Ten essential skills for electrical engineers

"Engineers know that, as in any other discipline, getting a good job requires practical, up-to-date skills. An engineering degree provides a broad set of fundamentals. Ten Essential Skills applies those fundamentals to practical tasks required by employers. Written in a user-friendly, no-nonsense format, the book reviews practical skills using the latest tools and techniques, and features a companion website with interview practice problems and advanced material for readers wishing to pursue additional skills. With this book, aspiring and current engineers may approach job interviews confident in their grasp of the engineering skills that their employers seek."--

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Note to Instructors; ONE SEMESTER COURSE; ONE-QUARTER COURSE; 1: How to Design Resistive Circuits; 1.1 DESIGN OF A RESISTIVE THEVENIN SOURCE; 1.2 DESIGN OF A COUPLING CIRCUIT; 1.3 DESIGN OF A PI ATTENUATOR; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; 2: How to Prevent a Power Transistor From Overheating; 2.1 ELECTRICAL MODEL FOR HEAT TRANSFER; 2.2 USING MANUFACTURER'S DATA FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS; 2.3 FORCED-AIR COOLING; 2.4 DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A THERMAL SYSTEM; PROBLEMS; REFERENCE; 3: How to Analyze a Circuit.

3.1 FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A TRANSFER FUNCTION3.2 FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND IMPEDANCE OF SIMPLE CIRCUITS; 3.3 FREQUENCY RESPONSE FOR LADDER NETWORKS; 3.4 GENERALIZED TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; 4: How to Use Statistics to Ensure a Manufacturable Design; 4.1 INDEPENDENT COMPONENT FAILURES; 4.2 USING THE GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; 4.3 SETTING A MANUFACTURING TEST LIMIT; 4.4 PROCURING A CUSTOM COMPONENT; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES; 5: How to Design a Feedback Control System; 5.1 INTUITIVE DESCRIPTION OF A CONTROL SYSTEM; 5.2 REVIEW OF CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATION.

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