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Basic electronics
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5th ed.
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New York : McGraw-Hill, 1984
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The new edition of Grob: Basic Electronics has been completely revised with a new look and new information to keep students at the forefront of basic electronics education. It includes new problems and questions at the end of each chapter, sidebar features throughout the text, and a critical thinking component. The new full-color design makes it easy for students to read circuit diagrams and other important visuals. HyperGraphics, an interactive multimedia program designed to correlate with Glencoe electronics texts, is available for Grob: Basic Electronics. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Survey of Electronicsp. xiv
S-1 A Brief History of the Development of Electronicsp. 2
S-2 Radio and Television Broadcastingp. 3
S-3 Career Opportunities in Electronicsp. 5
S-4 A Preview of the Most Common Electronic Componentsp. 7
S-5 Tools of the Tradep. 13
Chapter 1 Electricityp. 14
1-1 Negative and Positive Polaritiesp. 16
1-2 Electrons and Protons in the Atomp. 16
1-3 Structure of the Atomp. 19
1-4 The Coulomb Unit of Electric Chargep. 22
1-5 The Volt Unit of Potential Differencep. 25
1-6 Charge in Motion Is Currentp. 27
1-7 Resistance Is Opposition to Currentp. 32
1-8 The Closed Circuitp. 34
1-9 Direction of the Currentp. 36
1-10 Direct Current (DC) and Alternating Current (AC)p. 38
1-11 Sources of Electricityp. 39
Summary and Reviewp. 41
Chapter 2 Resistorsp. 46
2-1 Types of Resistorsp. 48
2-2 Resistor Color Codingp. 50
2-3 Variable Resistorsp. 54
2-4 Rheostats and Potentiometersp. 56
2-5 Power Rating of Resistorsp. 58
2-6 Series and Parallel Combinations of Resistorsp. 59
2-7 Resistor Troublesp. 60
Summary and Reviewp. 62
Chapter 3 Ohm's Lawp. 68
3-1 The Current I = V/Rp. 70
3-2 The Voltage V = IRp. 73
3-3 The Resistance R = V/Ip. 73
3-4 Practical Unitsp. 74
3-5 Multiple Unitsp. 75
3-6 The Linear Proportion between V and Ip. 76
3-7 Electric Powerp. 78
3-8 Power Dissipation in Resistancep. 81
3-9 Power Formulasp. 84
3-10 Choosing the Resistor for a Circuitp. 86
3-11 Electric Shockp. 88
3-12 Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Troublesp. 89
Summary and Reviewp. 90
Chapter 4 Series Circuitsp. 96
4-1 Why I Is the Same in All Parts of a Series Circuitp. 98
4-2 Total R Equals the Sum of All Series Resistancesp. 100
4-3 Series IR Voltage Dropsp. 102
4-4 The Sum of Series IR Drops Equals the Applied V[subscript T]p. 103
4-5 Polarity of IR Voltage Dropsp. 105
4-6 Total Power in a Series Circuitp. 106
4-7 Series-Aiding and Series-Opposing Voltagesp. 107
4-8 Analyzing Series Circuitsp. 108
4-9 Effect of an Open Circuit in a Series Pathp. 110
4-10 Series Switches Represent the and Logic Functionp. 112
Summary and Reviewp. 114
Chapter 5 Parallel Circuitsp. 120
5-1 The Applied Voltage V[subscript A] Is the Same across Parallel Branchesp. 122
5-2 Each Branch I Equals V[subscript A]/Rp. 123
5-3 The Main-Line I[subscript T] Equals the Sum of the Branch Currentsp. 124
5-4 Resistance in Parallelp. 127
5-5 Conductances in Parallelp. 133
