Electronics the Easy Way

by Miller, Rex

• ISBN13: 9780764119811
• ISBN10: 0764119818
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Summary

This supplementary textbook for electrical engineering students will alsorove enlightening to others who have an aptitude for working with electronicquipment. The authors present a complex subject in step-by-step fashion -iterally guiding students through "the easy way" in understandinglectronics. This newly updated edition embraces the most recent developmentsn electronics. Opening with a chapter on the many available careers in theield, the authors continue with a review of the basic principles oflectricity and electronics. Subsequent chapters explain semiconductors,udio amplifiers, stereo equipment, oscillators, transmitters, television,asers and fiber optics, radar, computer hardware, and much more. The book isilled with informative line art and circuitry diagrams.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Careers
Electrical Engineering	1	(1)
Newer Employment Opportunities	2	(1)
The Integrated Circuit	3	(1)
Electronics Engineer	3	(1)
Electric Utilities	4	(1)
The Telephone Industry	5	(1)
TV Radio, and Appliance Repair	6	(2)
The Broadcast Industry	8	(1)
Summary	9	(1)
Review Questions	9	(1)
Introduction to Electronics
Basic Atomic Structure	10	(3)
Electric Energy	13	(2)
Voltage and Current	15	(1)
Power	16	(2)
Resistance	18	(3)
Ohm's Law	21	(1)
Circuits	22	(7)
Summary	29	(1)
Review Questions	30	(1)
Inductance, Capacitance, and Alternating Current
Inductance	31	(4)
Alternating Current	35	(3)
Transformers	38	(2)
Inductive Reactance	40	(2)
Capacitors	42	(7)
Capacitive Reactance	49	(2)
Summary	51	(1)
Review Questions	52	(2)
Resonance
Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance	54	(2)
Finding a Vector Sum	56	(1)
Finding the Impedance of an RL Circuit	56	(2)
Impedance in an RC Circuit	58	(1)
Series RCL Circuit	59	(2)
Phase Angle	61	(2)
Power Factor	63	(1)
Series Resonance	64	(3)
Parallel Resonance	67	(3)
Series Resonance Versus Parallel Resonance	70	(2)
Summary	72	(1)
Review Questions	73	(2)
Changing Alternating Current to Direct Current
Selenium Rectifiers	75	(1)
Solid State Rectifiers	76	(2)
Power Supply Rectifiers	78	(5)
Filters	83	(5)
Voltage Multipliers	88	(2)
Summary	90	(2)
Review Questions	92	(1)
Semiconductors
A Bit of History	93	(1)
Diodes and How They Work	93	(5)
Semiconductor Diodes	98	(3)
Biasing the Junction Diode	101	(3)
The Point Contact Diode	104	(1)
Zener Diodes	105	(2)
Tunnel Diodes	107	(2)
The Silicon Controlled Rectifier	109	(1)
Transistors	110	(7)
Integrated Circuits	117	(2)
Summary	119	(3)
Review Questions	122	(2)
Electrical Power
Three-Phase Power	124	(3)
Single-Phase Power	127	(9)
Summary	136	(1)
Review Questions	136	(2)
Audio Amplifiers
Distortion	138	(2)
Classes of Operation	140	(4)
Transistor Amplifiers	144	(1)
Integrated Circuits	145	(1)
Operational Amplifiers	146	(4)
Summary	150	(1)
Review Questions	151	(1)
Other Types of Amplifiers
Tuned Circuit Coupling	152	(1)
Voltage Amplifiers	153	(1)
Power Amplifiers	154	(1)
Feedback in Amplifiers	154	(2)
Integrated Circuits	156	(1)
Operational Amplifiers	157	(3)
Differential Amplifiers	160	(1)
Field Effect Transistors	161	(3)
Common FET Configurations	164	(1)
Gallium-Arsenide FET	165	(1)
Infrared Emitting Diodes	166	(1)
Silicon Photo Detectors	167	(1)
Summary	168	(1)
Review Questions	169	(1)
Stereo Equipment
Nature of Sound	170	(2)
Microphones	172	(7)
Turntables and Record Changers	179	(4)
Tape Recorders	183	(4)
Compact Disc	187	(7)
Digital Audio Tape	194	(2)
Preamplifiers	196	(1)
