Summary

During the ten years since the appearance of the groundbreaking, bestselling first edition of The Electronics Handbook , the field has grown and changed tremendously. With a focus on fundamental theory and practical applications, the first edition guided novice and veteran engineers along the cutting edge in the design, production, installation, operation, and maintenance of electronic devices and systems. Completely updated and expanded to reflect recent advances, this second edition continues the tradition.

The Electronics Handbook, Second Edition provides a comprehensive reference to the key concepts, models, and equations necessary to analyze, design, and predict the behavior of complex electrical devices, circuits, instruments, and systems. With 23 sections that encompass the entire electronics field, from classical devices and circuits to emerging technologies and applications, The Electronics Handbook, Second Edition not only covers the engineering aspects, but also includes sections on reliability, safety, and engineering management.

The book features an individual table of contents at the beginning of each chapter, which enables engineers from industry, government, and academia to navigate easily to the vital information they need. This is truly the most comprehensive, easy-to-use reference on electronics available.

Choice Review

This handbook, coauthored by more than 150 experts, provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview of the entire field of electronics in a single volume. This new edition (1st ed., CH, Jun'97, 34-5697) includes key concepts and fundamentals relating to the design and analysis of electronic devices, circuits, and systems with a major focus on practical applications of electronics. Much of the material discussed is fundamental and tutorial. It is intended as a resource for practicing engineers and technicians active in the design, production, operation, or maintenance of electronic devices and systems. The specific topics addressed include fundamentals of electrical theory, properties of materials, passive electrical circuits, vacuum tubes, semiconductor devices and circuits, microelectronics, optoelectronics, power supplies, packaging, wired and wireless communication systems, electromagnetic radiation, information recording and storage, radar, control systems, computer systems, measurement and testing, reliability, safety, management, standards, and regulation. The handbook contains extensive measurement conversion tables, math tables, a glossary of terms, and lists of abbreviations and acronyms. In this easy-to-use resource, each chapter begins with a table of contents and concludes with a comprehensive list of additional references. For libraries associated with engineering and technology programs. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. F. A. Cassara Polytechnic University