Mastering Electronics

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction to Electronics....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Electricity....Pages 7-18
Passive Components and Power Supplies....Pages 19-41
Tools, Test Equipment and Safety....Pages 42-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Thermionic Devices....Pages 59-68
Semiconductors....Pages 69-80
The pn Junction Diode....Pages 81-94
Bipolar Transistors....Pages 95-109
Field-Effect Transistors....Pages 110-118
Amplifiers and Oscillators....Pages 119-141
Fabrication Techniques and an Introduction to Microelectronics....Pages 142-153
Operational Amplifiers....Pages 154-166
Audio Amplifiers....Pages 167-184
Tape-Recorders....Pages 185-194
Radio and Television....Pages 195-232
Optoelectronics....Pages 233-252
Semiconductor and Electromagnetic Devices....Pages 253-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Introduction to Digital Electronics....Pages 273-276
Logic Gates....Pages 277-286
Logic Families....Pages 287-296
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Counting Circuits....Pages 297-311
Digital Systems — Timers and Pulse Circuits....Pages 312-329
Digital Systems — Arithmetic and Memory Circuits....Pages 330-341
Microprocessors and Microcomputers....Pages 342-358
Computers, Electronics and the Future....Pages 359-360
Back Matter....Pages 361-382