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White, Dick

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Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1997

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9780135179130

Subject Term:

Electric engineering

Electronics

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Doering, Roger

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Lab Manual (0-13-712622-0) contains an interesting range of experiments. Instructor's Manual (0-13-71622-0) contains classroom demos and lab solutions.

Prefaces to the First Edition	p. xiii
Preface for Students	p. xiii
Preface for Instructors	p. xiv
A Bit About the Authors	p. xv
Thanks	p. xvi
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xvii
Read Me First	p. xix
Conventions Used in this Book	p. xx
Part I On Being an Engineer
1 Modeling Processes	p. 3
1.1 Problems	p. 7
2 Engineering Design: Why? What? How?	p. 9
2.1 A Design Problem	p. 10
2.2 Examining the Design Problem	p. 10
2.3 Reflections	p. 11
2.4 Problems	p. 12
3 Engineering Ethics	p. 13
3.1 Case Studies	p. 15
3.2 Problems	p. 17
4 Meaningless Precision: 22.6 Grams of Fat per Serving	p. 19
5 About Those Other Fields of Engineering	p. 21
5.1 Key Concepts in Different Branches of Engineering	p. 23
6 Logarithmic Unit for a Person's Pay: The Salarybel	p. 27
6.1 Logarithmic Measure for Salaries: The Salarybel	p. 27
6.2 Logarithmic Measure for Power: The Decibel (dB)	p. 28
6.3 Decibel Measures for Voltage and Current	p. 28
6.4 Decibel Measure for Sound Pressure	p. 29
6.5 Gain or Loss Expressed in Decibels	p. 29
6.6 Summary	p. 29
6.7 Problems	p. 29
7 How Many Words Is a Picture Really Worth?	p. 31
7.1 Picture on a Computer Screen	p. 31
7.2 Words	p. 32
7.3 Bit Rate	p. 32
7.4 Problems	p. 33
8 Favorite Programs	p. 35
8.1 Painting Programs	p. 36
8.2 Word Processors	p. 37
8.3 Desktop Publishing	p. 37
8.4 Hypermedia	p. 38
8.5 Database	p. 38
8.6 Spreadsheet	p. 39
8.7 Symbolic Mathematics Programs	p. 40
8.8 Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Tools	p. 44
8.9 Finite-Element Method (FEM) Analysis	p. 45
8.10 Extraterrestrials Instead of Flying Toasters?	p. 48
8.11 Problem	p. 49
9 Some Really Interesting Technical and Semi-Technical Books	p. 51
10 Advice to Freshmen	p. 53
10.1 Advice to Freshmen from Some Graduates	p. 53
10.2 Those Non-Technical Electives	p. 54
10.3 On Language	p. 55
10.4 Learning Styles, Mental Models, Creativity, and Brainstorming	p. 56
10.5 Specialties Within Electrical and Computer Engineering	p. 58
10.6 Courses, Industry, and Graduate School	p. 59
11 On Communicating	p. 61
11.1 Avis Contraire	p. 62
11.2 On Brevity	p. 63
11.3 The Secret of Vigorous Writing	p. 63
11.4 It Doesn't Have to be Dull	p. 64
12 Templates for Technical Writing	p. 65
12.1 Why Just One Page?	p. 66
12.2 A Writing Tip from TV	p. 66
12.3 Student Laboratory Report	p. 67
12.4 Student Term Paper	p. 68
12.5 Resumes	p. 69
12.6 Technical Journal Article	p. 70
12.7 Proposal for RandD Funding	p. 71
12.8 Patent	p. 72
12.9 Business Plan	p. 73
12.10 Problems	p. 74
13 The Internet	p. 75
13.1 Packets and Nodes	p. 75
13.2 The Network Grows	p. 76
13.3 What Does One Do with the Internet?	p. 78
13.4 What Has the Internet Brought Us?	p. 79
13.5 Some Internet Terminology	p. 80
13.6 Future Prospects for Internet	p. 81
13.7 For Further Reading	p. 82
13.8 Problems	p. 83
14 Optical Communications	p. 85
14.1 The Fiber-Optic Approach	p. 86
14.2 Semiconductor Light Sources	p. 88
14.3 Practical Problems, and Some Solutions	p. 89
15 Industry-University Cooperation in MEMS	p. 91
15.1 Differences Between Industrial and University Research	p. 91
15.2 A Short History of MEMS	p. 92
16 Brief Technical Articles	p. 95
16.1 "If the Machine Is So Smart, Why Do I Feel So Dumb?"	p. 96
16.2 Problem	p. 98
16.3 The ThinkJet Printer--from Concept to Product	p. 99
16.4 Problem	p. 103
17 Entrepreneurship: It's Your Business	p. 105
17.1 Three Ways of Making Money	p. 105
17.2 Your Startup Company	p. 106
17.3 Is This for You?	p. 108
18 Unsolved Problems and Unanswered Questions	p. 109
