Contents
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xxii
1. Circuit Variables and Circuit Elements 1.1
1.1 Electromotive Force, Potential and Voltage 1.2
1.1.1 Force Between Two Moving Point Charges and Retardation Effect 1.2
1.1.2 Electric Potential and Voltage 1.4
1.1.3 Electromotive Force and Terminal Voltage of a Steady Source 1.6
1.2 A Voltage Source with a Resistance Connected at its Terminals 1.7
1.2.1 Steady-State Charge Distribution in the System 1.7
1.2.2 Drift Velocity and Current Density 1.8
1.2.3 Current Intensity 1.9
1.2.4 Conduction and Energy Transfer Process 1.10
1.2.5 Two-Terminal Resistance Element 1.11
1.2.6 A Time-Varying Voltage Source with Resistance Across it 1.13
1.3 Two-Terminal Capacitance 1.14
1.4 Two-Terminal Inductance ...