Power Amplifiers	196	(2)
Comparison of Power Amplifiers	198	(2)
Speakers	200	(4)
Speaker Enclosures	204	(2)
Crossover Networks	206	(2)
Summary	208	(1)
Review Questions	209	(2)
Oscillators
Conditions Needed for Oscillations	211	(2)
Feedback	213	(1)
Oscillator Output	214	(1)
Crystals	214	(1)
Transistor Oscillators	215	(7)
Newer Oscillator Circuits	222	(2)
Microwaves	224	(6)
Summary	230	(1)
Review Questions	231	(1)
Modulation and Demodulation
Modulation	232	(1)
AM Radiotelephone Transmitter	233	(1)
Amplitude Modulation	233	(1)
Frequency Modulation	234	(3)
Phase Modulation	237	(1)
Detectors or Demodulators	238	(7)
Quadrature Detection	245	(1)
Other Types of Modulation	246	(1)
Tone Modulation	247	(1)
Frequency Shift Keying	247	(2)
Pulse Modulation	249	(1)
Pulse Width Modulation	250	(1)
Pulse-Position Modulation	251	(1)
Summary	251	(1)
Review Questions	252	(1)
Transmitters, Transmission Lines, and Antennas
Continuous Wave Transmitter	253	(1)
Amplitude-Modulated Transmitters	253	(3)
Frequency-Modulated Transmitters	256	(2)
Transmission Lines	258	(3)
Antennas	261	(7)
Summary	268	(1)
Review Questions	269	(1)
Receivers
Antennas	270	(1)
Transmission Lines	270	(3)
Amplitude-Modulated Receivers	273	(7)
AM Radio on a Chip	280	(1)
Frequency-Modulated Receivers	281	(5)
FM Stereo	286	(3)
FM Radio on a Chip	289	(1)
Other FM Users	290	(1)
Summary	291	(1)
Review Questions	292	(1)
Television
Camera Tubes	293	(4)
TV Transmitter	297	(4)
Color Television	301	(7)
LCD Television Pictures	308	(3)
High Definition Television	311	(1)
TV Receiver Antennas	311	(2)
Summary	313	(1)
Review Questions	314	(2)
Lasers and Fiber Optics
Types of Lasers	316	(3)
Fiber Optics	319	(3)
Fiber Optics Communications System	322	(2)
Uses for Fiber Optics	324	(1)
Summary	325	(1)
Review Questions	325	(1)
Radar and Microwaves
Principles of Operation for Radar	326	(5)
Required Elements of a Pulse System	331	(2)
Power Requirements of a Pulse System	333	(1)
Waveguides and Cavity Resonators	334	(3)
Radar Antennas	337	(1)
Wave Propagation into Space	338	(1)
Uses of Radar	339	(1)
Radar Detector	339	(3)
Microwave Ovens	342	(2)
Summary	344	(1)
Review Questions	345	(1)
Computers
History	346	(1)
Types of Computers	347	(1)
Computer Circuits	348	(1)
Truth Table	349	(5)
Microprocessors, Personal Computers, and Special-purpose Computers	354	(1)
Microprocessors	355	(2)
How the Microprocessor Works	357	(1)
Communicating with the Microprocessor	358	(1)
The Special-Purpose Computer at Work	359	(1)
Summary	360	(1)
Review Questions	361	(1)
Applications of Electronics
The Phase-Locked Loop	362	(2)
Cable Television	364	(1)
Satellite Television	365	(3)
Global Positioning System	368	(1)
Robotics	369	(11)
Videotape	380	(1)
The Compact Disc	380	(2)
DVD	382	(1)
Space Manufacturing	383	(1)
Tape Scan Systems	383	(1)
Home Video Systems	384	(2)
Summary	386	(1)
Review Questions	387	(2)
Cellular Phones, Pagers, Faxes, and Printers
Cellular Telephone System	389	(5)
Pagers	394	(1)
Facsimiles (Faxes)	395	(5)
Inkjet Printers	400	(1)
Laser and LED Printers	401	(1)
Summary	402	(1)
Review Questions	403	(2)
Electronics in the Future
Fiber Optics	405	(1)
Digital Processing	405	(1)
Automobile Electronics	406	(1)
Communications	406	(1)
Home Appliances	406	(1)
Medical Electronics	406	(1)
CCD Television Cameras	406	(2)
The Internet	408	(1)
Summary	409	(1)
Glossary	410	(9)
Answers to Review Questions	419	(18)
Appendix: Electronics Jobs	437	(28)
Jobs Directly Related to the Production of Semiconductors	437	(7)
Jobs Directly Related to the Printed Circuit Boards	444	(11)
Other Electronics Jobs	455	(10)
Index	465