Introductory concepts and conventions: Charge, current and Kirchhoff's current law. Potential difference and Kirchhoff's voltage law. Passive components. Voltage-current relationships for passive components. Series and parallel equivalents. Voltage and current division. Sources. Limiting values. Simple application of Kirchhoff's laws. Practice problems. Analytical techniques and processes: Linearity and superposition. Mesh analysis. Node analysis. Mesh or node analysis for circuits with volage and current sources. Norton and Thevenin equivalent circuits. Power transfer. Some common network configurations. Symmetrical and balanced networks. PI and T equivalence. Iterative networks. Attenuators. Practice problems. Sinewaves and basic single phase theory: Sinewave parameters. Reactance and susceptance. Amplitude and phase relationships. Types of response. Sinewave addition. Impedance and admittance. Power. Analysis of simple alternating current circuits. Practice problems. Frequency domain analysis and responses: Phasors. Phasor processes. Impedance and admittance phasers. Complex variable representation. Phasor forms of analytical techniques and processes. Further aspects of power. Three phase theory. Frequency responses. Resonance. Practice problems. Circuit analysis and responses in the time domain: Initial, transient and steady-state responses. Step input to inductance and capacitance. Step input to R-L and R-C circuits. Time constant and linearised approximation. Transient and steady-state responses: repetitive waveforms. Transient and steady-state responses: sinewaves. Triangular waves responses. Transient and steady-state responses: pulse waveforms. Further aspects of time constant. Use of programs. State variable analysis. Practice Problems. Waveform synthesis and analysis: Waveform synthesis. Impulse, square and triangular waveforms. Complex wave power. Waveform analysis. Frequency domain analysis of complex waveforms. Introduction to nonlinear circuit analysis. Software development. General Conclusions. Practice Problems. Complementary and further reading. Appendices.
