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Description: Twelfth edition. | Hoboken : Pearson, [2022] | Includes index.
| Summary: “Twelve edition of popular introductory electric circuits
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Identifiers: LCCN 2021058091 | ISBN 9780137648375 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Electric circuits.
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Brief Contents
List of Examples xii
List of Tables xvi
List of Analysis Methods xvii
Preface xx
Chapter 1 Circuit Variables 2
Chapter 2 Circuit Elements 26
Chapter 3 Simple Resistive Circuits 58
Chapter 4 Techniques of Circuit Analysis 92
Chapter 5 The Operational Amplifier 150
Chapter 6 Inductance, Capacitance, and Mutual Inductance 182
Chapter 7 Response of First-Order RL and RC Circuits 220
Chapter 8 Natural and Step Responses of RLC Circuits 272
Chapter 9 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis 318
Chapter 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations 374
Chapter 11 Balanced Three-Phase Circuits 412
Chapter 12 Introduction to the Laplace Transform 444
Chapter 13 The Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis 482
Chapter 14 Introduction to Frequency-Selective Circuits 536
Chapter 15 Active Filter Circuits 572
Chapter 16 Fourier Series 618
Chapter 17 The Fourier Transform 662
Chapter 18 Two-Port Circuits 694
Appendix A The Solution of Linear Simultaneous Equations 720
Appendix B Complex Numbers 729
Appendix C More on Magnetically Coupled Coils and Ideal Transformers 735
Appendix D The Decibel 743
Appendix E Bode Diagrams 745
Appendix F An Abbreviated Table of Trigonometric Identities 759
Appendix G An Abbreviated Table of Integrals 760
Appendix H Common Standard Component Values 762
Index 763
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List of Examples xii Practical Perspective: Resistive Touch
Screens 78
List of Tables xvi Summary 79
List of Analysis Methods xvii Problems 80
Preface xx
Chapter 4 Techniques of Circuit
Chapter 1 Circuit Variables 2 Analysis 92
Practical Perspective: Balancing Power 3 Practical Perspective: Circuits with
1.1 Electrical Engineering: An Overview 4 Realistic Resistors 93
1.2 The International System of Units 9 4.1 Terminology 94
1.3 Circuit Analysis: An Overview 11 4.2 Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method 96
1.4 Voltage and Current 12 4.3 The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent
1.5 The Ideal Basic Circuit Element 14 Sources 98
1.6 Power and Energy 15 4.4 The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special
Practical Perspective: Balancing Power 18 Cases 100
Summary 19 4.5 Introduction to the Mesh-Current
Problems 20 Method 104
4.6 The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent
Chapter 2 Circuit Elements 26 Sources 107
4.7 The Mesh-Current Method: Some Special
Practical Perspective: Heating with Electric Cases 108
Radiators 27 4.8 The Node-Voltage Method Versus the
2.1 Voltage and Current Sources 28 Mesh-Current Method 112
2.2 Electrical Resistance (Ohm’s Law) 32
4.9 Source Transformations 115
2.3 Constructing a Circuit Model 36
4.10 Thévenin and Norton Equivalents 118
2.4 Kirchhoff’s Laws 39 4.11 More on Deriving the Thévenin
2.5 Analyzing a Circuit Containing Dependent Equivalent 123
Sources 45 4.12 Maximum Power Transfer 126
Practical Perspective: Heating with Electric 4.13 Superposition 129
Radiators 48
Practical Perspective: Circuits with Realistic
Summary 49 Resistors 131
Problems 50 Summary 134
Problems 136
Chapter 3 Simple Resistive Circuits 58
Practical Perspective: Resistive Touch
Chapter 5 The Operational
Screens 59
3.1 Resistors in Series 60 Amplifier 150
3.2 Resistors in Parallel 61 Practical Perspective: Strain Gages 151
3.3 The Voltage-Divider and Current-Divider 5.1 Operational Amplifier Terminals 152
Circuits 64 5.2 Terminal Voltages and Currents 152
3.4 Voltage Division and Current Division 68 5.3 The Inverting-Amplifier Circuit 156
3.5 Measuring Voltage and Current 70 5.4 The Summing-Amplifier Circuit 158
3.6 Measuring Resistance—The Wheatstone 5.5 The Noninverting-Amplifier Circuit 160
Bridge 73 5.6 The Difference-Amplifier Circuit 162
3.7 Delta-to-Wye (Pi-to-Tee) Equivalent 5.7 A More Realistic Model for the Operational
Circuits 75 Amplifier 167
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Nilsson, James William, author. | Riedel, Susan A., author.
Title: Electric circuits / James W. Nilsson, professor Emeritus Iowa State
University, Susan A. Riedel, associate professor Emerita Marquette University.
