DC/AC Circuits and Electronics: Principles & Applications
Robert J. Herrick
Delmar-Thomson Learning, Albany, NY
This textbook is the first one in an integrated series of electronics engineering technology texts by Herrick and Jacob.� The learning approach used in this book is unique in that DC and AC circuit theory tools are integrated with practical applications of those tools to analog electronics.� This approach is designed to better reinforce the learning process by bridging the gap between DC/AC circuits and analog electronic circuits.� DC/AC Circuit laws and analysis techniques are integrated through a specific topical sequence and with a variety of practical applications.
Each of the twenty chapters of this textbook begins with performance-based learning objectives that are implemented throughout that chapter.� There are hundreds of examples provided in the textbook.� Every example is followed by a practice exercise that requires the reader to apply the techniques just illustrated.� End-of-chapter problems are organized in sections that correspond to the sections within the chapter.�
Electronics Workbench�s MultiSIM and Cadence PSpice are used in this textbook to illustrate simulations of DC/AC circuit and electronic applications.� These simulations are integrated throughout the textbook.� Most of the simulations are developed using MultiSIM.�
This textbook features a reader-friendly writing style.� The level of mathematics used in the book is appropriate for electrical/electronics engineering technology students.� This book is suitable for use in four-year and two-year electrical/electronics engineering technology programs.�
Sohail Anwar, Ph.D.�
The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College
Last Updated on 8/29/2005