Spicey Circuits Elements of Computer Aided Circuit Analysis
Elements of Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1992
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-0-8493-7173-8 (ISBN)
Description
Spicey Circuits: Elements of Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis presents a fresh, new approach to exploring basic circuit theory. The book is primarily a textbook designed for undergraduate students in electrical engineering and SPICE users who need an introduction to elementary circuit analysis. The book stresses the process of deriving expressions and demonstrates that computer simulation can be useful in understanding the behavior of complex expressions. Computer simulation using SPICE is woven into the material with emphasis on using the program as a tool for understanding circuits rather than a mere number cruncher. Topics discussed include circuit elements, resistors, files, interfaces, sources, and circuit types.
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CHAPTER 1. COULOMB'S LAW. CURRENT. VOLTAGE. POWER. CIRCUIT ELEMENT. SIGN CONVENTION. CIRCUIT CONCEPTS. ACTIVE SOURCES. INTERPRETATION OF GRAPHS. SUMMARY. CHAPTER 2. RESISTORS. CIRCUIT LAWS. RESISTORS IN SERIES. RESISTORS IN PARALLEL. CURRENT DIVISION. VOLTAGE DIVISION. LOADED VOLTAGE DIVIDER. WHEATSTONE BRIDGE. EXAMPLES. VALIDATION OF EXPRESSIONS. SUMMARY. PROBLEMS. CHAPTER 3. CIRCUIT FILE. ELEMENT LINE. Passive Circuit Elements. Element Values. INDEPENDENT SOURCES. EXAMPLE. SOURCE OUTPUT VARIATIONS. GRAPHIC INTERFACE. EXAMPLES. SUMMARY. PROBLEMS. CHAPTER 4. CONTROLLED SOURCES. Linear Controlled Sources. SPICE Element Lines. EXAMPLES. VCCS. CCVS. CCVS. VCVS. VALIDATION OF EXPRESSIONS. EXAMPLES USING SPICE. NONLINEAR CONTROLLED SOURCES. VARIABLE RESISTOR. CCVS as a Resistor. Nonlinear CCVS. CIRCUIT SIMULATION WITH VARIABLE RESISTORS. Example: Power Transfer. Example: Analysis of Expressions. Example: VCVS With Variable Gain. SUMMARY. PROBLEMS. CHAPTER 5. LINEAR CIRCUITS. SUPERPOSITION. MULTISOURCE CIRCUITS. OPEN AND SHORT CIRCUITS. EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS. NORTON'S AND THEVENIN'S THEOREMS. EXAMPLES. VALIDATION OF EXPRESSIONS. Wheatstone Bridge Sensitivity. Example 5.7.1. EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS VIA SPICE SIMULATIONS. Example 5.7.1. Wheatstone Bridge. SOURCE TRANSFORMATIONS. SUMMARY. PROBLEMS.