Chapter 1 Linear DC Circuits
- Ohm’s Law
- Introduction to Circuit Diagrams
- Power in DC Circuits
- Kirchhoff’s Rules
- Sources and Meters
- Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits
- Problems
Chapter 2 Linear AC Circuits
- Capacitance and Inductance
- Transient Analysis
- RC Circuit
- RL Circuit
- LC Circuit
- Impedance
- Power in AC Circuits
- Resonant Circuits
- Series RLC Circuit
- Parallel RLC Circuit
- The Oscilloscope
- Problems
Chapter 3 Four-Terminal Circuits and the Transfer Function
- The Transfer Function
- Simple Filter Circuits
- Fourier Analysis
- Fourier Series
- Fourier Transform
- Transformers
- Problems
Chapter 4 Transmission Lines
- Lumped-Element Model
- Terminated Transmission Lines
- Special Topic: Scattering Parameters
- Special Topic: The Half-Wave Dipole Antenna
- Problems
Chapter 5 Semiconductor Devices
- Physics of Semiconductors
- PN Junction
- Diode Circuits
- Frequency Mixing
- Special Topic: The Lock-In Amplifier
- Transistors
- NPN Bipolar Junction Transistor
- Transistor Circuits
- Special Topic: Integrated Circuits
- Problems
Chapter 6 Operational Amplifiers
- Ideal Op-Amps with Stable Feedback
- Nonidealities in Real Op-Amps
- Op-Amps without Stable Feedback
- Problems
Chapter 7 Noise
- Quantifying Noise
- Johnson-Nyquist Noise
- Shot Noise
- Amplifiers
- Other Noise Sources
- Special Topic: Digital Filtering
- Problems
Chapter 8 Digital Circuits
- Binary
- Analog-to-Digital Conversion
- Logic Gates
- Digital Memory Circuits
- Clocked Digital Circuits
- Building Blocks of a Computer
- Special Topic: Introduction to Quantum Computing
- Classical Versus Quantum Bits
- How to Build a Qubit
- Quantum Gates
- Problems
Appendix A Some Useful Constants, Conversions, Identities, Metric Prefixes, and Units
Appendix B Review of Complex Numbers
Biography
Daniel F. Santavicca is a Professor of Physics at the University of North Florida, where he also serves as the founding Director of the interdisciplinary graduate program in Materials Science and Engineering. He received a PhD in Applied Physics from Yale University and runs an active research program in nanoscale electronics with a focus on superconducting thin film devices.