5-6 Total Power in Parallel Circuitsp. 134
5-7 Analyzing Parallel Circuitsp. 135
5-8 Effect of an Open Branch in Parallel Circuitsp. 136
5-9 Effect of a Short Circuit across Parallel Branchesp. 137
5-10 Parallel Switches Represent the or Logic Functionp. 138
Summary and Reviewp. 140
Chapter 6 Series-Parallel Circuitsp. 146
6-1 Finding R[subscript T] for Series-Parallel Resistancesp. 148
6-2 Resistance Strings in Parallelp. 149
6-3 Resistance Banks in Seriesp. 151
6-4 Resistance Banks and Strings in Series-Parallelp. 153
6-5 Analyzing Series-Parallel Circuitsp. 155
6-6 Wheatstone Bridgep. 158
6-7 Chassis-Ground Connectionsp. 159
6-8 Voltages Measured to Chassis Groundp. 160
6-9 Opens and Shorts in Series-Parallel Circuitsp. 163
6-10 Series-Parallel Switches Combine the and and or Logic Functionsp. 164
Summary and Reviewp. 166
Review: Chapters 1 To 6p. 173
Chapter 7 Voltage Dividers and Current Dividersp. 176
7-1 Series Voltage Dividersp. 178
7-2 Current Divider with Two Parallel Resistancesp. 180
7-3 Current Division by Parallel Conductancesp. 183
7-4 Series Voltage Divider with Parallel Load Currentp. 184
7-5 Design of a Loaded Voltage Dividerp. 186
Summary and Reviewp. 189
Chapter 8 Direct-Current Metersp. 194
8-1 Moving-Coil Meterp. 196
8-2 Measurement of Currentp. 198
8-3 Meter Shuntsp. 200
8-4 Voltmetersp. 203
8-5 Loading Effect of a Voltmeterp. 208
8-6 Ohmmetersp. 210
8-7 Multimetersp. 214
8-8 Digital Multimeter (DMM)p. 217
8-9 Meter Applicationsp. 219
8-10 Checking Continuity with the Ohmmeterp. 222
Summary and Reviewp. 224
Review: Chapters 7 And 8p. 230
Chapter 9 Kirchhoff's Lawsp. 232
9-1 Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL)p. 234
9-2 Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)p. 235
9-3 Method of Branch Currentsp. 237
9-4 Node-Voltage Analysisp. 241
9-5 Method of Mesh Currentsp. 244
Summary and Reviewp. 248
Chapter 10 Network Theoremsp. 252
10-1 Superpositionp. 254
10-2 Thevenin's Theoremp. 256
10-3 Thevenizing a Circuit with Two Voltage Sourcesp. 259
10-4 Thevenizing a Bridge Circuitp. 260
10-5 Norton's Theoremp. 262
10-6 Thevenin-Norton Conversionsp. 266
10-7 Conversion of Voltage and Current Sourcesp. 268
10-8 Millman's Theoremp. 270
10-9 Circuits with Current Sourcesp. 272
10-10 T or Y and [pi] or [Delta] Connectionsp. 275
Summary and Reviewp. 280
Review: Chapters 9 and 10p. 286
Chapter 11 Conductors and Insulatorsp. 288
11-1 Function of the Conductorp. 290
11-2 Standard Wire Gage Sizesp. 290
11-3 Types of Wire Conductorsp. 293
11-4 Connectorsp. 295
11-5 Printed Wiringp. 296
11-6 Switchesp. 297
11-7 Fusesp. 299
11-8 Wire Resistancep. 301
11-9 Temperature Coefficient of Resistancep. 304
11-10 Ion Current in Liquids and Gasesp. 306
11-11 Electrons and Hole Charges in Semiconductorsp. 308
11-12 Insulatorsp. 310
11-13 Troubleshooting Hints for Wires and Connectorsp. 311
Summary and Reviewp. 313
Chapter 12 Batteriesp. 318
12-1 General Features of Batteriesp. 320
12-2 The Voltaic Cellp. 322
12-3 Carbon-Zinc Dry Cellp. 324
12-4 Alkaline Cellp. 325
12-5 Additional Types of Primary Cellsp. 327
12-6 Summary of Dry Cellsp. 328
12-7 Lithium Cellp. 329
12-8 Lead-Acid Wet Cellp. 330
12-9 Additional Types of Secondary Cellsp. 334
12-10 Series and Parallel Cellsp. 336
