Basic electrical and electronics engineering (for engineering students) / by J.B. Gupta, Rajeev Manglik, Rohit Manglik.

Includes index.

Section-A -- DC circuits -- Natura of electricity -- Electric current -- Electromotive force and potential difference -- Resistance -- Ohm's law -- Laws of resistance -- Conductance and conductivity (receptivity) -- Resistance variation with temperature -- Temperature coefficient of resistance -- Heating effect of electric current -- Joule's law of electric heating --Series-parallel circuits -- Network simplification or reduction -- Concept of network -- Single-and multi-mesh network -- Voltage and current sources -- Source equivalence -- Wheatstone bridge -- Kirchhoff's laws -- Star-to-delta and delta-to-star transformation -- mesh analysis -- Nodal analysis -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Problems -- AC fundamentals -- Introduction -- Generation of alternating EMF -- Terminology -- Determination of maximum value and frequency from EMF or current equations -- Plotting of sine waveform -- Average and effective (RMS) values of alternating voltage and current -- Average and effective (RMS) values of sinusoidal current and voltage -- Form factor and peak factor -- RMS value, average value, peak factor, form factor of half-wave rectified alternating current -- RMS value, average value. form factor and peak factor of a triangular waveform -- Graphical or phasor representation of alternating (sinusoidal) quantities (voltages and currents) -- Phasor diagram using RMS values -- Phase and phase angle -- Phase difference -- Conventions for drawing phasor diagrams -- Addition and subtraction of alternating quantities -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Problems -- Complex numbers -- Introduction -- Symbolic form -- Conjugate complex numbers -- Trigonometrical form of phasor representation -- Polar form of phasor representation -- Exponential form of phasor representation -- Addition and subtraction of phasors -- Multiplication and division of phasors -- Powers and roots of phasors -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Problems -- Electrical instruments -- Introduction -- Classification of measuring instruments -- Types of secondary instruments -- Principle of operation of electrical measuring instruments -- Essentials of indicating instruments -- Ammeters and voltmeters -- Types of instruments -- Errors common to all types of instruments -- Moving iron instruments -- Moving coil instruments -- Permanent magnet moving coil (PMMC) instruments -- Dynamometer type instruments -- Comparison between moving iron and moving coil instruments -- Comparison between moving iron and dynamometer type instruments -- Extension of instrument range -- Dynamometer type wattmeter -- Introduction type wattmeters -- Comparison between dynamometer and induction type wattmeters -- Energy meters -- Induction type energy meter -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answer -- Problems -- Domestic electric wiring -- Introduction -- Systems of distribution of electrical energy -- Methods of wiring -- Three-phase AC circuits -- Introduction -- Generation of 3-phase EMF -- Double subscript notation -- Phase sequence -- Interconnection of three phases -- Star or wye (Y)-connected system -- Mesh or delta (A)-connected system -- Comparison between star and delta systems -- Measurement power by two-wattmeter method -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answers type questions with answers -- Problems -- Transformers -- Introduction -- Operating principle -- Transformer on DC -- Ideal transformer -- EMF equation -- Voltage and current transformation ratios -- Transformer on no load -- Transformer on load -- Resistance and leakage reactance -- Phasor diagram of actual transformer on load -- Equivalent resistance and reactance -- Equivalent circuit of a transformer -- Voltage regulation -- Transformer losses -- Open-circuit test (or no-load test) -- Short-circuit test (or impedance test) -- Determination of regulation of transformer from open-circuit and short-circuit tests -- Transformer efficiency -- All-day efficiency (or energy efficiency) -- Transformer construction -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Problems -- DC machines (generators and motors) -- Introduction -- Simple loop generator -- Essential parts of a DC machine -- Function of commutator for generating and motoring action -- EMF equation -- Equivalent circuit of a DC generator armature -- Types of DC generators -- Generator performance curves -- applications of DC generators -- Working principle of DC motor -- Importance of back EMF -- Types of DC motors -- Direction of rotation of DC motors -- Speed-torque characteristics of different types of DC motors -- Power losses in DC machines -- Applications of DC motors -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Problems -- AC machines (synchronous and induction