Advanced AC Electronics: Principles and Applications
Learn How to Apply AC Circuit Techniques & Methods to Electronics Circuits

First Edition
Michael Jacob

From the moment they open Advanced AC Electronics: Principles and Applications, readers will become actively involved in learning how to apply AC circuit techniques to electronics circuits that are interesting and actually do something useful!

Rather than presenting AC electronics as a series of seemingly magical rules and incantations, this book integrates AC circuit theory tools with electronics, interweaves topics as needed, and introduces the use of circuit analysis tools on a just-in-time basis to support development of electronics circuits.

It engages readers in applying circuit theory to a wide variety of passive and active electronics that respond to a sinusoidal signal with both a change in magnitude and a shift in the sine wave's phase.

Immediately upon introduction, each technique is applied to a host of examples, including: commercial electrical power production and distribution, industrial motor performance and control, audio systems, instrumentation, radio frequency, and communications circuits.

Motors, rf and audio cables, loudspeakers, thyristors, transition and op amp amplifiers are also introduced early on, capturing attention while guiding readers in their examination of real-world responses to sinusoids. Level and rigor make Advanced AC Electronics an ideal choice for programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Features:

• electrical and electronic applications are threaded throughout the book and every technique is illustrated with a variety of real-world examples, including both passive and active circuits
• Electronics Workbench's MultiSIM, Cadence PSpice, Excel, and MATLAB are integrated directly into the text and used alongside manually derived solutions to problems for optimal learning effectiveness
• Fourier Analysis is demystified and widely used to broaden the application of AC circuits to virtually all electronic signals and circuits, empowering readers with the ability to calculate the effect of any shape repetitive signal by repeatedly applying sinusoidal techniques
• lab exercises tested for effectiveness by hundreds of students are included at the end of each chapter, highlighting and reinforcing key concepts and principles presented in the text

Contents:

Sinusoidal Fundamentals
1. Sinusoidal Waveform
1-1. Why Sinusoidal Waves are Unique
1-2. General Form
1.3. Amplitude (VP, VPP, VDC, VRMS)
1-4. Frequency (f, )
1-5. Phase (lead, lag)

2. Phasors
2-1. Polar Notation
2-2. Rectangular Notation
2-3. Conversion
2-4. Math Operations
2-5. Impedance
R,L,C
Loud speaker impedance plots
Motor

3. Series Circuits
3-1. RC and RL Circuits
Passive
Thyristor snubbing network
Amplifier RC input and output couplers
Motor response
3-2. RCL Circuit
Passive (a teaser for resonance)
Thyristor snubbing network
Amplifier power supply decoupling
RF amplifier connection

4. Parallel Circuits
4-1. RC and RL Circuits
Passive
Op amp bandwidth limiting
RF amplifier inductive load
4-2. RCL Circuit
Passive (a teaser for resonance)


Filter Applications
5. Filter Terminology
5-1. Frequency Response Plot
5-2. dB
dBsound pressure level, dBm, dBV
Loud speaker loudness rating
5-3. f-3dB and fo
Loud speaker response and phasing
Cross-over networks
Amplifier stability


6. Low Pass Filter
6-1. RC
Quick-Look Analysis
Response Derivation
f-3dB and fo
ADC and amplifier noise rejection
Phase locked loop filter
6-2. RL
Quick-Look Analysis
Response Derivation
f-3dB and fo
Woofer speaker crossover network

7. High Pass Filter
7-1. RC
Quick-Look Analysis
Response Derivation
f-3dB and fo
Amplifier coupler
Tweeter crossover network
7-2. RL
Quick-Look Analysis
Response Derivation
f-3dB and fo

8. Amplifier Frequency Response
8-1. Reactive Networks Around an Op Amp Amplifier
series RC in the feedback loop
parallel RC in the feedback loop
series RC in the input loop
parallel RC in the input loop
8-2. Gain Bandwidth Product
8-3. Slew Rate

9. Resonance
9-1. The Resonance Phenomina
Elements
Response
Parameters (fo, fl, fh, f, Q)
9-2. Series Resonance
passive
Midrange speaker crossover network
Power supply decoupling – revisited
Series tuned rf amplifier
RF amplifier connections – revisited
9-3. Parallel Resonance
passive – high Q
passive – low Q
Parallel tuned rf amplifer
Colpitts oscillator
Power factor corrected motor (a teaser)

Fourier Analysis
10. Nonsinusoidal Waveforms
10-1. Fourier Series
10-2. Rectangular Waves
10-3. Triangle Waves
10-4. Exponential Waves
10-5. Rectified Sine Waves
10-6. White and Pink Noise
10-7. Effects of Shifting DC Level
10-8. Effects of Shifting Phase

11. Harmonic and Reconstruction and Extraction by Superposition
11-1. Reconstruction
Power line third harmonic distortion
Graphical calculator
ExcelTM
MatLabTM
Simulation
11-2. Extraction
Fast Fourier Transform
ExcelTM
MatLabTM
Simulation
Digital Oscilloscopes and Spectrum Analyzers

12. Superposition Analysis of Circuit Response to Nonsinusoidal Waveforms
Passive low pass filter removes digital noise from a signal
Phase locked loop filter
Sine wave from digital wave generator
Op amp integrator – triangle wave generator revisited
Pulse width modulated rectangular wave driving a motor (effects of inductive load on a switching waveform)
Passive coupler effect on square waves
Op amp differentiator
Audio system impulse test

Advanced Analysis Techniques
13. Series-Parallel Analysis by Impedance Combination
Loaded first order filter, low pass and high pass
Higher order low pass and high passiveT and  filters
Power factor correction (second pass)
Electrical power distribution

14. Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems
Loaded first order filter, low pass and high pass
Higher order low pass and high passive filters
Frequency compensated op amp model
The Miller effect in an rf amplifier

15. Mesh and Nodal Analysis
15-1. Mesh Analysis
Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
Format
Higher order passive filters
Impedance bridges for proximity detection
Dependent voltage Sources
Frequency compensated op amp model
Sallen-Key active filter
15-2. Nodal Analysis
Kirchhoff’s Current Law
Format
Dependent Current Sources
Transistor double tuned amplifier

Power Systems
16. Single Phase AC Power
16-1. Definitions
instantaneous power
average power
16-2. Real, Reactive, and Apparent Power
16-3. The Power Triangle and Power Factor
16-4. Power Factor Correction
16-5. Simple Power Distribution
Residential
Commercial
Industrial

17. Three Phase Systems
17-1. Three Phase Generator
17-2. Phase Sequence
17-3. Y-Connected Load
balanced with a neutral
Three phase motor
balanced without a neutral
Three phase motor
unbalanced with a neutral
Commercial office power distribution
unbalanced without a neutral
Commercial office power distribution
17-4. -Connected Load
balanced
Three phase motor
unbalanced
Commercial office power distribution

18. Magnetics for AC Circuits
19. Practical AC Power Transformers

480 Pages - 8 x 9-1/4 in.