12-11 Current Drain Depends on Load Resistancep. 338
12-12 Internal Resistance of a Generatorp. 339
12-13 Why the Terminal Voltage Drops with More Load Currentp. 340
12-14 Constant-Voltage and Constant-Current Sourcesp. 343
12-15 Matching a Load Resistance to the Generator r[subscript i]p. 343
Summary and Reviewp. 346
Review: Chapters 11 and 12p. 350
Chapter 13 Magnetismp. 352
13-1 The Magnetic Field [phis]p. 354
13-2 Magnetic Flux [mu]p. 355
13-3 Flux Density Bp. 357
13-4 Induction by the Magnetic Fieldp. 360
13-5 Air Gap of a Magnetp. 361
13-6 Types of Magnetsp. 362
13-7 Ferritesp. 364
13-8 Magnetic Shieldingp. 365
13-9 The Hall Effectp. 366
Summary and Reviewp. 367
Chapter 14 Magnetic Unitsp. 370
14-1 Ampere-Turns of Magnetomotive Force (mmf)p. 372
14-2 Field Intensity (H)p. 373
14-3 Permeability ([mu])p. 375
14-4 B-H Magnetization Curvep. 377
14-5 Magnetic Hysteresisp. 378
14-6 Ohm's Law for Magnetic Circuitsp. 380
14-7 Relations between Magnetic Unitsp. 382
14-8 Comparison of Magnetic and Electric Fieldsp. 383
Summary and Reviewp. 386
Chapter 15 Electromagnetic Inductionp. 390
15-1 Magnetic Field around an Electric Currentp. 392
15-2 Magnetic Polarity of a Coilp. 394
15-3 Motor Action between Two Magnetic Fieldsp. 395
15-4 Induced Currentp. 398
15-5 Lenz' Lawp. 399
15-6 Generating an Induced Voltagep. 400
15-7 Faraday's Law of Induced Voltagep. 402
15-8 Relaysp. 404
Summary and Reviewp. 408
Chapter 16 Alternating Voltage and Currentp. 414
16-1 Alternating Current Applicationsp. 416
16-2 Alternating-Voltage Generatorp. 417
16-3 The Sine Wavep. 420
16-4 Alternating Currentp. 423
16-5 Voltage and Current Values for a Sine Wavep. 424
16-6 Frequencyp. 427
16-7 Periodp. 428
16-8 Wavelengthp. 430
16-9 Phase Anglep. 423
16-10 The Time Factor in Frequency and Phasep. 436
16-11 Alternating Current Circuits with Resistancep. 437
16-12 Nonsinusoidal AC Waveformsp. 440
16-13 Harmonic Frequenciesp. 442
16-14 The 60-Hz AC Power Linep. 442
16-15 Motors and Generatorsp. 445
16-16 Three-Phase AC Powerp. 447
Summary and Reviewp. 450
Review: Chapters 13 to 16p. 456
Chapter 17 Capacitancep. 458
17-1 How Charge Is Stored in the Dielectricp. 460
17-2 Charging and Discharging a Capacitorp. 461
17-3 The Farad Unit of Capacitancep. 463
17-4 Typical Capacitorsp. 468
17-5 Electrolytic Capacitorsp. 472
17-6 Capacitor Codingp. 474
17-7 Parallel Capacitancesp. 481
17-8 Series Capacitancesp. 481
17-9 Stray Capacitive and Inductive Effectsp. 483
17-10 Energy in Electrostatic Field of Capacitancep. 485
17-11 Troubles in Capacitorsp. 487
Summary and Reviewp. 490
Chapter 18 Capacitive Reactancep. 496
18-1 Alternating Current in a Capacitive Circuitp. 498
18-2 The Amount of X[subscript C] Equals 1/(2[pi]fC)p. 499
18-3 Series or Parallel Capacitive Reactancesp. 503
18-4 Ohm's Law Applied to X[subscript C]p. 504
18-5 Applications of Capacitive Reactancep. 505
18-6 Sine-Wave Charge and Discharge Currentp. 506
Summary and Reviewp. 511
Chapter 19 Capacitive Circuitsp. 516
19-1 Sine-Wave v[subscript C] Lags i[subscript C] by 90[degree]p. 518
19-2 X[subscript C] and R in Seriesp. 519
19-3 RC Phase-Shifter Circuitp. 522
19-4 X[subscript C] and R in Parallelp. 524
19-5 RF and AF Coupling Capacitorsp. 527
19-6 Capacitive Voltage Dividersp. 528
