For courses in DC/AC circuits: conventional flow.

Complete, accessible introduction to DC/AC circuits

Principles of Electric Circuits: Conventional Current Version provides a uniquely clear introduction to fundamental circuit laws and components, using math only when needed for understanding. Floyd’s acclaimed coverage of troubleshooting – combined with exercises, examples, and illustrations – gives students the problem-solving experience they need to step outside the classroom and into a job. The 10th edition has been heavily modified to improve readability and clarity and to update the text to reflect developments in technology since the last edition. This edition also adds new step-by-step procedures for solving problems with the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator.

Table of Contents

1 Quantities and Units

2 Voltage, Current, and Resistance

3 Ohm's Law

4 Energy and Power

5 Series Circuits

6 Parallel Circuits

7 Series-Parallel Circuits

8 Circuit Theorems and Conversions

9 Branch, Loop, and Node Analyses

10 Magnetism and Electromagnetism

11 Introduction to Alternating Current and Voltage

12 Capacitors

13 Inductors

14 Transformers

15 RC Circuits

16 RL Circuits

17 RLC Circuits and Resonance

18 Passive Filters

19 Circuit Theorems in AC Analysis

20 Time Response of Reactive Circuits

21 Three-Phase Systems in Power Applications

About our Author

The late Thomas L. Floyd had a master's degree in electrical engineering (SMU) and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (UF). He worked as a design engineer at Texas Instruments and senior engineer at Martin-Marietta (now Lockheed-Martin). In addition, he had five years' experience teaching and serving as department head of the Electronics Technology program at Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, as well as five years teaching electronics technology at Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, NC.

Since 1975, Floyd had written textbooks in electronic technology, including Digital Fundamentals; Principles of Electric Circuits; Electronics Fundamentals; Electronic Devices; Electric Circuit Fundamentals; Digital Fundamentals: A Systems Approach; Digital Fundamentals with PLD Programming; Fundamentals of Analog Circuits: A Systems Approach; Science of Electronics: Digital, Analog Fundamentals; Basic Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits; DC/AC Fundamentals: A Systems Approach; and Renewable Energy Systems.