Electronics Technology Fundamentals: Conventional Flow Version, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (September 2, 2008) © 2009

  • Robert T. Paynter
  • BJ Toby Boydell
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  • Practice problems
  • Margin notes
  • In-chapter progress checks

Title overview

For courses in DC Circuits, AC Circuits, and Electronic Devices

Electronic Technology Fundamentals, Conventional Flow was written to fulfill the need to address the constant development of new applications and technologies within a single text that presents the fundamentals of electronics (dc circuits, ac circuits, and devices). This unique text provides complete and concise coverage of the fundamentals of electronics without redundant examples and the equation derivations that take up so much space in traditional books. With an emphasis on component and circuit operation, analysis, applications, and testing, this text thoroughly explores the foundation of dc circuits, ac circuits, discrete electronic devices and op-amps in a narrative that students can understand. Many of today's basic electronics textbooks provide in-depth coverage of dc and ac circuits, but little more than introductory-level coverage of electronic devices and circuits.  Unlike these books, Electronics Technology Fundamentals, Conventional Flow, covers electronic devices and circuits as thoroughly as it does dc and ac circuits, making it the most comprehensive electronics fundamentals textbook on the market.

Table of contents

  • PART I BASIC DC PRINCIPLES AND CIRCUITS
  • 1 Principles of electricity
  • 2 Components and circuit measurements
  • 3 Ohm's law and power
  • 4 Series circuits
  • 5 Parallel circuits
  • 6 Series-parallel circuits
  • 7 Circuit analysis techniques
  • 8 Magnetism
  • PART II BASIC AC PRINCIPLES AND CIRCUITS
  • 9 Alternative current and AC measurements
  • 10 Inductors and transformers
  • 11 Resistive-inductive (RL) circuits
  • 12 Capacitors
  • 13 Resistive-capacitive (RC) circuits
  • 14 RLC circuits and resonance
  • 15 Frequency response and passive filters
  • 16 RL and RC circuit pulse response
  • PART III ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS
  • 17 Introduction to solid-state components
  • 18 Basic diode circuits
  • 19 Bipolar junction transistor operation and biasing
  • 20 BJT amplifiers
  • 21 Field-effect transistors and circuits
  • 22 Operational amplifiers
  • 23 Active filters and oscillators
  • 24 Switching circuits
  • 25 Discrete and integrated voltage regulators
  • 26 Thyristors and other devices
  • Appendix A Conversions and Units
  • Appendix B Resistor Standard values and Color Codes
  • Appendix C Specification Sheets
  • Appendix D Selected Equation Derivations
  • Appendix E h-Parameters
  • Appendix F Polar and Rectangular Notations
  • Appendix G Glossary
  • Appendix H Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
  • Index

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