19-7 The General Case of Capacitive Current i[subscript C]p. 530
Summary and Reviewp. 531
Review: Chapters 17 to 19p. 537
Chapter 20 Inductancep. 540
20-1 Induction by Alternating Currentp. 542
20-2 Self-Inductance Lp. 543
20-3 Self-Induced Voltage v[subscript L]p. 546
20-4 How v[subscript L] Opposes a Change in Currentp. 547
20-5 Mutual Inductance L[subscript M]p. 548
20-6 Transformersp. 552
20-7 Transformer Ratingsp. 558
20-8 Impedance Transformationp. 563
20-9 Core Lossesp. 567
20-10 Types of Coresp. 568
20-11 Variable Inductancep. 569
20-12 Inductances in Series or Parallelp. 570
20-13 Stray Inductancep. 573
20-14 Energy in Magnetic Field of Inductancep. 573
20-15 Troubles in Coilsp. 575
Summary and Reviewp. 577
Chapter 21 Inductive Reactancep. 584
21-1 How X[subscript L] Reduces the Amount of Ip. 586
21-2 X[subscript L] = 2[pi]fLp. 587
21-3 Series or Parallel Inductive Reactancesp. 591
21-4 Ohm's Law Applied to X[subscript L]p. 592
21-5 Applications of X[subscript L] for Different Frequenciesp. 593
21-6 Waveshape of v[subscript L] Induced by Sine-Wave Currentp. 594
Summary and Reviewp. 599
Chapter 22 Inductive Circuitsp. 604
22-1 Sine-Wave i[subscript L] Lags v[subscript L] by 90[degree]p. 606
22-2 X[subscript L] and R in Seriesp. 607
22-3 Impedance Z Trianglep. 610
22-4 X[subscript L] and R in Parallelp. 613
22-5 Q of a Coilp. 617
22-6 AF and RF Chokesp. 619
22-7 The General Case of Inductive Voltagep. 621
Summary and Reviewp. 624
Chapter 23 Rc and L/R Time Constantsp. 630
23-1 Response of Resistance Alonep. 632
23-2 L/R Time Constantp. 632
23-3 High Voltage Produced by Opening an RL Circuitp. 634
23-4 RC Time Constantp. 636
23-5 RC Charge and Discharge Curvesp. 639
23-6 High Current Produced by Short-circuiting RC Circuitp. 640
23-7 RC Waveshapesp. 642
23-8 Long and Short Time Constantsp. 644
23-9 Charge and Discharge with Short RC Time Constantp. 645
23-10 Long Time Constant for RC Coupling Circuitp. 647
23-11 Universal Time Constant Graphp. 648
23-12 Comparison of Reactance and Time Constantp. 653
Summary and Reviewp. 655
Review: Chapters 20 to 23p. 661
Chapter 24 Alternating Current Circuitsp. 664
24-1 AC Circuits with Resistance but No Reactancep. 666
24-2 Circuits with X[subscript L] Alonep. 667
24-3 Circuits with X[subscript C] Alonep. 668
24-4 Opposite Reactances Cancelp. 669
24-5 Series Reactance and Resistancep. 671
24-6 Parallel Reactance and Resistancep. 674
24-7 Series-Parallel Reactance and Resistancep. 676
24-8 Real Powerp. 677
24-9 AC Metersp. 680
24-10 Wattmetersp. 681
24-11 Summary of Types of Ohms in AC Circuitsp. 682
24-12 Summary of Types of Phasors in AC Circuitsp. 683
Summary and Reviewp. 686
Chapter 25 Complex Numbers for AC Circuitsp. 690
25-1 Positive and Negative Numbersp. 692
25-2 The j Operatorp. 692
25-3 Definition of a Complex Numberp. 694
25-4 How Complex Numbers Are Applied to AC Circuitsp. 695
25-5 Impedance in Complex Formp. 696
25-6 Operations with Complex Numbersp. 698
25-7 Magnitude and Angle of a Complex Numberp. 700
25-8 Polar Form of Complex Numbersp. 701
25-9 Converting Polar to Rectangular Formp. 703
25-10 Complex Numbers in Series AC Circuitsp. 705
25-11 Complex Numbers in Parallel AC Circuitsp. 708
25-12 Combining Two Complex Branch Impedancesp. 710
