- In-depth explanation of the major ideas of electrical engineering. I have
identified the following ideas as seminal to EE:
- Conservation of charge and energy, which give us Kirchhoff's laws
- The time- and frequency-domain views of physical systems
- Equivalent circuits, like combining resistors, Thévenin
equivalent circuits, representing motors as circuits
- Impedance level. This one may surprise you, but this idea
permeates all of electrical engineering. For examples, transformers change the
impedance level and the output impedance of a circuit defines its impedance
level
- Feedback, surely on everybody's list of seminal ideas
- Analog and digital representation of information
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Every
time these ideas occur in the book, and there are hundreds of times, the idea
icon appears in the margin to reinforce the essential unity of the material.
- Here are some formatting features of the book:
- The objectives appear at the beginning of the chapters and also in the
margin where the relevant material is introduced.
- Chapter summaries at the end of chapters reinforce the objectives.
- Examples offer a "What if?" question to challenge the reader to rework the
example with a slight variation.
- "Check Your Understanding" problems, with answers, follow most sections.
- And more. You need to request a book from your Prentice Hall
representative and read the Preface. Or you can
order
the book directly from Prentice Hall