The hallmark feature of this classic text is its focus on the student – it is written so that students may teach the science of circuit analysis to themselves. Terms are clearly defined when they are introduced, basic material appears toward the beginning of each chapter and is explained carefully and in detail, and numerical examples are used to introduce and suggest general results. Simple practice problems appear throughout each chapter, while more difficult problems appear at the ends of chapters, following the order of presentation of text material. This introduction and resulting repetition provide an important boost to the learning process. Hayt's rich pedagogy supports and encourages the student throughout by offering tips and warnings, using design to highlight key material, and providing lots of opportunities for hands-on learning. The thorough exposition of topics is delivered in an informal way that underscores the authors’ conviction that circuit analysis can and should be fun.
Table of contents
1 Circuit Analysis and Electrical Engineering
2 Basic Components and Electric Circuits
3 Voltage and Current Laws
4 Basic Nodal and Mesh Analysis
5 Useful Circuit Analysis Techniques
6 The Operational Amplifier
7 Capacitors and Inductors
8 Basic RL and RC Circuits
9 The RLC Circuit
10 Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis
11 AC Power Circuit Analysis
12 Polyphase Circuits
13 Magnetically Coupled Circuits
14 Complex Frequency and The Laplace Transform
15 Circuit Analysis in the s-Domain
16 Frequency Response
17 Two-Port Networks
18 Fourier Circuit Analysis
19 State-Variable Analysis - *on Web Site Only
Appendixes
Appendix 1 An Introduction to Network Topology
Appendix 2 Solution of Simultaneous Equations
Appendix 3 A Proof of Thevenin's Theorem
Appendix 4 A PSpice Tutorial
Appendix 5 Complex Numbers
Appendix 6 A Brief MATLAB tutorial
Appendix 7 Additional Laplace Transform Theorems