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Chapters

This textbook is organized into 16 chapters covering 300 concepts.

Chapter Overview

  1. Electric Charge and Basic Circuit Quantities - Introduces fundamental electrical quantities including charge, voltage, current, power, resistance, and basic circuit terminology.

  2. Ohm's Law and Basic Circuit Configurations - Covers Ohm's Law, series and parallel circuits, voltage and current dividers, and introduces basic resistor properties.

  3. Kirchhoff's Laws and Circuit Topology - Explores KVL, KCL, nodes, branches, loops, meshes, and the basics of circuit topology for systematic analysis.

  4. DC Circuit Analysis Methods - Covers node voltage method, mesh current method, superposition, Thevenin and Norton theorems, and maximum power transfer.

  5. Passive Components: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors - Examines passive component properties including capacitor and inductor behavior, energy storage, and non-ideal characteristics.

  6. Transient Analysis of RC and RL Circuits - Analyzes first-order circuit transient response including time constants, exponential behavior, and initial/final conditions.

  7. Second-Order Circuits and RLC Behavior - Covers RLC circuit transient response including damping, natural frequency, and second-order system characteristics.

  8. AC Signals and Sinusoidal Waveforms - Introduces sinusoidal waveforms, amplitude, frequency, phase, and RMS values essential for AC circuit analysis.

  9. Phasors and Complex Impedance - Covers complex numbers, phasors, impedance, reactance, admittance, and the foundations of AC circuit analysis.

  10. AC Power Analysis - Explores real, reactive, and apparent power; power factor; power factor correction; and power in reactive components.

  11. Frequency Response and Bode Plots - Covers transfer functions, frequency response, magnitude and phase plots, decibels, cutoff frequency, and bandwidth.

  12. Filters and Resonance - Examines filter types, passive filter design, resonance, quality factor, and audio tone control circuits.

  13. Operational Amplifiers - Covers op-amp fundamentals, ideal model, feedback, basic configurations, and practical limitations.

  14. Signal Analysis and Fourier Series - Introduces Fourier series, harmonics, frequency spectrum, and waveform symmetry analysis.

  15. Audio Applications and Amplifiers - Explores audio amplifier design, signal-to-noise ratio, noise sources, and distortion types.

  16. Laboratory Measurement Techniques - Covers essential lab equipment, measurement techniques, prototyping methods, and safety practices.

How to Use This Textbook

This textbook is designed with a careful progression where each chapter builds on concepts from previous chapters. The learning graph ensures that all prerequisite concepts are introduced before they are needed. Students should complete chapters in order, as later chapters assume mastery of earlier material. Each chapter includes interactive simulations and hands-on exercises to reinforce theoretical concepts.

Note: Each chapter includes a list of concepts covered. Make sure to complete prerequisites before moving to advanced chapters.