Synopsis
This text emphasizes the physical approach, which helps students to make correct engineering decisions; there is a "building block approach" to deal with the harder concepts and 176 worked examples help students develop effective problem-solving methodology. It is designed for an applications-oriented course, and its pedagogy has been enhanced, technology updated, and topical coverage increased. PSPICE is used as an analysis tool, in line with current practice.
About the Author
SERGIO FRANCO is a professor of Electrical Engineering at San Francisco State University. He was born in Friuli, Italy,and earned his Ph.D from the university of Illinois at Urbana-champaign. Prior to becoming professor, Dr. Franco had extensive industrial experience and has worked and publised in such diverse areas as solid state phycsis,pattern reconition, electronic music, IC design,and medical, consumer and automotive electronics. Dr. Franco is also the author of the textbook Electric Circuit Fundamentals, Oxford University Press, 1995. In addition to teaching, Dr. Franco consults for industry.
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