Description: Twelfth edition. | Hoboken : Pearson, [2022] | Includes index.
| Summary: “Twelve edition of popular introductory electric circuits
textbook including updated and new assessment problems and
end-of-chapter problems”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021058091 | ISBN 9780137648375 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Electric circuits.
Classification: LCC TK454 .N54 2022 | DDC 621.319/2—dc23/eng/20220113
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021058091
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Brief Contents
List of Examples xii
List of Tables xvi
List of Analysis Methods xvii
Preface xx
Chapter 1 Circuit Variables 2
Chapter 2 Circuit Elements 26
Chapter 3 Simple Resistive Circuits 58
Chapter 4 Techniques of Circuit Analysis 92
Chapter 5 The Operational Amplifier 150
Chapter 6 Inductance, Capacitance, and Mutual Inductance 182
Chapter 7 Response of First-Order RL and RC Circuits 220
Chapter 8 Natural and Step Responses of RLC Circuits 272
Chapter 9 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis 318
Chapter 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations 374
Chapter 11 Balanced Three-Phase Circuits 412
Chapter 12 Introduction to the Laplace Transform 444
Chapter 13 The Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis 482
Chapter 14 Introduction to Frequency-Selective Circuits 536
Chapter 15 Active Filter Circuits 572
Chapter 16 Fourier Series 618
Chapter 17 The Fourier Transform 662
Chapter 18 Two-Port Circuits 694
Appendix A The Solution of Linear Simultaneous Equations 720
Appendix B Complex Numbers 729
Appendix C More on Magnetically Coupled Coils and Ideal Transformers 735
Appendix D The Decibel 743
Appendix E Bode Diagrams 745
Appendix F An Abbreviated Table of Trigonometric Identities 759
Appendix G An Abbreviated Table of Integrals 760
Appendix H Common Standard Component Values 762
Index 763
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Contents
List of Examples xii Practical Perspective: Resistive Touch
Screens 78
List of Tables xvi Summary 79
List of Analysis Methods xvii Problems 80
Preface xx
Chapter 4 Techniques of Circuit
Chapter 1 Circuit Variables 2 Analysis 92
Practical Perspective: Balancing Power 3 Practical Perspective: Circuits with
1.1 Electrical Engineering: An Overview 4 Realistic Resistors 93
1.2 The International System of Units 9 4.1 Terminology 94
1.3 Circuit Analysis: An Overview 11 4.2 Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method 96
1.4 Voltage and Current 12 4.3 The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent
1.5 The Ideal Basic Circuit Element 14 Sources 98
1.6 Power and Energy 15 4.4 The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special
Practical Perspective: Balancing Power 18 Cases 100
Summary 19 4.5 Introduction to the Mesh-Current
Problems 20 Method 104
4.6 The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent
Chapter 2 Circuit Elements 26 Sources 107
4.7 The Mesh-Current Method: Some Special
Practical Perspective: Heating with Electric Cases 108
Radiators 27 4.8 The Node-Voltage Method Versus the
2.1 Voltage and Current Sources 28 Mesh-Current Method 112
2.2 Electrical Resistance (Ohm’s Law) 32
4.9 Source Transformations 115
2.3 Constructing a Circuit Model 36
4.10 Thévenin and Norton Equivalents 118
2.4 Kirchhoff’s Laws 39 4.11 More on Deriving the Thévenin
2.5 Analyzing a Circuit Containing Dependent Equivalent 123
Sources 45 4.12 Maximum Power Transfer 126
Practical Perspective: Heating with Electric 4.13 Superposition 129
Radiators 48
Practical Perspective: Circuits with Realistic
Summary 49 Resistors 131
Problems 50 Summary 134
Problems 136
Chapter 3 Simple Resistive Circuits 58
Practical Perspective: Resistive Touch
Chapter 5 The Operational
Screens 59
3.1 Resistors in Series 60 Amplifier 150
3.2 Resistors in Parallel 61 Practical Perspective: Strain Gages 151
3.3 The Voltage-Divider and Current-Divider 5.1 Operational Amplifier Terminals 152
Circuits 64 5.2 Terminal Voltages and Currents 152
3.4 Voltage Division and Current Division 68 5.3 The Inverting-Amplifier Circuit 156
3.5 Measuring Voltage and Current 70 5.4 The Summing-Amplifier Circuit 158
3.6 Measuring Resistance—The Wheatstone 5.5 The Noninverting-Amplifier Circuit 160
Bridge 73 5.6 The Difference-Amplifier Circuit 162
3.7 Delta-to-Wye (Pi-to-Tee) Equivalent 5.7 A More Realistic Model for the Operational
Circuits 75 Amplifier 167
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