本书是美国乃至国际上非常有影响力的电路课程教材之一，经过六次版本更新，已成为众多学生和老师心目中的经典教材。本书满足我国“电路分析基础”课程的全部教学要求和“电路理论基础”课程的大部分要求，适合作为高校“电路”课程的教材。
本书以电路基础理论、电路分析方法为主体，辅以典型例题，并穿插介绍电子工程相关历史人物与知识，旨在改变以往枯燥的电路课程教学模式，引领新时代教材改革。
本书前六版获得了极大的成功，第7版以一种更清晰、更有趣、更容易理解的方式介绍了电路基础知识，并介绍了该领域的最新进展。

查尔斯·K.亚历山大(Charles K. Alexander)，博士，现为美国克利夫兰州立大学Washkewicz工程学院电子与计算机工程系教授，并担任电子学与航空航天技术研究中心（CREATE）主任。他是IEEE终身会士，曾任IEEE主席和CEO。他于1984年获得IEEE百年奖章，还先后荣获英国工程委员会颁发的杰出教育成就奖和杰出工程教育领导奖。

Preface xi
A Note to the Student xi
About the Authors xxiii
PART 1 DC Circuits
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Systems of Units
1.3 Charge and Current
1.4 Voltage
1.5 Power and Energy
1.6 Circuit Elements
1.7 Applications
1.7.1 TV Picture Tube
1.7.2 Electricity Bills
1.8 Problem Solving
1.9 Summary
Review Questions
Problems
Comprehensive Problems
Chapter 2 Basic Laws
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Ohm’s Law
2.3 Nodes, Branches, and Loops
2.4 Kirchhoff’s Laws
2.5 Series Resistors and Voltage Division
2.6 Parallel Resistors and Current Division
2.7 Wye-Delta Transformations
2.8 Applications
2.8.1 Lighting Systems
2.8.2 Design of DC Meters
2.9 Summary
Review Questions
Problems
Comprehensive Problems
Chapter 3 Methods of Analysis
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Nodal Analysis
3.3 Nodal Analysis with Voltage Sources
3.4 Mesh Analysis
3.5 Mesh Analysis with Current Sources
3.6 Nodal and Mesh Analyses by Inspection
3.7 Nodal Versus Mesh Analysis
3.8 Circuit Analysis with PSpice
3.9 Applications: DC Transistor Circuits
3.10 Summary
Review Questions
Problems
Comprehensive Problem
Chapter 4 Circuit Theorems
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Linearity Property
4.3 Superposition
4.4 Source Transformation
4.5 Thevenin’s Theorem
4.6 Norton’s Theorem
4.7 Derivations of Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorems
4.8 Maximum Power Transfer
4.9 Verifying Circuit Theorems with PSpice
4.10 Applications
4.10.1 Source Modeling
4.10.2 Resistance Measurement
4.11 Summary
Review Questions
Problems
Comprehensive Problems
Chapter 5 Operational Amplifiers
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Operational Amplifiers
5.3 Ideal Op Amp
5.4 Inverting Amplifier
5.5 Noninverting Amplifier
5.6 Summing Amplifier
5.7 Difference Amplifier
5.8 Cascaded Op Amp Circuits
5.9 Op Amp Circuit Analysis with PSpice
5.10 Applications
5.10.1 Digital-to-Analog Converter
5.10.2 Instrumentation Amplifiers
5.11 Summary
Review Questions
Problems
Comprehensive Problems
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Part 2 AC Circuits
Part 3 Advanced Circuit Analysis