by Bill Smith (Revised by)
Includes solutions to all of the problems at the end of each chapter. Written deliberately without the use of calculus or advanced mathematics to explain the practical engineering principles and design choices in AC circuits involving capacitors, inductors and transformers. After a review of alternating current in circuits, topics include types of inductors (core selection, types of windings, size) and their behavior in different types of circuit configurations. The next topic is capacitors and how they function, including something seldom discussed - a look at how different types of capacitors vary in functionality in circuits (ceramic, mica, paper, electrolytic, variable, etc.) This leads into the topic of inductive and capacitve reactance, and impedance (calculations in a circuit and balancing stages). The next section is on transformers, including power transformers as well as audio and RF types (subsections include operating principles, core selection, types of windings, the effect of loads, mutual flux, transformer losses, efficiency rating, like- and unlike-wound transformers, etc.) Concludes with an appendix, glossary of terms and index of topics.