Electronics /
Allan R. Hambley.
- 2nd ed.
- Upper Saddle River : Prentice-Hall International, c2000.
- xvi, 888 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
"International edition"--front cover. Includes index.
1. Introduction. Electronic Systems. The Design Process. Integrated Circuits. Basic Amplifier Concepts. Cascaded Amplifiers. Power Supplies and Efficiency. Decibel Notation. Amplifier Models. Ideal Amplifiers. Amplifier Frequency Response. Differential Amplifiers. Summary. Problems. 2. Operational Amplifiers. The Ideal Operational Amplifier. The Summing-Point Constraint. The Inverting Amplifier. The Noninverting Amplifier. Design of Simple Amplifiers. Op-Amp Imperfections in the Linear Range of Operation. Large-Signal Operation. DC Imperfections. Computer-Aided Analysis of Op-Amp Circuits. A Collection of Amplifier Circuits. Integrators and Differentiators. Summary. Problems. 3. Diodes and Diode Circuits. Diode Characteristics. Load-Line Analysis. The Ideal-Diode Model. Rectifier Circuits. Wave-Shaping Circuits. Diode Logic Circuits. Voltage-Regulator Circuits. Linear Small-Signal Equivalent Circuits. Basic Semiconductor Concepts. Physics of the Junction Diode. Switching and High-Frequency Behavior. Computer-Aided Analysis of Diode Circuits. Summary. Problems. ANATOMY OF A CIRCUIT DESIGN: A FUNCTION GENERATOR. 4. Bipolar Junction Transistors. Basic Operation of the npn Bipolar Junction Transistor. Load-Line Analysis of a Common-Emitter Amplifier. The pnp Bipolar Junction Transistor. Large-Signal DC Circuit Models. Large-Signal DC Analysis of BJT Circuits. Small-Signal Equivalent Circuits. The Common-Emitter Amplifier. The Emitter-Follower. The BJT as a Digital Logic Switch. Summary. Problems. 5. Field-Effect Transistors. NMOS Transistors. Load-Line Analysis of a Simple NMOS Amplifier. Bias Circuits. Small-Signal Equivalent Circuits. The Common-Source Amplifier. The Source Follower. JFETS, Depletion-Mode MOSFETs, and p-channel Devices. Summary. Problems. ANATOMY OF A CIRCUIT DESIGN: A DISCRETE MULTISTAGE AMPLIFIER. 6. Digital Logic Circuits. Basic Concepts. Electrical Specifications for Logic Gates. The Resistor-Pull-Up NMOS Inverter. Dynamic Response
For core Electronic Circuits courses. The text provides a wealth of readily accessible information on basic electronics for electrical and computer engineering students. Its friendly approach, clear writing style, and realistic design examples, which earned Hambley the 1998 ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award, continue in the Second Edition.