FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

Focusing on the development of fundamental skills, this new text is designed for a one-semester course in the analysis of linear circuits. The author meticulously covers the important topics within a sound pedagogical organization while minimizing unnecessary detail so that the student can develop a lasting and sound set of analysis skills.

The major topics presented include the analysis of resistive circuits (including controlled sources and op amps) and the analysis of circuits in the sinusoidal steady state (phasor analysis). Emphasized also is the analysis of circuits in the time domain in response to a disturbance (switching operations and the unit step and unit impulse responses) and is developed primarily using the Laplace transform. A brief description of the classical method of solving the circuit differential equations is included.

Clayton R. Paul is Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Kentucky, and is currently the Sam Nunn Eminent Professor of Aerospace Systems Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He has written 12 textbooks on electrical engineering subjects, and has published over 200 technical papers, the majority of which are in his primary research area of electromagnetic compatibility of electronic systems. He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching.

Basic Definitions and Laws.

Basic Circuit Elements and Analysis Techniques.

Additional Circuit Analysis Techniques.

The Operational Amplifier (OpAmp).

The Energy Storage Elements.

Sinusoidal Excitation of Circuits.

The General Time-Domain Response of Circuits.

Appendix.