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Schaum's outline of theory and problems of electric circuits, Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph A. Edminister

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Schaum's outline of theory and problems of electric circuits

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Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph A. Edminister

Schaum's outline series

Introduction -- Electrical quantities and SI units -- Force, work and power -- Electrical charge and current -- Electric potential -- Energy and electrical power -- Constant and variable functions -- Circuit concepts -- Passive and active elements -- Sign conventions -- Voltage-current relations -- Resistance -- Inductance -- Capacitance -- Circuit diagrams -- Nonlinear resistors -- Circuit laws -- Introduction -- Kirchhoff's Voltage Law -- Kirchhoff's Current Law -- Circuit elements in series -- Circuit elements in parallel -- Voltage division -- Current division -- Analysis methods -- The branch current method -- The mesh current method -- Matrices and determinants -- The node voltage method -- Input and output resistance -- Transfer resistance -- Network resistance -- Superposition -- Thévenin's and Norton's Theorems -- Maximum power transfer theorem -- Amplifiers and operational amplifier circuits -- Amplifier model -- Feedback in amplifier circuit -- Operational amplifiers -- Analysis of circuits containing ideal Op amps -- Inverting circuit -- Summing circuit -- Noninverting circuit -- Voltage follower -- Differential and difference amplifiers -- Circuits containing several Op amps -- Integrator and differentiator circuits -- Analog computers -- Low-pass filter -- Comparator -- Waveforms and signals -- Introduction -- Periodic functions -- Sinusoidal functions -- Time shift and phase shift -- Combinations of periodic functions -- The average and effective (RMS) values -- Nonperiodic functions -- The unit step function -- The unit impulse function -- The exponential function -- Damped sinusoids -- Random signals -- First-order circuits -- Introduction -- Capacitor discharge in a resistor -- Establishing a DC voltage across a capacitor -- The source-free RL circuit -- Establishing a DC current in an inductor -- The exponential function revisited -- Complex first-order RL and RC circuits -- DC steady state in inductors and capacitors -- Transitions at switching time -- Response of first-order circuits to a pulse -- Impulse response of RC and RL circuits -- Summary of step and impulse responses in RC and RL circuits -- Response of RC and RL circuits to sudden exponential excitations -- Response of RC and RL circuits to sudden sinusoidal excitations -- Summary of forced response in first-order circuits -- First-order active circuits -- Higher-order circuits and complex frequency -- Introduction -- Series RLC circuit -- Parallel RLC circuit -- Two-mesh circuit -- Complex frequency -- Generalized impedance (R, L, C) in s-domain -- Network function and pole-zero plots -- The forced response -- The natural response -- Magnitude and frequency scaling -- Higher-order active circuits -- Sinusoidal steady-state circuit analysis -- Introduction -- Element responses -- Phasors -- Impedance and admittance -- Voltage and current division in the frequency domain -- The mesh current method -- The node voltage method -- Thévenin's and Norton's Theorems -- Superposition of AC sources -- AC power -- Power in the time domain -- Power in sinusoidal steady state -- Average of real power -- Reactive power -- Summary of AC power in R, L, and C -- Exchange of energy between an inductor and a capacitor -- Complex power, apparent power, and power triangle -- Parallel-connected networks -- Power factor improvement -- Maximum power transfer -- Superposition of average powers -- Polyphase circuits -- Introduction -- Two-phase systems -- Three-phase systems -- Wye and delta systems -- Phasor voltages -- Balanced delta-connected load -- Balanced four-wire, wye-connected load -- Equivalent Y and delta-connections -- Single-line equivalent circuit for balanced three-phase loads -- Unbalanced delta-connected load -- Unbalanced wye-connected load -- Three-phase power -- Power measurement and the two-wattmeter method -- Frequency response, filters, and resonance -- Frequency response -- High-pass and low-pass networks -- Half-power frequencies -- Generalized two-port, two-element networks -- The frequency response and network functions -- Frequency response from pole-zero location -- Ideal and practical filters -- Passive and active filters -- Bandpass filters and resonance -- Natural frequency and damping ratio -- RLC series circuit; series resonance -- Quality factor -- RLC parallel circuit; parallel resonance -- Practical LC parallel circuit -- Series-parallel conversions -- Locus diagrams -- Scaling the frequency response filters -- Two-port networks -- Terminals and ports -- Z-parameters -- T-equivalent of reciprocal networks -- Y-parameters -- Pi-equivalent of reciprocal networks -- Application of terminal characteristics -- Conversion between Z- and Y-parameters -- h-parameters -- g-parameters -- Transmission parameters -- Interconnecting two-port networks -- Choice of parameter type -- Summary of terminal parameters and conversion -- Mutual inductance and transformers -- Mutual inductance -- Coupling coefficient -- Analysis of coupled coils -- Dot rule -- Energy in a pair of coupled coils -- Conductively coupled equivalent circuits -- Linear transformer -- Ideal transformer -- Autotransformer -- Reflected impedance -- Circuit analysis using Spice and PSpice -- Spice and PSpice -- Circuit description -- Dissecting a Spice source file -- Data statements and DC analysis -- Control and output statements in DC analysis -- Thévenin equivalent -- Op amp circuits -- AC steady state and frequency response -- Mutual inductance and transformers -- Modeling devices with varying parameters -- Time response and transient analysis -- Specifying other types of sources -- Summary -- The Laplace transform method -- Introduction -- The Laplace transform -- Selected Laplace transforms -- Convergence of the integral -- Initial-value and final-value theorems -- Partial-fractions expansions -- Circuits in the s-domain -- The network function and Laplace transforms -- Fourier method of waveform analysis -- Introduction -- Trigonometric Fourier series -- Exponential Fourier series -- Waveform symmetry -- Line spectrum -- Waveform synthesis -- Effective values and power -- Applications in circuit analysis -- Fourier transform of nonperiodic waveforms -- Properties of the Fourier Transform -- Continuous spectrum -- Complex number system -- Complex numbers -- Complex plane -- Vector operator j -- Other representations of complex numbers -- Sum and difference of complex numbers -- Multiplication of complex numbers -- Division of complex numbers -- Conjugate of a complex number -- Matrices and determinants -- Simultaneous equations and the characteristic matrix -- Types of matrices -- Matrix arithmetic -- Determinant of a square matrix -- Eigenvalues of a square matrix

Theory and problems of electric circuits