Electronics for Engineering

Part 1 Network theoroms: terminology; nodes; loops and meshes; network analysis and synthesis; equivalent circuits; fundamental connections and elementary revision of Ohm's law; admittances; Kitchloff's laws and the Superposition theorem; Thevenin's equivalent circuit; Norton's equivalent circuit; experiments and examples. Part 2 Alternating current: basic relationships; phase, amplitude, period and frequency; r.m.s. values; inductive and capacitive reactance phasor representation; series and parallel combinations of R-C, R-L and R-C-L; resonance in series and parallel R-C-L systems. Part 3 Power in AC circuits: true Power; apparent power; power factor Q-factor; selectivity in terms of Q; bandwidth considerations. Part 4 The transformer: single phase, auto and three-phase types; the ideal transformer; no load conditions; loaded conidition; practical construction; copper and iron losses; auto transformers; regulation and efficiency. Part 5 DC transients: series C-R circuit; the time constant; charge and discharge cycles; series L-R circuit; time constant; effects of pulse trains to C-R and L-R circuits. Part 6 Small signal amplifiers: amplifier characteristics; gain, input and output impedance; the transistor and field effect devices; circuit equivalents; circuit configurations; positive and negative feedback; frequency response; integrated amplifiers. Part 7 Power supply systems: need for AC to DC conversion. (Part contents)