Linear Circuit Analysis
1. Introduction
2. Basic Concepts
- Charge, current, and voltage
- Power and energy
- Linear circuits
- Linear components
- Nodes and loops
- Series and parallel
- R, L & C combinations
- V & I combinations
3. Simple Circuits
- Ohm's law
- Kirchhoff's current law
- Kirchhoff's voltage law
- Single loop circuits
- Single node-pair circuits
- Voltage division
- Current division
4. Nodal and Mesh Analysis (DC)
5. Additional Analysis Techniques (DC)
- Superposition
- Source transformation
- The $V_{test}/I_{test}$ method
- Norton equivalent
- Thévenin equivalent
- Max power transfer
- DC analysis of L & C
6. AC Analysis
7. Magnetically Coupled Circuits
8. Polyphase Systems
9. Operational Amplifiers
10. Laplace Transforms
11. Time-Dependent Circuits
- Introduction
- Inductors and capacitors
- First-order transients
- Second-order transients
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Parallel RLC circuits
Series RLC circuits - Nodal analysis
- Mesh analysis
- Laplace transforms
- Additional techniques
12. Two-Port Networks
Appendix
Calculus
Derivatives
Derivatives appear often in the analysis of electric circuits, particularly when studying circuits in the time domain that include capacitors and inductors. In addition, derivatives also appear when discussing concepts such as power and current. Below is a list of the most common derivatives used in electric circuits. $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}t^a = at^{a-1} \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt} e^{a t} = a e^{a t} \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}a^t = a^t \cdot \ln{a} \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}\ln{a t} = \frac{a}{t}\end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}\log_a{t} = \frac{1}{t \ln{a}}\end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}\sin{t} = \cos{t}\end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}\cos{t} = -\sin{t}\end{equation}$$
Derivatives of combined functions $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}\left[a f(t) + b g(t)\right] = a f'(t) + b g'(t)\end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}\left[f(t) \cdot g(t)\right] = f(t) g'(t) + f'(t) g(t)\end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt}\frac{f(t)}{g(t)} = \frac{g(t) f'(t) - f(t) g'(t)}{g^2(t)}\end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \frac{d}{dt} f(g(t)) = f'(g(t)) \cdot g'(t)\end{equation}$$
Integrals
Like derivatives, integrals appear in the analysis of electric circuits in the time domain (particularly when they include capacitors and inductors). In addition, integrals appear in concepts such as energy and charge. Below is a list of a few common integrals used in electric circuits. $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b t^a dt = \frac{t^{a+1}}{a+1} \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b e^{a t} dt = \frac{e^{a t}}{a} \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b a^t dt = \frac{a^t}{\ln a} \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b \frac{dt}{t} = \ln |t| \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b \sin{t}\,dt = -\cos{t} \end{equation}$$ $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b \cos{t}\,dt = \sin{t} \end{equation}$$
Combined functions $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b \left[c f(t) + d g(t)\right] dt = c \int_a^b f(t)dt + d \int_a^b g(t)dt\end{equation}$$ Integration by parts $$\begin{equation} \int_a^b f(t) g'(t) dt = \left[f(t)g(t)\right]_a^b - \int_a^b f'(t)g(t) dt \end{equation}$$