New Generation Publishing
Easy, Hands On Electronics Books
Second Edition
A Practical Handbook to
AC Electronics
NEW
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Preface
This
handbook can be a supplemental tool to an AC
electronics textbook. The main purpose of this handbook is a HANDS-ON APPROACH
in learning AC circuits.
In
each section, a component is introduced and then a software/hardware circuit
will follow. The hardware circuit is the simulation of the software circuit.
The
main goal of this handbook is to create a vast visualization of the working
function of the AC electronics circuitries. Based on my experience in teaching
electronics, students had more problems with setting up the hardware circuits
than software circuits. Therefore, one of my main intentions in writing this
handbook is to guide the students through setting up a complete wiring of the
circuits.
This
handbook is a COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE of the practical working of the AC
circuits and can be used as a crash course in AC electronics, a lab-book, or a
supplement to any AC electronics textbook.
Contents
Chapter
1: AC Signal
1.1
AC Signal …………………………………………………………………….2
1.2
Sine Wave ………………………………………….………………………….3
1.3
Phase Angle …………………………………………………………………..4
1.4
Phasor Diagram ……………………………………………………………...5
1.5
Function
Generator ………………………….………………………………..6
1.6
Oscilloscope
………………………………………….……………………….11
Chapter
2: AC Resistive Circuits
2.1
Resistor …………………………………………………………………….18
2.2
Resistive Circuits (R-Circuits) ……………………………………………19
Chapter
3: AC Inductive Circuits
3.1 Inductor …………………………………………………………………….24
3.2 Inductive Circuits (L-Circuits)
……………………………………………26
3.3 RL Circuits ………………………………………………………………...30
Chapter
4: Magnetims and Electromagnetic Induction
4.1 Magnetic Field ……………………………………………………………35
4.2 Electromagnetic Field ……………………………………………………36
4.3 Induced Voltage and Current …………….……………………………...38
4.4
Relays
…………………………………………….…….…………………40
4.5
Electrical Fuse
and Breaker ………………..……………….…………...45
4.6
Circuit Ground
versus Earth Ground ……..………..………….…………46
4.7
Transformer ……………………………….…………………….………..47
4.8
Center-Tap
Transformer ………………………….………….……..……52
Chapter
5: AC / DC Generators and Motors
5.1 AC Generator …………………………………………………………… 56
5.2
DC Generator
…………………………………………………………….59
5.3
DC Motor
………………………………………………………………….61
5.4
Synchronous AC Motor
………………………………….….……………62
5.5
Induction AC
Motor ……………………………………………………….63
Chapter
6: AC Capacitive Circuits
6.1 Capacitor …………………………………………………………………65
6.2 Capacitive Circuits (C-circuits)
…………………………………………66
6.3 RC circuits ………………………………………………………………..70
6.4 Coupling Capacitor ………………………………………………………74
Chapter
7:
7.1 Series
7.2 Resonant Frequency ……………………….……………………………82
7.3 Q of a Resonant Circuit ……………………………….………………....86
7.4 Bandwidth of a Resonant Circuit
……………………………….………87
Chapter 8: Passive Filters
8.1 Low-Pass Filter ………………………………………………………...91
8.2 High-Pass Filter ………………………………………………………...95
8.3 Band-Pass Filter ………………………………………………………..99