All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide

All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide, Third Edition
	About the Author
	Credits
	Contents
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
		What This Book Teaches
		How This Book Is Organized
		Conventions Used In This Book
		How to Use This Book
	Chapter 1: DC Review and Pre-Test
		Current Flow
		Ohm’s Law
		Resistors in Series
		Resistors in Parallel
		Power
		Small Currents
		The Graph of Resistance
		The Voltage Divider
		The Current Divider
		Switches
		Capacitors in a DC Circuit
		Summary
		DC Pre-Test
	Chapter 2: The Diode
		Understanding Diodes
		The Diode Experiment
		Diode Breakdown
		The Zener Diode
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 3: Introduction to the Transistor
		Understanding Transistors
		The Transistor Experiment
		The Junction Field Effect Transistor
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 4: The Transistor Switch
		Turning the Transistor on
		Turning the Transistor off
		Why Transistors are Used as Switches
		The Three-Transistor Switch
		Alternative Base Switching
		Switching The JFET
		The JFET Experiment
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 5: AC Pre-Test and Review
		The Generator
		Resistors in AC Circuits
		Capacitors in AC Circuits
		The Inductor in an AC Circuit
		Resonance
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 6: AC in Electronics
		Capacitors in AC Circuits
		Capacitors and Resistors in Series
		The High Pass Filter Experiment
		Phase Shift of an RC Circuit
		Resistor and Capacitor in Parallel
		Inductors in AC Circuits
		Phase Shift for an RL Circuit
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 7: Resonant Circuits
		The Capacitor and Inductor in Series
		The Output Curve
		Introduction to Oscillators
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 8: Transistor Amplifiers
		Working with Transistor Amplifiers
		A Stable Amplifier
		Biasing
		The Emitter Follower
		Analyzing an Amplifier
		The JFET as an Amplifier
		The Operational Amplifier
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 9: Oscillators
		Understanding Oscillators
		Feedback
		The Colpitts Oscillator
		The Hartley Oscillator
		The Armstrong Oscillator
		Practical Oscillator Design
		Oscillator Troubleshooting Checklist
		Summary and Applications
		Self-Test
	Chapter 10: The Transformer
		Transformer Basics
		Transformers in Communications Circuits
		Summary and Applications
		Self-Test
	Chapter 11: Power Supply Circuits
		Diodes in AC Circuits Produce Pulsating DC
		Level DC (Smoothing Pulsating DC)
		Summary
		Self-Test
	Chapter 12: Conclusion and Final Self-Test
		Conclusion
		Final Self-Test
	Appendix A: Glossary
	Appendix B: List of Symbols and Abbreviations
	Appendix C: Powers of Ten and Engineering Prefixes
	Appendix D: Standard Composition Resistor Values
	Appendix E: Supplemental Resources
		Web Sites
		Books
		Magazines
		Suppliers
	Appendix F: Equation Reference
	Appendix G: Schematic Symbols Used in This Book
	Index