25-13 Combining Complex Branch Currentsp. 711
25-14 Parallel Circuit with Three Complex Branchesp. 712
Summary and Reviewp. 715
Review: Chapters 24 and 25p. 720
Chapter 26 Resonancep. 722
26-1 The Resonance Effectp. 724
26-2 Series Resonancep. 725
26-3 Parallel Resonancep. 728
26-4 Resonant Frequency f[subscript r] = 1/(2[pi][characters not reproducible]LC)p. 732
26-5 Q Magnification Factor of Resonant Circuitp. 736
26-6 Bandwidth of Resonant Circuitp. 740
26-7 Tuningp. 744
26-8 Mistuningp. 746
26-9 Analysis of Parallel Resonant Circuitsp. 747
26-10 Damping of Parallel Resonant Circuitsp. 749
26-11 Choosing L and C for a Resonant Circuitp. 751
Summary and Reviewp. 752
Chapter 27 Filtersp. 758
27-1 Examples of Filteringp. 760
27-2 Direct Current Combined with Alternating Currentp. 760
27-3 Transformer Couplingp. 763
27-4 Capacitive Couplingp. 764
27-5 Bypass Capacitorsp. 767
27-6 Filter Circuitsp. 770
27-7 Low-Pass Filtersp. 771
27-8 High-Pass Filtersp. 773
27-9 Analyzing Filter Circuitsp. 774
27-10 Decibels and Frequency Response Curvesp. 784
27-11 Resonant Filtersp. 791
27-12 Interference Filtersp. 794
Summary and Reviewp. 795
Review: Chapters 26 and 27p. 801
Chapter 28 Electronic Devicesp. 804
28-1 Semiconductorsp. 806
28-2 The PN Junctionp. 811
28-3 Semiconductor Diodesp. 816
28-4 PNP and NPN Transistorsp. 818
28-5 Field-Effect Transistor (FET)p. 823
28-6 Testing Diodes and Thyristorsp. 827
Summary and Reviewp. 830
Chapter 29 Electronic Circuitsp. 834
29-1 Analog and Digital Signalsp. 836
29-2 Amplifier Gainp. 838
29-3 Characteristics of Amplifier Circuitsp. 841
29-4 Oscillatorsp. 847
29-5 Multivibratorsp. 850
29-6 Modulationp. 853
29-7 Diode Rectifiersp. 857
29-8 Troubleshooting the DC Supply Voltagep. 860
Summary and Reviewp. 864
Chapter 30 Transistor Amplifiersp. 868
30-1 Circuit Configurationsp. 870
30-2 Class A, B, or C Operationp. 873
30-3 Analysis of Common-Emitter (CE) Amplifierp. 875
30-4 Collector Characteristic Curvesp. 879
30-5 Letter Symbols for Transistorsp. 881
30-6 FET Amplifiersp. 882
30-7 Troubleshooting Amplifier Circuitsp. 884
Summary and Reviewp. 888
Review: Chapters 28 to 30p. 890
Chapter 31 Digital Electronicsp. 892
31-1 Comparing Binary and Decimal Numbersp. 894
31-2 Decimal to Binary Conversionp. 896
31-3 Hexadecimal Numbersp. 896
31-4 Binary Coded Decimal Systemp. 900
31-5 The ASCII Codep. 901
31-6 Logic Gates, Symbols, and Truth Tablesp. 902
31-7 Boolean Algebrap. 906
31-8 DeMorgan's Theoremp. 909
31-9 Active high/Active low Terminologyp. 912
31-10 Treating Unused Inputs on Logic Gatesp. 914
31-11 Combinational Logic Circuitsp. 915
31-12 Flip-Flopsp. 918
31-13 Binary Countersp. 922
31-14 New Logic Symbolsp. 925
Summary and Reviewp. 927
Chapter 32 Integrated Circuitsp. 932
32-1 Operational Amplifiers and Their Characteristicsp. 934
32-2 Op Amp Circuitsp. 941
Summary and Reviewp. 950
Review: Chapters 31 and 32p. 953
Appendix A Electrical Symbols and Abbreviationsp. 955
Appendix B Solder and the Soldering Processp. 957
Appendix C Schematic Symbolsp. 964
Appendix D Using the Oscilloscopep. 966
Glossaryp. 981
Answers to Self-Testsp. 988
Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems and Critical Thinking Problemsp. 992
Indexp. 1002
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