Ideal for a one-semester course, this concise textbook covers basic electronics for undergraduate students in science and engineering. Beginning with the basics of general circuit laws and resistor circuits to ease students into the subject, the textbook then covers a wide range of topics, from passive circuits through to semiconductor-based analog circuits and basic digital circuits. Using a balance of thorough analysis and insight, readers are shown how to work with electronic circuits and apply the techniques they have learnt. The textbook's structure makes it useful as a self-study introduction to the subject. All mathematics is kept to a suitable level, and there are several exercises throughout the book. Password-protected solutions for instructors, together with eight laboratory exercises that parallel the text, are available online at www.cambridge.org/Eggleston.

Exercises after each chapter

This book is mostly devoted to amplification of analogue signals. It covers different technologies (bipolar, MOS, and MES), and different frequency ranges but it always deals with small signals. Analogue signals processed in electronic system may have a wide variety of origins. Among them we have the signals coming from sensors (electro-mechanical, electro-magnetic, electro-chemical, electro-acoustic, electro-optical, etc.), the signals coming from antennas being produced by another electronic system or are simply cosmic produced, and signals that are generated within the electronic systems. The common property of most of the signals is their small amplitude. In many cases it is below a micro-volt. Since at the output of the system we most frequently need a high amplitude signal the main action undertaken in the electronic system before any further processing is to amplify.

This book gives a concise presentation of the fundamentals of Electronics with applications mainly to Biosciences. It is thought that Mechanical Engineers, Computer Scientists, Physicists, Chemical Engineers and Bio-Scientists, students and graduates, will benefit from studying the book, as they will be helped to understand better the operation of the electronic equipment they use in their daily life at home and/or at work. It will also be useful to those who participate in multidisciplinary working teams, which require use of electronic equipment in their research and development projects. Additionally, it will be useful to teachers of electronics and corresponding students in Non-Electronic Engineering Departments at Technical Colleges and Universities. No previous knowledge of electronics is assumed and the reader will be helped to comprehend the material by following the numerical examples and solving the problems using MATLAB and Simulink programs.

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