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Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) 2008934432

TXu1-254-969

ISBN-10: 1 934404 13 6

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The author has made every effort to make this text as complete and accurate as possible, but no warranty is implied. The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this text.

This text includes the following chapters and appendices:

• Basic Electronic Concepts and Signals

• Introduction to Semiconductor Electronics Diodes

• Bipolar Junction Transistors

• Field Effect Transistors and PNPN Devices

• Operational Amplifiers

• Integrated Circuits

• Pulse Circuits and Waveforms Generators

• Frequency Characteristics of Single-Stage and Cascaded Amplifiers

• Tuned Amplifiers

• Sinusoidal Oscillators

• Introduction to MATLAB

• Introduction to Simulink

• PID Controllers

• Compensated Attenuators

• The Substitution, Reduction, and Miller s Theorems

Each chapter contains numerous practical applications supplemented with detailed instructions for using MATLAB to plot the characteristics of non-linear devices and to obtain quick solutions.

Steven T. Karris is the founder and president of Orchard Publications, has undergraduate and graduate...