Dorf's Introduction to Electric Circuits, Global Edition, is designed for a one- to -three term course in electric circuits or linear circuit analysis. The book endeavors to help students who are being exposed to electric circuits for the first time and prepares them to solve realistic problems involving these circuits. Abundant design examples, design problems, and the How Can We Check feature illustrate the text's focus on design. The Global Edition continues the expanded use of problem-solving software such as PSpice and MATLAB.
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Dorf's Introduction to Electric Circuits
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Insight 1
Apply fundamental circuit laws and theorems, such as Kirchhoff's laws, node voltage, mesh current, Thevenin's, and Norton's theorems, to analyze and solve for variables in resistive DC circuits.
Insight 2
Analyze the transient and steady-state responses of first- and second-order circuits containing energy storage elements, and perform sinusoidal steady-state analysis using phasors to determine AC circuit behavior and power.
Insight 3
Utilize operational amplifiers, frequency response concepts, and transform methods (Laplace, Fourier) to design and evaluate filter circuits and other complex networks, employing computational tools like PSpice and MATLAB for simulation and verification.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Electric Circuit Variables
- Chapter 2 Circuit Elements
- Chapter 3 Resistive Circuits
- Chapter 4 Methods of Analysis of Resistive Circuits
- Chapter 5 Circuit Theorems
- Chapter 6 The Operational Amplifier
- Chapter 7 Energy Storage Elements
- Chapter 8 The Complete Response of RL and RC Circuits
- Chapter 9 The Complete Response of Circuits with Two Energy Storage Elements
- Chapter 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis
- Chapter 11 AC Steady-State Power
- Chapter 12 Three-Phase Circuits
- Chapter 13 Frequency Response
- Chapter 14 The Laplace Transform
- Chapter 15 Fourier Series and Fourier Transform
- Chapter 16 Filter Circuits
- Chapter 17 Two-Port and Three-Port Networks
- Appendix A Getting Started with PSpice
- Appendix B MATLAB, Matrices, and Complex Arithmetic
- Appendix C Mathematical Formulas
- Appendix D Resistor Specifications and Monte Carlo Analysis
- References
- Index
- EULA
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