Circuit Analysis For Dummies
Learn to:Grasp resistive circuits, Kirchhoff's laws, equivalent subcircuits, and moreSupplement your classroom learningScore high in your Circuit Analysis courseCircuits overloaded from electrical circuit analysis?Circuit Analysis For Dummiesgives you clear-cut information about the topics covered in a typical circuit analysis course. From resistive circuits and Kirchhoff's laws to equivalent subcircuits and energy storage, this friendly, hands-on guide is the perfect aid for making sense of the topics that may be confusing you in your circuit analysis course. So what are you waiting for?Circuit Analysis 101 — get the lowdown on the engineering lingo, concepts, and techniques necessary to analyze circuitsSimplify it — understand the general analytical methods that help you simplify more complicated circuits to a manageable levelGet amped — recognize how to work with transistors as current amplifiers and op-amps as voltage amplifiersCh-ch-ch-changes — deal with changing signals and circuits that have passive energy storage devices (such as inductors and capacitors)Be a convert — use phasor and Laplace techniques to convert a calculus-based problem into one requiring only algebraOpen the book and find:The keys to reading circuit schematicsHow to apply Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws when analyzing circuitsThe steps for transforming sourcesMesh current analysis, superposition, and other useful analytical methodsThe ins and outs of op-amp circuitsApproaches for analyzing first- and second-order circuitsHow to create filters by connecting resistors, inductors, and capacitors