本書被IEEE Spectrum期刊稱為“電路領域的經(jīng)典之作”，是歐美電路課程廣泛采用的教材。全書共18章，系統(tǒng)地講述了電路的基本概念、基本理論、基本分析方法和計算方法。主要內(nèi)容包括：電路基本元件、簡單電阻電路分析、電路常見分析法、運算放大器基本應用電路、一階和二階動態(tài)電路的分析、正弦穩(wěn)態(tài)電路分析及其功率計算、平衡三相電路、拉普拉斯變換及其應用、選頻電路、有源濾波器、傅里葉級數(shù)及傅里葉變換、雙端口網(wǎng)絡等。書中每章內(nèi)容均由現(xiàn)實生活中的實際應用展開，闡述細致并列出了詳盡的圖表資料，且附有大量例題、自測練習和課后習題。例題講解透徹，非常適合自學，是一本電路分析的優(yōu)秀教材。
James W. Nilsson教授在艾奧瓦州立大學任教39年。從艾奧瓦州立大學退休后，一直在圣母大學和美國空軍學院擔任客座教授。他撰寫的教材榮獲過許多獎勵和榮譽。1990年被選為的電氣和電子工程師學會的會士。Susan A. Riedel教授從1981以來，在馬凱特大學的電氣工程和計算機系任教。
James W. Nilsson教授在艾奧瓦州立大學任教39年。從艾奧瓦州立大學退休后，一直在圣母大學和美國空軍學院擔任客座教授。他撰寫的教材榮獲過許多獎勵和榮譽。1990年被選為的電氣和電子工程師學會的會士。Susan A. Riedel教授從1981以來，在馬凱特大學的電氣工程和計算機系任教。
CHAPTER 1 Circuit Variables
Practical Perspective: Balancing Power
1.1 Electrical Engineering: An Overview
1.2 The International System of Units
1.3 Circuit Analysis: An Overview
1.4 Voltage and Current
1.5 The Ideal Basic Circuit Element
1.6 Power and Energy
Practical Perspective: Balancing Power
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 2 Circuit Elements
Practical Perspective: Heating with Electric Radiators
2.1 Voltage and Current Sources
2.2 Electrical Resistance (Ohm’s Law)
2.3 Constructing a Circuit Model
2.4 Kirchhoff’s Laws
2.5 Analyzing a Circuit Containing Dependent Sources
Practical Perspective: Heating with Electric Radiators
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 3 Simple Resistive Circuits
Practical Perspective: Resistive Touch Screens
3.1 Resistors in Series
3.2 Resistors in Parallel
3.3 The Voltage-Divider and Current-Divider Circuits
3.4 Voltage Division and Current Division
3.5 Measuring Voltage and Current
3.6 Measuring Resistance—The Wheatstone Bridge
3.7 Delta-to-Wye (Pi-to-Tee) Equivalent Circuits
Practical Perspective: Resistive Touch Screens
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 4 Techniques of Circuit Analysis
Practical Perspective: Circuits with Realistic Resistors
4.1 Terminology
4.2 Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method
4.3 The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent Sources
4.4 The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special Cases
4.5 Introduction to the Mesh-Current Method
4.6 The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent Sources
4.7 The Mesh-Current Method: Some Special Cases
4.8 The Node-Voltage Method Versus the Mesh-Current Method
4.9 Source Transformations
4.10?Thévenin and Norton Equivalents
4.11?More on Deriving the Thévenin Equivalent
4.12?Maximum Power Transfer
4.13?Superposition
Practical Perspective: Circuits with Realistic Resistors
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 5 The Operational Amplifier
Practical Perspective: Sensors
5.1 Operational Amplifier Terminals
5.2 Terminal Voltages and Currents
5.3 The Inverting-Amplifier Circuit
5.4 The Summing-Amplifier Circuit
5.5 The Noninverting-Amplifier Circuit
5.6 The Difference-Amplifier Circuit
5.7 A More Realistic Model for the Operational Amplifier
Practical Perspective: Sensors
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 6 Inductance, Capacitance, and Mutual Inductance
Practical Perspective: Capacitive Touch Screens
6.1 The Inductor
6.2 The Capacitor
6.3 Series-Parallel Combinations of Inductance and Capacitance
6.4 Mutual Inductance
6.5 A Closer Look at Mutual Inductance
Practical Perspective: Capacitive Touch Screens
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 7 Response of First-Order RL and RC Circuits
Practical Perspective: Artificial Pacemaker
7.1 The Natural Response of an RL Circuit
7.2 The Natural Response of an RC Circuit
7.3 The Step Response of RL and RC Circuits
7.4 A General Solution for Step and Natural Responses
7.5 Sequential Switching
7.6 Unbounded Response
7.7 The Integrating Amplifier
Practical Perspective: Artificial Pacemaker
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 8 Natural and Step Responses of RLC Circuits
Practical Perspective: Clock for Computer Timing
8.1 Introduction to the Natural Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
8.2 The Forms of the Natural Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
8.3 The Step Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
8.4 The Natural and Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit
8.5 A Circuit with Two Integrating Amplifiers
Practical Perspective: Clock for Computer Timing
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 9 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis
Practical Perspective: A Household Distribution Circuit
9.1 The Sinusoidal Source
9.2 The Sinusoidal Response
9.3 The Phasor
