Electric Circuits and Electronic Devices is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate engineering courses in electronics, computer science, information technology, and biomedical sciences. It provides a balanced presentation of the two key subjects of electric circuits and electronic devices. Discussing electric circuits in the first part, the text begins with simple resistive circuit calculations, moving on to complex ac network analysis techniques and theorems. The second part provides a comprehensive treatment of electronic devices. Beginning with basic semiconductor and pn junction theory, this part covers transistors and special semiconductor devices. It discusses the operation, characteristics, and parameters of each device, presenting appropriate circuit applications. The book is written in a lucid manner, supported by illustrations to help students understand each new concept, or analysis method as it is introduced. Explanatory captions are included for almost all illustrations, and each illustration is carefully discussed in the text. Key Features Offers numerous understandable and practical circuit examples Includes step-by-step circuit analysis procedures for each type of circuit Contains end-of-section practice problems with answers Includes appendices containing unit conversion factors, device data sheets, standard-value components, and answers to odd-numbered problemsAbout the AuthorDavid A. Bell is a professional engineer who was employed as a circuit design specialist in the electronics industry for many years before becoming a professor at Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He has written five textbooks in the area of electronics engineering, which have been in use in engineering institutions around the world as well as in India.Table of ContentsPreface PART I Electric Circuits Chapter 1 Series Resistor Circuits Chapter 2 Parallel Resistor Circuits Chapter 3 Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits Chapter 4 Network Analysis Techniques Chapter 5 Network Theorems Chapter 6 Inductance Chapter 7 Capacitance Chapter 8 Inductance and Capacitance in DC Circuits Chapter 9 Alternating Current and Voltage Chapter 10 Phasors and Complex Numbers Chapter 11 Inductance and Capacitance and AC Circuits Chapter 12 Series and Parallel AC Circuits Chapter 13 AC Network Analysis and Theorems Chapter 14 Resonance PART II Electronic Devices Chapter 15 Basic Semiconductor and pn-Junction Theory Chapter 16 Semiconductor Diodes Chapter 17 Bipolar Junction Transistors Chapter 18 AC Analysis of BJT Circuits Chapter 19 Field Effect Transistors Chapter 20 AC Analysis of FET Circuits Chapter 21 Thyristors Chapter 22 Optoelectronic Devices Chapter 23 Miscellaneous Devices Appendices Appendix A Circuit Symbols Appendix B The International System of Units (SI Units) Appendix C Unit Conversion Factors Appendix D Determinants Appendix E Device Data Sheets Appendix F Standard-Value Components Appendix G Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems Index