Mastering Electronics

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
An Introduction to Electronics....Pages 1-2
Safety....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Electric Circuits....Pages 9-20
Passive Components....Pages 21-41
Measuring Instruments and Circuit Construction....Pages 42-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Thermionic Devices....Pages 57-64
Semiconductors....Pages 65-74
The pn Junction Diode....Pages 75-85
Bipolar Transistors....Pages 86-97
Field-effect Transistors....Pages 98-104
Fabrication Techniques and an Introduction to Microelectronics....Pages 105-112
Amplifiers....Pages 113-125
Oscillators....Pages 126-133
Mains and Portable Power....Pages 134-146
Operational Amplifiers....Pages 147-157
Computer Simulation....Pages 158-163
Audio Amplifiers....Pages 164-178
Tape-recorders....Pages 179-186
Radio....Pages 187-206
Television....Pages 207-220
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Video Recorders....Pages 221-225
Optoelectronics....Pages 226-245
Semiconductor and Electromagnetic Devices....Pages 246-262
Telecommunications....Pages 263-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Digital Systems....Pages 273-276
Logic Gates....Pages 277-284
Logic Families....Pages 285-293
Digital Systems: Counting Circuits....Pages 294-306
Digital Systems: Timers and Pulse Circuits....Pages 307-325
Digital Systems: Arithmetic and Memory Circuits....Pages 326-335
Microprocessors and Microcomputers....Pages 336-358
Personal and Distributed Computing....Pages 359-362
Compact-Disc Systems....Pages 363-369
Computers, Electronics and the Future....Pages 370-373
Back Matter....Pages 374-398