9.4 The Passive Circuit Elements in the Frequency Domain
9.5 Kirchhoff’s Laws in the Frequency Domain
9.6 Series, Parallel, and Delta-to-Wye Simplifications
9.7 Source Transformations and Thévenin–Norton Equivalent Circuits
9.8 The Node-Voltage Method
9.9 The Mesh-Current Method
9.10?The Transformer
9.11?The Ideal Transformer
9.12?Phasor Diagrams
Practical Perspective: A Household Distribution Circuit
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations
Practical Perspective: Vampire Power
10.1 Instantaneous Power
10.2 Average and Reactive Power
10.3 The rms Value and Power Calculations
10.4 Complex Power
10.5 Power Calculations
10.6 Maximum Power Transfer
Practical Perspective: Vampire Power
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 11 Balanced Three-Phase Circuits
Practical Perspective: Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power
11.1 Balanced Three-Phase Voltages
11.2 Three-Phase Voltage Sources
11.3 Analysis of the Wye-Wye Circuit
11.4 Analysis of the Wye-Delta Circuit
11.5 Power Calculations in Balanced Three-Phase Circuits
11.6 Measuring Average Power in Three-Phase Circuits
Practical Perspective: Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 12 Introduction to the Laplace Transform
Practical Perspective: Transient Effects
12.1 Definition of the Laplace Transform
12.2 The Step Function
12.3 The Impulse Function
12.4 Functional Transforms
12.5 Operational Transforms
12.6 Applying the Laplace Transform
12.7 Inverse Transforms
12.8 Poles and Zeros of F(s)
12.9 Initial- and Final-Value Theorems
Practical Perspective: Transient Effects
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 13 The Laplace Transform in Circuit Analysis
Practical Perspective: Surge Suppressors
13.1 Circuit Elements in the s Domain
13.2 Circuit Analysis in the s Domain
13.3 Applications
13.4 The Transfer Function
13.5 The Transfer Function in Partial Fraction Expansions
13.6 The Transfer Function and the Convolution Integral
13.7 The Transfer Function and the Steady-State Sinusoidal Response
13.8 The Impulse Function in Circuit Analysis
Practical Perspective: Surge Suppressors
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 14 Introduction to Frequency Selective Circuits
Practical Perspective: Pushbutton Telephone Circuits
14.1 Some Preliminaries
14.2 Low-Pass Filters
14.3 High-Pass Filters
14.4 Bandpass Filters
14.5 Bandreject Filters
Practical Perspective: Pushbutton Telephone Circuits
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 15 Active Filter Circuits
Practical Perspective: Bass Volume Control
15.1 First-Order Low-Pass and High-Pass Filters
15.2 Scaling
15.3 Op Amp Bandpass and Bandreject Filters
15.4 Higher-Order Op Amp Filters
15.5 Narrowband Bandpass and Bandreject Filters
Practical Perspective: Bass Volume Control
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 16 Fourier Series
Practical Perspective: Active High-Q Filters
16.1 Fourier Series Analysis: An Overview
16.2 The Fourier Coefficients
16.3 The Effect of Symmetry on the Fourier Coefficients
16.4 An Alternative Trigonometric Form of the Fourier Series
16.5 An Application
16.6 Average-Power Calculations with Periodic Functions
16.7 The rms Value of a Periodic Function
16.8 The Exponential Form of the Fourier Series
16.9 Amplitude and Phase Spectra
Practical Perspective: Active High-Q Filters
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 17 The Fourier Transform
Practical Perspective: Filtering Digital Signals
17.1 The Derivation of the Fourier Transform
17.2 The Convergence of the Fourier Integral
17.3 Using Laplace Transforms to Find Fourier Transforms
17.4 Fourier Transforms in the Limit
17.5 Some Mathematical Properties
17.6 Operational Transforms
17.7 Circuit Applications
17.8 Parseval’s Theorem
Practical Perspective: Filtering Digital Signals
Summary
Problems
CHAPTER 18 Two-Port Circuits
Practical Perspective: Characterizing an Unknown Circuit
18.1 The Terminal Equations
18.2 The Two-Port Parameters
18.3 Analysis of the Terminated Two-Port Circuit
18.4 Interconnected Two-Port Circuits
Practical Perspective: Characterizing an Unknown Circuit
Summary
Problems
APPENDIX A The Solution of Linear Simultaneous Equations
APPENDIX B Complex Numbers
APPENDIX C More on Magnetically Coupled Coils and Ideal Transformers
APPENDIX D The Decibel
APPENDIX E Bode Diagrams
APPENDIX F An Abbreviated Table of Trigonometric Identities
APPENDIX G An Abbreviated Table of Integrals
APPENDIX H Common Standard Component Values
Answers to Selected Problems
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