Circuit Analysis with Devices: Theory and Practice

This new book answers the call for a combined circuit analysis/electronic devices text that emphasizes fundamental concepts, critical thinking, and problem solving. Following the same student-friendly, easy-to-understand format used in Circuit Analysis: Theory and Practice, 3E by Robbins and Miller, topics include: methods of analysis, capacitance, inductance, diodes, op amps, optical devices, and more. Basic electronic devices and their applications are covered in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. Two popular computer application packages, MultiSIM and Cadence PSpice, both in their latest versions, are integrated throughout to help students learn via hands-on simulation, with step-by-step instructions and full-color screen captures to enhance learning.

Robbins and Miller (both of the electronics engineering technology department, Red River College, Canada) present a textbook written for use in introductory circuit analysis and basic electronics courses. The material covers fundamentals of ac and dc circuits, methods of analysis, capacitance, inductance, magnetic circuits, basic transients, introductory semiconductor theory, and basic electronic devices. The CD-ROM contains computer simulated circuit files used as examples in the text. All of the chapters not dealing with electronics devices also appear in the text Circuit Analysis: Theory and Practice, third edition. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Allan Robbins, B.Sc. (EE), M.Sc. (EE) is an Instructor for Electronic Engineering Technology at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has served as both Section Chair and Treasurer of the Electronics Industry Association of Manitoba and Formerly Director of Training, Industrial Applications of Microelectronics Center.

Mr. Chartrand holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Queen's university in Kingston Ontario. He has been teaching digital courses for 20 years at Niagara College in Welland , Ontario. Mr. Chartrand has made industry contributions with various designs including interfacing an infrared camera to a PC, creating a digital circuit board used as a PC training system, and designing a control pendant for an air-filled medical bed. He also worked as a plant engineer for General Motors.

Wilhelm Miller is the chair of the Electronic Engineering Technology Department at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has served as President of the Certified Technicians and Technologists Association of Manitoba (CTTAM). He is also the Chair of the Panel of Examiners for the CTTAM, and is a member of the IEEE.