• PART I: CIRCUITS ; 1. Basic Elements and Laws ; 1.1 Voltage Sources, Current Sources, and Resistors ; 1.2 Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL) ; 1.3 Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL) ; 1.4 Independent and Dependent Souces ; 1.5 Instantaneous Power ; 2. Circuit Analysis Principles ; 2.1 Nodal Analysis ; 2.2 Determinants and Cramer's Rule ; 2.3 Mesh Analysis ; 2.4 Ideal Amplifiers ; 2.5 Thevevnin's and Norton's Theorems ; 2.6 Linearity and Superposition ; 3. Time-Domain Circuit Analysis ; 3.1 Inductors and Capacitors ; 3.2 Integral Relationships for Inductors and Capacitors ; 3.3 First-Order Circuits - The Natural Response ; 3.4 First-Order Circuits - The Complete Response ; 3.5 Second-Order Circuits - The Natural Response ; 3.6 Second-Order Circuits - The Complete Response ; 4. AC Analysis ; 4.1 Time-Domain Analysis ; 4.2 Complex Numbers ; 4.3 Frequency-Domain Analysis ; 4.4 Power ; 4.5 Important Power Concepts ; 4.6 Polyphase Circuits ; 4.7 Three-Phase Loads ; 5. Important Circuit and System Concepts ; 5.1 Frequency Response ; 5.2 Resonance ; 5.3 Complex Frequency ; 5.4 Introduction to Systems ; 5.5 The Laplace Transform ; 5.6 Inverse Laplace Transforms ; 5.7 Application of the Laplace Transform ; PART II: ELECTRONICS ; 6. Diodes ; 6.1 Semiconductors ; 6.2 Doped Semiconductors ; 6.3 The Junction Diode ; 6.4 The Ideal Diode ; 6.5 Nonideal-Diode Models ; 6.6 Zener Diodes ; 6.7 Effects of Capacitance ; 7. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) ; 7,1 The pnp Transistor ; 7.2 The npn Transistor ; 7.3 Cutoff and Saturation ; 7.4 Applications to Digitial Logic Circuits ; 7.5 DTL Integrated-Circuit (IC) Logic ; 7.6 Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) ; 7.7 Other IC Logic Families ; 8. Field-Effect Transistors (FETs) ; 8.1 The Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET) ; 8.2 Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) ; 8.3 MOSFET Logic Gates ; 8,4 Complementary MOSFETs (CMOS) ; 9. Transistor Amplifiers ; 9.1 BJT Amplifiers ; 9.2 FET Amplifiers ; 9.3 Frequency Response ; 9.4 Power Amplifiers ; 10. Electronic Circuits and Amplifiers ; 10.1 IC Amplifiers ; 10.2 Operational Amplifiers ; 10.3 Feedback ; 10.4 Sinusoidal Oscillators ; 10.5 Comparators ; 10.6 Introduction to Communication ; PART III: DIGITAL SYSTEMS ; 11. Digital Logic ; 11.1 Binary Numbers ; 11.2 Binary Arithmetic ; 11.3 Digital Logic Circuits ; 11.4 Boolean Algebra ; 11.5 Standard Forms of Boolean Functions ; 11.6 Simplification of Boolean Functions ; 12. Logic Design ; 12.1 Combinatorial Logic ; 12.2 MSI and LSI Design ; 12.3 Sequential Logic ; 13. Digital Devices ; 13.1 Counters ; 13.2 Registers ; 13.3 Memories ; 13.4 Digital Information Processing ; PART IV: ELECTROMAGNETICS ; 14. Electromagnetics ; 14.1 Magnetic Fields ; 14.2 Magnetic Circuits ; 14.3 Transformers ; 14.4 The Ideal Tranformer ; 14.5 Nonideal-Transformer Models ; 15. Machines ; 15.1 Tranducers ; 15.2 Moving-Coil and Moving-Iron Devices ; 15.3 Rotating-Coil Devices ; 15.4 Generators ; 15.5 Motors ; PART V: SPICE ; 16. SPICE ; 16.1 PSPICE ; 16.2 Transient Analysis ; 16.3 AC Analysis ; 16.4 Diodes ; 16.5 Dipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs) ; 16.6 Field-Effect Transistors (FETs) ; 16.7 Transistor Amplifiers ; 16.8 Operational Amplifiers

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