Circuit Theory/Circuit Theory Introduction
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[edit] Who is This Book For?
This book is intended to supplement a first year of electrical engineering exposition for college students. However, any reader with an understanding of math and differential calculus can read this book and understand the material. A knowledge of Integral Calculus, Differential Equations, or Physics (especially of forces, fields, and energy) will provide extra insight into the material, but are not necessary. This book will expect the reader to have a firm understanding of Calculus specifically, and will not stop to explain fundamental topics in Calculus.
For information on Calculus, see the wikibook: Calculus.
[edit] What Will This Book Cover?
This book will attempt to cover linear circuits, and linear circuit elements. We will start off discussing some of the basic building blocks of circuits (wires and resistors), and we will discuss how to use them and how to analyze them. We will then move into chapters on Capacitors and Inductors. The second half of this book will then start to talk about AC power, and will go into some basic techniques for understanding and solving AC circuits. This book will discuss the Laplace and Fourier Transforms, but will not cover them completely, opting instead to let later books in the series (specifically the Signals and Systems book) cover them in depth.
[edit] Where to Go From Here
With a basic knowledge of electric circuits and electricity concepts under your belt, there are a number of different paths available for study.
- For a further discussion of related materials, see the Electronics wikibook.
- To begin a course of study in Computer Engineering, see the Digital Circuits wikibook.
- For the next step in Electrical Engineering theory, see the Signals and Systems wikibook.
There are certainly other paths to be taken from here, depending on interest; however, wikibooks currently lacks information in these fields of study.
