Circuit Analysis with PSpice A Simplified Approach

Electric circuits, and their electronic circuit extensions, are found in all electrical and electronic equipment; including: household equipment, lighting, heating, air conditioning, control systems in both homes and commercial buildings, computers, consumer electronics, and means of transportation, such as cars, buses, trains, ships, and airplanes. Electric circuit analysis is essential for designing all these systems. Electric circuit analysis is a foundation for all hardware courses taken by students in electrical engineering and allied fields, such as electronics, computer hardware, communications and control systems, and electric power. This book is intended to help students master basic electric circuit analysis, as an essential component of their professional education. Furthermore, the objective of this book is to approach circuit analysis by developing a sound understanding of fundamentals and a problem-solving methodology that encourages critical thinking.

List of PSpice Simulations Preface Convention for Voltage and Current Symbols Part I: Basic Concepts in Circuit Analysis Chapter 1 Preliminaries to Circuit Analysis Objective and Overview 1.1 What are electric circuits and what are they used for? 1.2 What laws govern the behavior of electric circuits? 1.3 What is electric current? 1.4 What is the direction of current? 1.5 What is voltage? 1.6 What is voltage polarity? 1.7 How are energy and power related to voltage and current? 1.8 What are ideal circuit elements and how do they handle energy? 1.9 Why resistance, capacitance, and inductance? 1.10 What are the approximations implicit in basic electric circuits? Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Resistive Circuits Objective and Overview 2.1 Nature of Resistance 2.2 Ideal Resistors 2.3 Short Circuit and Open Circuit 2.4 Ideal, Independent Voltage Source 2.5 Ideal, Independent Current Source 2.6 Ideal, Dependent Sources 2.7 Nomenclature and Analysis of Resistive Circuits 2.8 Kirchhoff’s Laws 2.9 Series and Parallel Connections 2.10 Problem-Solving Approach Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 3 Circuit Equivalence Objective and Overview 3.1 Circuit Equivalence and its Implications 3.2 Series and Parallel Connection of Resistors 3.3 Resistivity 3.4 Star-Delta Transformation 3.5 Series and Parallel Connection of Ideal Sources 3.6 Linear-Output Sources 3.7 Problem-Solving Approach Updated Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 4 Circuit Theorems Objective and Overview 4.1 Excitation by Dependent Sources 4.2 Thevenin’s Theorem 4.3 Norton’s Theorem 4.4 Substitution Theorem 4.5 Source Absorption Theorem 4.6 Problem-Solving Approach Updated Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 5 Circuit Simplification Objective and Overview 5.1 Superposition 5.2 Output Scaling 5.3 Redundant Resistors 5.4 Partitioning of Circuits by Ideal Sources 5.5 Source Rearrangement 5.6 Exploitation of Symmetry 5.6 Problem-Solving Approach Updated Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Appendix 5A Wheatstone Bridge Exercises and Problems Chapter 6 Circuit Equations Objective and Overview 6.1 Node-Voltage Method 6.2 Dependent Sources in Node-Voltage Method 6.3 Mesh-Current Method 6.4 Dependent Sources in Mesh-Current Method 6.5 Problem-Solving Approach Updated Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 7 Capacitors, Inductors, and Duality Objective and Overview 7.1 Voltage-Current Relation of a Capacitor 7.2 Voltage-Current Relation of an Inductor 7.3 Series and Parallel Connections of Initially-Uncharged Capacitors 7.4 Series and Parallel Connections of Initially-Uncharged Inductors 7.5 Duality Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Appendix 7A Derivation of the Dual of a Planar Circuit Exercises and Problems Chapter 8 Sinusoidal Steady State Objective and Overview 8.1 The Sinusoidal Function 8.2 Responses to Sinusoidal Excitation 8.3 Phasors 8.4 Phasor Relations of Circuit Elements 8.5 Impedance and Reactance 8.6 Governing Equations 8.7 Representation in the Frequency Domain 8.8 Phasor Diagrams Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Appendix 8A ac Bridges Exercises and Problems Chapter 9 Linear Transformer Objective and Overview 9.1 Magnetic Coupling 9.2 Mutual Inductance 9.3 Linear Transformer 9.4 T-Equivalent Circuit Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Appendix 9A Energy Stored in Magnetically-Coupled Coils Exercises and Problems Chapter 10 Ideal Transforme Objective and Overview 10.1 Magnetic Circuit 10.2 Ideal Transformer 10.3 Reflection of Circuits 