18.1 Frozen Lake	p. 110
18.2 Was Paper Discovered or Invented?	p. 111
18.3 What's Coming Next?	p. 112
Part II Electrical Engineering--Survey of the Field
19 Direct Current Fundamentals	p. 115
19.1 Current and Charge	p. 115
19.2 Conductors, Insulators, Semiconductors, and Superconductors	p. 117
19.3 Voltage	p. 118
19.4 Power	p. 120
19.5 Energy	p. 121
19.6 Resistance	p. 122
19.7 Schematics	p. 126
19.8 Potential Variations in Resistive Circuits	p. 127
19.9 Voltage Dividers	p. 128
19.10 Thevenin Equivalent Circuits	p. 129
19.11 Ground	p. 130
19.12 Problems	p. 131
20 Alternating Currents and Components	p. 143
20.1 Alternating Currents	p. 143
20.2 AC Voltages	p. 144
20.3 Capacitance	p. 147
20.4 RC Circuits	p. 149
20.5 Inductance	p. 154
20.6 Transformers	p. 155
20.7 Summary Table of Electrical Quantities	p. 156
20.8 Problems	p. 157
21 What Can You Do with These Components?	p. 161
22 Digital Logic Devices	p. 163
22.1 Binary Number System	p. 163
22.2 Converting a Decimal Number to its Binary Equivalent	p. 164
22.3 Logic Operations and Truth Tables	p. 165
22.4 Logic Gate Array that Produces an Arbitrarily Chosen Output	p. 168
22.5 Boolean Algebra	p. 169
22.6 Adding Binary Numbers	p. 170
22.7 Memory Elements	p. 173
22.8 Sequential Logic	p. 175
22.9 Problems	p. 180
23 Computer Architecture	p. 183
23.1 Mental Models and the Computer	p. 183
23.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	p. 184
23.3 Instruction Set	p. 187
23.4 Assembly Language	p. 189
23.5 High-Level Languages	p. 190
23.6 Operating System (OS)	p. 190
23.7 Embedded Computing	p. 191
23.8 Problems	p. 191
24 What's in the Box?	p. 193
24.1 Memory Hierarchy	p. 194
24.2 Input/Output (I/O)	p. 198
24.3 Problems	p. 201
25 Semiconductors: From Ns and Ps to CMOS	p. 203
25.1 The Story with Metals	p. 203
25.2 What's Different about Semiconductors?	p. 204
25.3 PN-Diodes	p. 207
25.4 Transistor Amplifiers and Switches	p. 211
25.5 Putting It All Together: CMOS	p. 217
25.6 Problems	p. 217
26 The Load Line and Your Car Battery	p. 219
27 CMOS Logic and Memory	p. 221
27.1 CMOS Logic Gates	p. 221
27.2 Problems	p. 227
28 Other Semiconductor Devices and Circuits	p. 229
28.1 Diodes	p. 229
28.2 The Bipolar-Junction Transistor (BJT)	p. 232
28.3 Power Supply	p. 238
28.4 Operational Amplifiers	p. 241
28.5 Problems	p. 243
29 Fabrication of ICs and MEMS	p. 249
29.1 Making Printed Circuit Boards	p. 249
29.2 Making Integrated Circuits	p. 251
29.3 The Incredible Shrinking Transistor and Moore's Law	p. 253
29.4 Making Micromechanical Structures	p. 256
29.5 Wrap-Up	p. 264
29.6 Problems	p. 264
30 Power for the People	p. 265
30.1 Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Utilization	p. 265
30.2 Problems	p. 271
31 Wireless Communication Systems	p. 273
31.1 The Human Ear and Musical Instruments	p. 273
31.2 Communication Channels and the Need for Modulation	p. 274
31.3 AM and FM	p. 276
31.4 How do Antennas Work?	p. 277
31.5 The Frequency Spectrum	p. 279
31.6 More About Radio	p. 280
31.7 Television--500 Channels and Counting	p. 281
31.8 Frequency Hopping and Spread Spectrum: Invented by an Actress and a Composer	p. 282
31.9 How Much is Digital in All This?	p. 283
31.10 Cell Phones: Necessity or Nuisance?	p. 283
31.11 What Are All Those Satellites Doing?	p. 284
31.12 Modeling Electrical Devices: The Transfer Function	p. 285
31.13 Problems	p. 287
32 Digital Signal Processing	p. 289
32.1 On the One Hand ... and On the Other	p. 290
32.2 Sampling	p. 295
32.3 Going from One Side to the Other	p. 296
32.4 Signal Processing	p. 300
32.5 What About Hardware?	p. 301
32.6 Problems	p. 301
33 Electronics Terminology Brought to You by the good guys!	p. 303
Part III Appendices
A Instructional Objectives	p. 313
B Those Student Questions Answered	p. 315
C Water Models for Electronic Devices	p. 321
D Glossary	p. 323
E Significant Contributions to the Field	p. 335
F It's Greek to Me	p. 339
G Alexander Graham Bell's Photophone	p. 341
H Grading on the Curve	p. 343
I Universal Resource Locators (URLs)	p. 345
Author Index	p. 347
Subject Index	p. 349

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