 |  Engineering Circuit Analysis, 6/e William H. Hayt Jr.,
late of Purdue
Jack E. Kemmerly,
late of California State University
Steven M. Durbin,
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Summary of Features in this Edition:The treatment of basic (dc) circuit analysis has been greatly expanded from two chapters to six chapters and includes a new operational amplifier chapter (6).
Several new sections have been added, including discussion of how to choose from among the circuit analysis techniques explained in the text and the design of basic filter circuits from an audio application perspective.
Practical Application sections have been added to every chapter to provide a connection between theory and the real world.
Selected topics have been reorganized for greater clarity, including complex frequency, Laplace transform, sinusoidal steady-state response, and time-domain analysis.
PSpice and MATLAB examples have been introduced at appropriate places in many chapters. Computer-aided engineering is used as an aid to, not a substitute for, developing problem-solving skills. Computer aided analysis is also introduced in selected homework problems to encourage students to compare hand calculations to simulation -generated results.
Goals and objectives in each chapter help the reader to master the most important concepts before moving on to the next chapter.
Key points and common mistakes are highlighted with margin notes and icons.
This edition of Engineering Circuit Analysis introduces a new multi-media supplement, Virtual Professor. Educators are slowly beginning to understand how different people learn in different fashions. For example, some students tend to be more visually-oriented, while others more audio-oriented. Others prefer to obtain the majority of their information directly from the written word. Accounting for variations in learning preferences, however, can be a daunting task in writing a textbook. The introductory set of eleven Virtual Professor modules has been developed as one means of combining the best of all worlds. Each module contains a narrated, animated mini-lecture on a particular introductory circuit analysis topic, along with one or more worked examples. The media player allows the module to be paused to allow notes to be taken, as well as to allow the student to attempt to finish an example before the solution is given. It also allows the user to replay a particular portion of any module as often as desired. The eleven modules are
| Current, Voltage, and Power | Basic Mesh Analysis | | Kirchhoff’s Current Law Advanced Mesh Analysis | Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law The Supermesh | | Basic Nodal Analysis | Source Transformation | | Advanced Nodal Analysis | Thévenin’s Theorem | | The Supernode | |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education