An operational standpoint in electrical engineering

Frédéric Rotella (1) , Irène Zambettakis (1)

1 LGP - Laboratoire Génie de Production

In electrical engineering education exists a major difficulty for first level students, namely the Laplace transform. The question is: does this ubiquitous tool is needed in an electrical engineering course? Our answer is: Obviously, not. Based on an operational standpoint the paper describes some guidelines and results for a primer on handling signals and linear systems without using the Laplace transform. The main advantage is that the operational standpoint leads to simplified proofs for well-known results.

Mots clés: Transfer operator; Operational calculus; Laplace transform; Carson transform; Signal generator; Heaviside; Mikusinski

Domaines: Electronique

Frédéric Rotella, Irène Zambettakis. An operational standpoint in electrical engineering. Electronics, 2013, 17 (2), pp.71-81. ⟨10.7251/ELS1317071R⟩. ⟨hal-02135748⟩