Hickman's Analog and Rf Circuits

by Hickman

• ISBN13: 9780750637428
• ISBN10: 0750637420
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-08
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Hickman's latest guide is essential reading for anyone designing analog circuits. This book will enlighten, inform, interest, and even amuse readers, and give them the ability to tackle analog and RF design problems with confidence.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: General analog circuitry: Voltage references

Versatile twin amplifier has many uses

Differentiating op-amps

Current conveyor ICs - a new building block

Single-pot polarity and gain adjustment

LCR measuring transformed

Cautionary tales for circuit designers

Analog signal processing

Reflections opto-electronics

Part 2: Audio: Low distortion audio oscillator

MOSFET stabilises Wien amplitude

High-performance THD meter

Listening for clues

Part 3: RF: White noise - white knight

Ready to use RF amplifiers

Synchronous oscillators: alternative to PLL?

The ins and outs of oscillator action

The transformer-ratio-arm-bridge

Smaller steps to better performance

Tweaking the diode detector

Oscillating at UHF

Modulating linearly

Sweeping to VHF

Part 4: Basic principles: Charting RF performance

Magic numbers in electronics

Harmonising theory with practice

Analysing waveforms in the practical world

Sinewaves step by step

Is matching easy?

Index.