponential Function Revisited 7.7 Complex First-Order RL and RC Circuits 7.8 DC Steady State in Inductors and Capacitors 7.9 Transitions at Switching Time 7.10 Response of First-Order Circuits to a Pulse 7.11 Impulse Response of RC and RL Circuits 7.12 Summary of Step and Impulse Responses in RC and RL Circuits 7.13 Response of RC and RL Circuits to Sudden Exponential Excitations 7.14 Response of RC and RL Circuits to Sudden Sinusoidal Excitations 7.15 Summary of Forced Response in First-Order Circuits 7.16 First-Order Active Circuits Chapter 8 Higher-Order Circuits and Complex Frequency 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Series RLC Circuit 8.3 Parallel RLC Circuit 8.4 Two-Mesh Circuit 8.5 Complex Frequency 8.6 Generalized Impedance 8.7 Network Function and Pole-Zero Plots 8.8 The Forced Response 8.9 The Natural Response 8.10 Magnitude and Frequency Scaling 8.11 Higher-Order Active Circuits Chapter 9 Sinusoidal Steady-State Circuit Analysis 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Element Responses 9.3 Phasors 9.4 Impedance and Admittance 9.5 Voltage and Current Division in the Frequency Domain 9.6 The Mesh Current Method 9.7 The Node Voltage Method 9.8 Thévenin’s and Norton’s Theorems 9.9 Superposition of AC Sources Chapter 10 AC Power 10.1 Power in the Time Domain 10.2 Power in Sinusoidal Steady State 10.3 Average or Real Power 10.4 Reactive Power 10.5 Summary of AC Power in R, L, and C 10.6 Exchange of Energy between an Inductor and a Capacitor 10.7 Complex Power, Apparent Power, and Power Triangle 10.8 Parallel-Connected Networks 10.9 Power Factor Improvement 10.10 Maximum Power Transfer 10.11 Superposition of Average Powers Chapter 11 Polyphase Circuits 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Two-Phase Systems 11.3 Three-Phase Systems 11.4 Wye and Delta Systems 11.5 Phasor Voltages 11.6 Balanced Delta-Connected Load 11.7 Balanced Four-Wire, Wye-Connected Load 11.8 Equivalent Y- and D-Connections 11.9 Single-Line Equivalent Circuit for Balanced Three-Phase Loads 11.10 Unbalanced Delta-Connected Load 11.11 Unbalanced Wye-Connected Load 11.12 Three-Phase Power 11.13 Power Measurement and the Two-Wattmeter Method Chapter 12 Frequency Response, Filters, and Resonance 12.1 Frequency Response 12.2 High-Pass and Low-Pass Networks 12.3 Half-Power Frequencies 12.4 Generalized Two-Port, Two-Element Networks 12.5 The Frequency Response and Network Functions 12.6 Frequency Response from Pole-Zero Location 12.7 Ideal and Practical Filters 12.8 Passive and Active Filters 12.9 Bandpass Filters and Resonance 12.10 Natural Frequency and Damping Ratio 12.11 RLC Series Circuit; Series Resonance 12.12 Quality Factor 12.13 RLC Parallel Circuit; Parallel Resonance 12.14 Practical LC Parallel Circuit 12.15 Series-Parallel Conversions 12.16 Locus Diagrams 12.17 Bode Diagrams 12.18 Observations 12.19 Special Features of Bode Diagrams 12.20 Summary of First-Order Filters 12.21 Second-Order Filters 12.22 Butterworth Filters 12.23 Scaling the Frequency Response of Filters Chapter 13 Two-Port Networks 13.1 Terminals and Ports 13.2 Z-Parameters 13.3 T-Equivalent of Reciprocal Networks 13.4 Y-Parameters 13.5 Pi-Equivalent of Reciprocal Networks 13.6 Application of Terminal Characteristics 13.7 Conversion between Z- and Y-Parameters 13.8 h-Parameters 13.9 g-Parameters 13.10 Transmission Parameters 13.11 Interconnecting Two-Port Networks 13.12 Choice of Parameter Type 13.13 Summary of Terminal Parameters and Conversion Chapter 14 Mutual Inductance and Transformers 14.1 Mutual Inductance 14.2 Coupling Coefficient 14.3 Analysis of Coupled Coils 14.4 Dot Rule 14.5 Energy in a Pair of Coupled Coils 14.6 Conductively Coupled Equivalent Circuits 14.7 Linear Transformer 14.8 Ideal Transformer 14.9 Autotransformer 14.10 Reflected Impedance Chapter 15 Circuit Analysis Using Spice and PSpice 15.1 Spice and PSpice 15.2 Circuit Description 15.3 Dissecting a Spice Source File 15.4 Data Statements and DC Analysis 15.5 Control and Output Statements in DC Analysis 15.6 Thévenin Equivalent 15.7 Subcircuit 15.8 Op Amp Circuits 15.9 AC Steady State and Frequency Response 15.10 Mutual Inductance and Transformers 15.11 Modeling Devices with Varying Parameters 15.12 Time Response and Transient Analysis 15.13 Specifying Other Types of Sources 15.14 Summary Chapter 16 The Laplace Transform Method 16.1 Introduction 16.2 The Laplace Transform 16.3 Selected Laplace Transforms 16.4 Convergence of the Integral 16.5 Initial-Value and Final-Value Theorems 16.6 Partial-Fractions Expansions 16.7 Circuits in the s-Domain 16.8 The Network Function and Laplace Transforms Chapter 17 Fourier Method of Waveform Analysis 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Trigonometric Fourier Series 17.3 Exponential Fourier Series 17.4 Waveform Symmetry 17.5 Line Spectrum 17.6 Waveform Synthesis 17.7 Effective Values and Power 17.8 Applications in Circuit Analysis 17.9 Fourier Transform of Nonperiodic Waveforms 17.10 Properties of the Fourier Transform 17.11 Continuous Spectrum Appendix A Complex Number System Appendix B Matrices and Determinants Index