10.4 Ideal Autotransformer 10.5 Transformer Imperfections Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 11 Basic Responses of First-Order Circuits Objective and Overview 11.1 Capacitor Discharge 11.2 Capacitor Charging 11.3 Inductor Discharge 11.4 Inductor Charging 11.5 Generalized First-Order Circuits 11.6 Role of Transient Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 12 Basic Responses of Second-Order Circuits Objective and Overview 12.1 Natural Responses of Series RLC Circuit 12.2 Natural Response of Parallel GCL Circuit 12.3 Charging of Series RLC Circuit 12.4 Procedure for Analyzing Prototypical Second-Order Circuits Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Appendix 12A More General Second-Order Circuits Exercises and Problems Part II: Topics in Circuit Analysis Chapter 13 Ideal Operational Amplifier Objective and Overview 13.1 Basic Properties 13.2 Feedback 13.3 Noninverting Configuration 13.4 Inverting Configuration 13.5 Applications of the Inverting Configuration 13.6 Difference Amplifier 13.7 Solving Problems on Operational Amplifiers Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 14 Frequency Responses Objective and Overview 14.1 Analysis of Filters 14.2 Ideal Frequency Responses 14.3 First-Order Responses 14.4 Bode Plots 14.5 Second-Order Bandpass Response 14.6 Second-Order Bandstop Response 14.7 Second-Order Lowpass and Highpass Responses 14.8 Parallel Circuit 14.9 Summary of Second-Order Responses Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 15 Butterworth and Active Filters Objective and Overview 15.1 Scaling 15.2 Butterworth Response 15.3 First-Order Active Filters 15.4 Non-Inverting Second-Order Active Filters 15.5 Inverting Second-Order Active Filters 15.6 Universal Filter Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 16 Responses to Periodic Inputs Objective and Overview 16.1 Fourier Series 16.2 Fourier Analysis 16.3 Symmetry Properties of Fourier Series 16.4 Derivation of FSEs from those of Other Functions 16.5 Concluding Remarks on FSEs 16.6 Circuit Responses to Periodic Functions 16.7 Average Power and rms Values Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 17 Real, Reactive and Complex Power Objective and Overview 17.1 Instantaneous and Real Power 17.2 Complex Power 17.3 Power Factor Correction 17.4 Maximum Power Transfer Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 18 Responses to Step and Impulse Inputs Objective and Overview 18.1 Capacitor Response to Current Pulse 18.2 The Impulse Function 18.3 Response of Capacitive Circuits to Step and impulse inputs 18.4 Inductor Response to Voltage Pulse 18.5 Response of Inductive Circuits to Step and impulse inputs 18.6 Response of RLC Circuits to Step and Impulse Inputs Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 19 Switched Circuits with Initial Energy Storage Objective and Overview 19.1 Series and Parallel Connections of Inductors with Initial Charges 19.2 Series and Parallel Connections of Inductors with Initial Currents 19.3 Switched Circuits Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapter Problem-Solving Tips Exercises and Problems Chapter 20 Convolution Objective and Overview 20.1 Shifting in Time and Folding 20.2 The Convolution Integral 20.3 Operational Properties of Convolution 20.4 Special Cases of Convolution 20.5 Some General Properties of the Convolution Integral Learning Checklist: What should be learned from this chapt

Nassir Sabah is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He received his B.Sc. (Hons. Class I) and his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, U.K., and his Ph.D. in biophysical sciences from the State University of New York (SUNY/Buffalo). He has served as Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department, Director of the Institute of Computer Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, at the American University of Beirut. In these capacities, he was responsible for the development of programs, curricula, and courses in electrical, biomedical, communications, and computer engineering. Professor Sabah has extensive professional experience in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics, and computer systems, with more than 35 years teaching experience in electric circuits, electronics, neuroengineering, and biomedical engineering. He has over 100 technical publications, mainly in neurophysiology, biophysics, and biomedical instrumentation. He has served on numerous committees and panels in Lebanon and the region. Professor Sabah is a Fellow of the IET, U.K., and a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.