Transistor Circuit Techniques: Discrete and Integrated

Thoroughly revised and updated, this highly successful textbook guides students through the analysis and design of transistor circuits. It covers a wide range of circuitry, both linear and switching. Transistor Circuit Techniques: Discrete and Integrated provides students with an overview of fundamental qualitative circuit operation, followed by an examination of analysis and design procedure. It incorporates worked problems and design examples to illustrate the concepts. This third edition includes two additional chapters on power amplifiers and power supplies, which further develop many of the circuit design techniques introduced in earlier chapters. Part of the Tutorial Guides in Electronic Engineering series, this book is intended for first and second year undergraduate courses. A complete text on its own, it offers the added advantage of being cross-referenced to other titles in the series. It is an ideal textbook for both students and instructors.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION TO SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Objectives Semiconductors The Junction Diode Diode Models Breakdown Diodes The Bipolar Junction Transistor Integrated Circuits Summary Problems INTRODUCTION TO AMPLIFIERS AND BIASING Objectives Amplifier Fundamentals BJT Configurations BJT Biasing in Common-Emitters Biasing Other Configurations Coupling Capacitors Direct Coupling Summary Problems SMALL-SIGNAL BJT MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATION Objectives Why Model? A Basic BJT Model Use of the Model Full Hybrid-p Model Simple Common-base Model Summary Problems SINGLE STAGE BJT AMPLIFIERS WITH FEEDBACK Objectives Series Feedback Amplifier The Emitter Follower Effect of Emitter Decoupling Capacitor Shunt Feedback Amplifier High-input Resistance Techniques Summary Problems LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNIQUES Objectives The Differential Amplifier Current Sources Current Mirrors Active Loads Level-shifting Circuits The Amplified Diode A Simple Operational Amplifier The Differential Comparator Summary Problems BJT SWITCHING CIRCUITS Objectives BJT Regions of Operation Simple Switching Circuits Cascaded Switching Stages Positive Feedback: The Bistable Timing Circuits Collector Waveform Improvement Junction Breakdown Protection An Integrated Circuit Timer Differential Comparator Oscillator Summary Problems FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS AND CIRCUITS Objectives The JFET The MOST Small-signal Model FET Amplifiers Voltage-variable Resistor FET Switches MOS Logic Gates MOS NOR and NAND Gates CMOS Logic Gates Summary Problems AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIERS Objectives An Audio System Power Amplifier Output Stage Voltage Gain Stages and Overall Configuration An Audio Power Amplifier Design Procedure Other Aspects of Power Amplifiers Summary Problems POWER SUPPLY REGULATORS Objectives Introduction The Unregulated Supply Linear Voltage Regulators Regulator Design Examples Introduction to Switching Regulators Summary Problems APPENDICES REFERENCES ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS INDEX