This is the thoroughly revised and updated Second Edition of the single, authoritative text and reference on electronic circuit design-both analog and digital. It emphasizes the methods actually used by circuit designers-a combination of some basic laws, rules of thumb, and a large bag of tricks. This completely new edition responds to the breakneck pace of change in electronics with a large number of new and revised topics. The thoroughly revised and updated Second Edition of the hugely successful The Art of Electronics is available now!

From the reviews of the First Edition:

"The best self-teaching book and reference book in electronics ... The beauty and fun of electronics shows through." Radio Communication

"Full of clever circuits and sharp insights, but with a surprising minimum of mathematics ... The depth is genuine, as is the richness of examples, data and apt tricks." Scientific American

"Far and away the finest book on the subject of electronics ... in the last decade. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone whose research or experiments require some electronics." Optical Engineering

Changes in the new edition:

• Totally rewritten chapters on microcomputers and microprocessors (using the IBM PC and the 68008)
• Substantially revised chapters on digital electronics (including PLDs, and the new HC and AC logic families), op-amps and precision design (reflecting the availability of excellent FET-input op-amps), construction techniques (including CAD/CAM).
• Every table has been revised and many new ones added.
• A rewritten chapter on FETs and an all-new chapter on micropower design.
• New sections on active filter designs, switched-capacitor filters, quadrature oscillators, low-dropout regulators, switching supplies, crowbars, isolation amplifiers, SCR latchup, 'ground bounce,' dynamic power dissipation, optoelectronics, RS-232 interfacing, modems, memory chips, schematic capture, AM detection, battery characteristics, sensor linearization

Contents

List of tables
Preface
Preface to first edition

Chapter 1: Foundations
Chapter 2: Transistors
Chapter 3: Field-effect transistors
Chapter 4: Feedback and operational amplifiers
Chapter 5: Active filters and oscillators
Chapter 6: Voltage regulators and power circuits
Chapter 7: Precision circuits and low-noise techniques
Chapter 8: Digital electronics
Chapter 9: Digital meets analog
Chapter 10: Microcomputers
Chapter 11: Microprocessors
Chapter 12: Electronic construction techniques< br /> Chapter 13: High-frequency and high-speed techniques
Chapter 14: Low-power design
Chapter 15: Measurements and signal processing

Appendix A: The oscilloscope
Appendix B: Math review
Appendix C: The 5% resistor color code
Appendix D: 1% Precision resistors
Appendix E: How to draw schematic diagrams
Appendix F: Load lines
Appendix G: Transistor saturation
Appendix H: LC Butterworth filters
Appendix I: Electronics magazines and journals
Appendix J: IC prefixes
Appendix K: Data sheets

Bibliography
Index