Circuit Analysis with PSpice

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.

• Preface, Convention for Voltage and Current Symbols Part I: Basic Concepts in Circuit Analysis Chapter 1 Preliminaries to Circuit Analysis Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Resistive Circuits Chapter 3 Circuit Equivalence Chapter 4 Circuit Theorems Chapter 5 Circuit Simplification Chapter 6 Circuit Equations Chapter 7 Capacitors, Inductors, and Duality Chapter 8 Sinusoidal Steady State Chapter 9 Linear Transformer Chapter 10 Ideal Transformer Chapter 11 Basic Responses of First-Order Circuits Chapter 12 Basic Responses of Second-Order Circuits Part II: Topics in Circuit Analysis Chapter 13 Ideal Operational Amplifier Chapter 14 Frequency Responses Chapter 15 Butterworth and Active Filters Chapter 16 Responses to Periodic Inputs Chapter 17 Real, Reactive and Complex Power Chapter 18 Responses to Step and Impulse Inputs Chapter 19 Switched Circuits with Initial Energy Storage Chapter 20 Convolution Chapter 21 Properties of the Laplace Transform Chapter 22 The Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis Chapter 23 Fourier Transform Chapter 24 Two-Port Circuits Chapter 25 Balanced Three-Phase Systems Appendices: Appendix A SI Units, Symbols, and Prefixes Appendix B Useful Mathematical Relations Appendix C PSpice Simulation Appendix D Complex Numbers and Algebra Appendix E Solution of Linear Simultaneous Equations

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