An Analog Electronics Companion: Basic Circuit Design for Engineers and Scientists

An Analog Electronics Companion: Basic Circuit Design for Engineers and Scientists, 9780521798389 (0521798388), Cambridge University Press, 2003

This morning my newspaper contained the obituary of Sir Alan Hodgkin, Nobel Laureate together with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles, in physiology and medicine. What has this to do with our interest in electronics? Well, the prize was awarded for the elucidation of the mechanism of the propagation of electrical impulses along neural fibres, the basis of our own internal electronic system. Before the understanding of these mechanisms the position in this field would have been akin to that of Oersted, Faraday, Ohm, Ampère and Maxwell in trying to understand conduction, since at that time the electron was unknown and, for example, they imagined that an electric field somehow created charge to allow for conduction. The intimate interactions between electrical and biochemical activity are nowadays of great interest with the possibility of constructing electronic– biological systems.

Engineers and scientists frequently have to get involved in electronic circuit design even though it may not be their specialty. Writing for the inexperienced designer, Hamilton begins by reviewing the basic mathematics and physics needed to understand circuit design. He then goes on to discuss individual components (resistors, capacitors etc.) and commonly encountered circuit elements such as differentiators, oscillators, filters and couplers. A major bonus is the inclusion of a CD with the student edition of the PSpice simulation software, together with models of most of the circuits covered.

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