This updated version of its internationally popular predecessor provides and introductory problem-solved text for understanding fundamental concepts of electronic devices, their design, and their circuitry. Providing an interface with Pspice, the most widely used program in electronics, new key features include a new chapter presenting the basics of switched mode power supplies, thirty-one new examples, and twenty-three PS solved problems.

Contents           

   Circuit Analysis: Port Point of View
   Semiconductor Diodes
   Characteristics of Bipolar Junction Transistors
   Characteristics of Field-Effect Transistors and Triodes
   Transistor Bias Considerations
   Small-Signal Midfrequency BJT Amplifiers
   Small-Signal Midfrequency FET Amplifiers
   Frequency Effects in Amplifiers
   Operational Amplifiers
   Switched Mode Power Supplies