This text describes just about all semiconductor devices and their industrial applications illustrated with numerous practical examples. It includes the following chapters and appendices:
o Basic Electronic Concepts and Signals
o Introduction to Semiconductor Electronics - Diodes
o Bipolar Transistors
o Field Effect Transistors and PNPN Devices
o Operational Amplifiers
o Integrated Circuits
o Pulse Circuits and Waveform Generators
o Frequency Characteristics of Single Stage and Cascaded Amplifiers
o Tuned Amplifiers
o Sinusoidal Oscillators
o Introduction to MATLAB®
o Compensated Attenuators
o The Substitution, Reduction, and Miller's Theorems
Each chapter contains numerous practical applications supplemented with detailed instructions for using MATLAB® to obtain accurate and quick solutions.