Essentials of Electronics


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This highly illustrated text, activities manual, and instructor's guide package is designed for use in a survey of electronics course for non-majors. Its comprehensive coverage includes the areas of dc/ac, devices, digital, and microprocessors. Chapters covering circuit theorems and ac principles have been added with the second edition.




Basic Electronics


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Electronics I Essentials


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REA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Electronics I covers fundamentals of semiconductor devices, junction diodes, bipolar junction transistors, power supplies, multitransistor circuits, small signals, low-frequency analysis and design, audio-frequency linear power amplifiers, feedback amplifiers, and frequency response of amplifiers.




Essentials of Electronic Testing for Digital, Memory and Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits


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The modern electronic testing has a forty year history. Test professionals hold some fairly large conferences and numerous workshops, have a journal, and there are over one hundred books on testing. Still, a full course on testing is offered only at a few universities, mostly by professors who have a research interest in this area. Apparently, most professors would not have taken a course on electronic testing when they were students. Other than the computer engineering curriculum being too crowded, the major reason cited for the absence of a course on electronic testing is the lack of a suitable textbook. For VLSI the foundation was provided by semiconductor device techn- ogy, circuit design, and electronic testing. In a computer engineering curriculum, therefore, it is necessary that foundations should be taught before applications. The field of VLSI has expanded to systems-on-a-chip, which include digital, memory, and mixed-signalsubsystems. To our knowledge this is the first textbook to cover all three types of electronic circuits. We have written this textbook for an undergraduate “foundations” course on electronic testing. Obviously, it is too voluminous for a one-semester course and a teacher will have to select from the topics. We did not restrict such freedom because the selection may depend upon the individual expertise and interests. Besides, there is merit in having a larger book that will retain its usefulness for the owner even after the completion of the course. With equal tenacity, we address the needs of three other groups of readers.




POWER ELECTRONICS: ESSENTIALS & APPLICATIONS (With CD )


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Special Features: · Power semiconductor devices are viewed from the physics, circuit, modeling and thermal viewpoints for a better understanding of the devices.· AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC converters and magnetic devices are treated from both the conceptual and design perspectives.· A separate chapter is included that addresses the analysis and design of linear regulators.· A chapter is included to address the modeling methods to obtain dynamic models of power electronics systems. The method of bond graph is introduced for modeling power electronics systems.· The design of discrete domain controllers in both classical and state space approach are included which addresses the needs of power electronic systems.· Optimal and robust control design methods as applied to power electronics systems are addressed.· Discrete numerical algorithms for digital implementation with respect to power electronics systems are addressed in a separate chapter.· A separate chapter is devoted to the thermal aspects like heat sink sizing for power electronics systems.· Design integration by specifying and designing for reliability with power electronics system examples is another unique feature of this book. · The appendices include the following:o Derivation of the area product for a saturable-core transformer.o Representative list of commonly used core types and their physical parameters.o Representative list of commonly used wire gauges.o Laplace transforms and z-transforms of few time domain signals.o List of specifications for the induction motor used for controller design.o Description of all the object parameters for various electronic components from the reliability prediction viewpoint. Pedagogy includes:o 600+ illustrations and line diagrams.o 480+ descriptive questions.o 440+ objective questions.o 200+ unsolved problems.o 50+ explanatory examples and solved problems.Companion CD contains:· Reliability prediction toolbox· Bond graph simulation toolbox· Several circuit and design examples About The Book: This book on power electronics spans a wide knowledge base such as power devices, drives, circuit topologies, magnetics, system modeling, control configurations, digital processing, thermal and reliability aspects. The book has been broadly divided into two types of topics viz. (a) circuit-oriented aspects and (b) system-oriented aspects. The first seven chapters deal with circuit-oriented aspects of power electronics systems and the remaining chapters deal with system-oriented aspects like controls and reliability.




Make: Electronics


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"This is teaching at its best!" --Hans Camenzind, inventor of the 555 timer (the world's most successful integrated circuit), and author of Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron (Booklocker.com) "A fabulous book: well written, well paced, fun, and informative. I also love the sense of humor. It's very good at disarming the fear. And it's gorgeous. I'll be recommending this book highly." --Tom Igoe, author of Physical Computing and Making Things Talk Want to learn the fundamentals of electronics in a fun, hands-on way? With Make: Electronics, you'll start working on real projects as soon as you crack open the book. Explore all of the key components and essential principles through a series of fascinating experiments. You'll build the circuits first, then learn the theory behind them! Build working devices, from simple to complex You'll start with the basics and then move on to more complicated projects. Go from switching circuits to integrated circuits, and from simple alarms to programmable microcontrollers. Step-by-step instructions and more than 500 full-color photographs and illustrations will help you use -- and understand -- electronics concepts and techniques. Discover by breaking things: experiment with components and learn from failure Set up a tricked-out project space: make a work area at home, equipped with the tools and parts you'll need Learn about key electronic components and their functions within a circuit Create an intrusion alarm, holiday lights, wearable electronic jewelry, audio processors, a reflex tester, and a combination lock Build an autonomous robot cart that can sense its environment and avoid obstacles Get clear, easy-to-understand explanations of what you're doing and why







Basic Electronics for Scientists and Engineers


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Ideal for a one-semester course, this concise textbook covers basic electronics for undergraduate students in science and engineering. Beginning with the basics of general circuit laws and resistor circuits to ease students into the subject, the textbook then covers a wide range of topics, from passive circuits through to semiconductor-based analog circuits and basic digital circuits. Using a balance of thorough analysis and insight, readers are shown how to work with electronic circuits and apply the techniques they have learnt. The textbook's structure makes it useful as a self-study introduction to the subject. All mathematics is kept to a suitable level, and there are several exercises throughout the book. Password-protected solutions for instructors, together with eight laboratory exercises that parallel the text, are available online at www.cambridge.org/Eggleston.




Essentials of Electronic Packaging


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ASME Press Book Series on Electronic Packaging. Series Editor: Dereje Agonafer. This book provides the basic essentials and fundamentals of electronic packaging technology. It introduces the language and terminology, as well as the basic building blocks of information processing technology such as: a) printed wiring boards and laminates, b) various types of components and packages, c) materials and processes, d) fundamentals of reliability and relevant reliability enhancement methods, and e) typical failures observed are described. A fully tested semiconductor device is the starting point for this text. Thus, no background in the semiconductor design or fabrication is assumed. The reader is exposed to the interaction and convergence of various disciplines such as chemistry, physics, materials science, metallurgy, process engineering in the fabrication of an electronic appliance. The reader is also made aware of the emerging trends in electronic packaging to prepare him or her for the near-term miniaturization and integration of technology trends.




Electronics Essentials With Audio Emphasis


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Learn electronics as a language! You can select from multiple approaches, including visualization, equivalence, duality, memory aids, and engineering shortcuts to solve electronics problems. After completing this book, you should be able to understand the essentials of electronics, including practical aspects like soldering, how to read component values and project troubleshooting, and foundations like DC and AC analysis, amplifiers, op-amps, and essential passive and active circuits with audio applications. You'll learn how to implement basic, notch, shelving, and parametric filters, various amplifier and op-amp configurations, the difference between cascade and cascode, pro and consumer audio, various amplifier classes, bridged amplifiers, impedance bridging and matching, and common terms used in the industry. In particular, you will be able to read common schematics and charts and be able to interpret manuals of electronic equipment.