(Ebook) Schaum’s Outline of Electric Circuits by Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph Edminister ISBN 9781260011975, 1260011976

(Ebook) Schaum’s Outline of Electric Circuits by Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph Edminister ISBN 9781260011975, 1260011976

The seventh edition of Schaum’s Outline of Electric Circuits represents a revision and timely update ofmaterials that expand its scope to the level of similar courses currently taught at the undergraduate level.The new edition expands the information on the frequency response, polar and Bode diagrams, and firstandsecond-order filters and their implementation by active circuits. Sections on lead and lag networksand filter analysis and design, including approximation method by Butterworth filters, have been added,as have several end-of-chapter problems.The original goal of the book and the basic approach of the previous editions have been retained. Thisbook is designed for use as a textbook for a first course in circuit analysis or as a supplement to standardtexts and can be used by electrical engineering students as well as other engineering and technology students.Emphasis is placed on the basic laws, theorems, and problem-solving techniques that are commonto most courses.The subject matter is divided into 17 chapters covering duly recognized areas of theory and study. Thechapters begin with statements of pertinent definitions, principles, and theorems together with illustrativeexamples. This is followed by sets of supplementary problems. The problems cover multiple levelsof difficulty. Some problems focus on fine points and help the student to better apply the basic principlescorrectly and confidently. The supplementary problems are generally more numerous and give the readeran opportunity to practice problem-solving skills. Answers are provided with each supplementary problem.The book begins with fundamental definitions, circuit elements including dependent sources, circuitlaws and theorems, and analysis techniques such as node voltage and mesh current methods. These theoremsand methods are initially applied to DC-resistive circuits and then extended to RLC circuits by the useof impedance and complex frequency. The op amp examples and problems in Chapter 5 have been selectedcarefully to illustrate simple but practical cases that are of interest and importance to future courses. Thesubject of waveforms and signals is treated in a separate chapter to increase the student’s awareness ofcommonly used signal models.Circuit behavior such as the steady state and transient responses to steps, pulses, impulses, and exponentialinputs is discussed for first-order circuits in Chapter 7 and then extended to circuits of higher orderin Chapter 8, where the concept of complex frequency is introduced. Phasor analysis, sinusoidal steadystate, power, power factor, and polyphase circuits are thoroughly covered. Network functions, frequencyresponse, filters, series and parallel resonance, two-port networks, mutual inductance, and transformers arecovered in detail. Application of Spice and PSpice in circuit analysis is introduced in Chapter 15. Circuitequations are solved using classical differential equations and the Laplace transform, which permits a convenient comparison. Fourier series and Fourier transforms and their use in circuit analysis are covered inChapter 17. Finally, two appendixes provide a useful summary of complex number systems and matricesand determinants.This book is dedicated to our students and students of our students, from whom we have learned to teachwell. To a large degree, it is they who have made possible our satisfying and rewarding teaching careers.We also wish to thank our wives, Zahra Nahvi and Nina Edminister, for their continuing support. The contribution of Reza Nahvi in preparing the current edition as well as previous editions is also acknowledged.