Electrostatics Of Conductors – Charges, Coulomb Force, And Electric Field – Electric Potential And Electric Voltage – Electric Voltage Versus Ground – Equipotential Conductors – Use Of Coulomb’s Law To Solve Electrostatic – Problems – Steadystate Current Flow And Magnetostatics – Electric Current – Difference Between Current Flow Model And – Electrostatics – Physical Model Of An Electric Circuit – Magnetostatics And Ampere’s Law – Origin Of Electric Power Transfer – Hydraulic And Fluid Mechanics Analogies – Hydraulic Analogies In The Dc Steady State – Analogies For Alternatingcurrent (Ac) – Circuits – Analogies For Semiconductor Circuit – Components – Part I Dc Circuits: General Circuit Theory—Operational – Amplifier – Major Circuit Elements – Resistance: Linear Passive Circuit Element – Circuit Elements Versus Circuit Components – Resistance – Υi Characteristic Of The Resistance: – Open And Short Circuits – Power Delivered To The Resistance – Application Example: Power Loss – In Transmission Wires And Cables – Physical Component: Resistor – Application Example: Resistive Sensors – Nonlinear Passive Circuit Elements – Resistance As A Model For The Load – Nonlinear Passive Circuit Elements – Static Resistance Of A Nonlinear Element – Dynamic (Smallsignal) Resistance – Of A Nonlinear Element – Electronic Switch – Independent Sources .
