Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 2e is intended for use in the introductory circuit analysis or circuit theory course taught in electrical engineering departments. The main objective of this book is to present circuit analysis in a clear, easy-to-understand manner, with many practical applications to interest the student. Each chapter opens with either historical sketches or career information on a sub-discipline of electrical engineering. This is followed by an introduction that includes chapter objectives. Each chapter closes with a summary of the key points and formulas. The authors present principles in an appealing and lucid step-by-step manner, carefully explaining each step. Important formulas are highlighted to help students sort out what is essential and what is not. Many pedagogical aids reinforce the concepts learned in the text so that students get comfortable with the various methods of analysis presented in the text.
Part 1: DC Circuits1 Basic Concepts2 Basic Laws3 Methods of Analysis4
Circuit Theorems5 Operational Amplifiers 6 Capacitors and Inductors7
First-Order Circuits8 Second-Order CircuitsPart 2: AC Circuits9 Sinusoids and
Phasors10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis11 AC Power Analysis12 Three-Phase
Circuits13 Magnetically Coupled Circuits14 Frequency Response Part 3:
Advanced Circuit Analysis15 The Laplace Transform 16 Applications of the
Laplace Transform17 The Fourier Series 18 Fourier Transform19 Two-Port
Networks Appendix A: Simultaneous Equations and Matrix Inversion Appendix B:
Complex Numbers Appendix C: Mathematical Formulas Appendix D: PSPICE for
Windows Appendix E: MATLAB
Dr. Charles K. Alexander is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. He is also the Director of the Center for Research in Electronics and Aerospace Technology (CREATE). From 2002 until 2006 he was Dean of the Fenn College of Engineering. He has held the position of Dean of Engineering at Cleveland State University, California State University, Northridge, and Temple University (acting Dean for six years). He has held the position of Department Chair at Temple University and Tennessee Technological University as well as the position of Stocker Visiting Professor (an Endowed Chair) at Ohio University. He has held faculty status at all of the aforementioned Universities.
Matthew N. O. Sadiku received his PhD from Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville. From 1984 to 1988, he was Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University, where he did graduate work in Computer Science. From 1988 to 2000, he was at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he became a full Professor. From 2000 to 2002, he was with Lucent/Avaya, Holmdel, New Jersey, as a System Engineer and with Boeing Satellite Systems as a Senior Scientist. He is currently a professor at Prairie View A&M University.
