Mastering Electronics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
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 119-143
Fabrication Techniques and an Introduction to Microelectronics....Pages 144-155
Operational Amplifiers....Pages 156-168
Audio Amplifiers....Pages 169-186
Tape-Recorders....Pages 187-196
Radio and Television....Pages 197-234
Optoelectronics....Pages 235-255
Semiconductor and Electromagnetic Devices....Pages 256-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Introduction to Digital Electronics....Pages 275-281
Logic Gates....Pages 282-291
Logic Families....Pages 292-301
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Counting Circuits....Pages 302-316
Digital Systems — Timers and Pulse Circuits....Pages 317-340
Digital Systems — Arithmetic and Memory Circuits....Pages 341-352
Microprocessors and Microcomputers....Pages 353-372
Computers, Electronics and the Future....Pages 373-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-396