machines) -- Three-phase synchronous machines -- Construction of three-phase synchronous generators -- Synchronous motors -- Principle of operation of synchronous motor -- Effect of load on a synchronous motor -- Main characteristics of synchronous motor -- Merits and demerits of synchronous motors -- Applications of synchronous motors -- Three-phase induction motors -- Construction of three-phase induction motor -- Types of 3-phase induction motors -- Production of three-phase rotating magnetic field -- Principle of operation of three-phase induction motor -- Slip -- Advantages, disadvantages and applications of 3-phase induction motors -- Comparison of squirrel cage and slip-ring (phase wound) induction motors -- Comparison between synchronous and induction motors -- Single-phase induction motors -- Principle of operation of single-phase induction motor -- Starting methods and types of single-phase induction motors -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Section-C -- Semiconductor and P-N junction theory -- Introduction -- Structure of an atom -- Electron orbits and energy levels -- Classification of materials -- Energy band structure of conductors, insulators and semiconductors -- Conduction in solids -- Drift and diffusion currents -- Classification of semiconductors -- Extrinsic semiconductors -- Mass action law -- Charge densities in an extrinsic semiconductors -- Mobility and conductivity -- Conductivity of semiconductors -- Carrier lifetime -- Continuation equation -- Basic structure of P-N junction -- P-N junction diode -- Volt-ampere characteristics if P-N junction -- Important terms often used in P-N junction -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer types questions with answers -- Problems -- Semiconductor diodes -- Introduction -- Junction breakdown -- Ideal diode -- Current components in semiconductor -- Real diode -- Interconnection of diodes -- P-N diode applications -- Diode data sheets -- Zener diodes -- Tunnel diode -- Varactor diode -- Photodiode -- Light-emitting diodes -- Advantages, disadvantages and Applications of LEDs -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Problems -- Rectifiers -- Introduction -- Half-wave rectifiers -- Full-wave rectifiers -- Filter circuits -- Basic regulator supply using zener diode -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Problems -- Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) -- Introduction -- Transistor terminals -- Transistor action -- Transistor biasing -- Important points regarding working of transistors -- Transistors current components -- Current amplification factors -- Relationship between α and β -- Transistor circuit configurations -- common0base (CB) configuration -- Common-emitter (CE) configuration -- Common-collector (CC) configuration -- Comparison of characteristics of transistor in different configurations -- Transistor applications -- Transistor as an amplifiers -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Problems -- Section-D -- Field-effect transistors (FETs) -- introduction -- Junction field-effect transistors -- Characteristics of JFETs -- FET configurations -- JFET temperature effects -- JFET as an amplifiers -- Applications of FETs -- Metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) -- Depletion type MOSFETs (DE-MOSFETs) -- Enhancement-only MOSFETs (E-MOSFETs) Comparison of N-channel FETs with P-channel FETs -- Comparison of JFETs and MOSFETs -- Comparison of NMOS and PMOS -- Highlights -- exercises -- Short answer type questions with answers -- Integrated circuits (ICs) -- Introduction to integrated circuits -- Classification of ICs -- Basic monolithic IC -- Introduction to operational amplifiers -- Schematic symbol of an op-amp -- Power supply requirements of op-amps -- schematic diagram of 741 IC operational amplifiers -- Ideal op-amp -- Equivalent circuit of an op-amp -- Ideal voltage transfer curve -- Basic op-amp circuit -- Common-mode rejection ratio (CMRP) -- Open-loop op-amp configurations -- Op-amp characteristics -- Basic specification of op-amps -- Closed-loop op-amp configurations -- Voltage-series feedback or noninverting amplifier -- Voltage shunt feedback or inverting amplifier -- Op-amp differential amplifier -- important definitions -- Summing, scaling and averaging amplifier -- Subtractor or difference amplifier -- Op-amp integrator -- Op-amp differentiator -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short type questions with answers -- Problems -- Electronic instruments -- Introduction -- Electronic multimeter (or VOM) -- Block diagram of a general purpose CRO -- Cathode ray tube -- Basic controls -- Basic oscilloscope patterns -- Measurement of phase difference -- Measurement of frequency of a voltage signal -- Measurement of voltage and current -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Short answer type questions with answer -- problems -- Appendix -- Model test papers -- Index.