Foundations of Electrical Engineering

By J.R. Cogdell

Book Overview

A textbook for use in a sophomore-level course for E.E. majors. It assumes a year of calculus and a good grounding in mechanics and electrical physics. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133295257
• ISBN13: 9780133295252
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 699 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Not for the COLLEGE level student, nor the "soon to drop out" university student. Very good calculus based introduction to circuits and devices. If you are looking for a algebraic introduction to circuits and devices, I suggest Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits, Devices, and Applicationsby Thomas L. Floyd

Great Introductory Textbook for Electrical Engineering

Of the many introductory EE textbooks that I have seen, Cogdell's book stands out because it covers the basics and isn't limited to just electronics, covering the full gamut of electrical engineering from transformers and motors to digital logic. Has great practical examples: jump-starting a car's dead battery, how much voltage is output from an audio amplifier driving 25W into a speaker, etc.Covers: Kirchhoff's Laws (KVL and KCL), Thevenin and Norton Equilavant circuits, R-L-C circuits, filters, transformers and autotransformers, 3-phase AC power lines, electrical safety, Op-amps, BJT and FET transitors, basic digital logic design, electrical motors, some linear system, RF, and communications.Buy Cogdell and Sedra & Smith and Horowitz and you will have a complete fundamentals of electronics library.