TY - BOOK AU - Meade,Russell L. AU - Diffenderfer,Robert TI - Foundations of electronics: circuits and devices SN - 0766840263 (hbk.) U1 - 621.381 PY - 2003/// CY - Clifton Park, N.Y. PB - Thomson/Delmar Learning KW - Electronics N1 - Preface. - Introduction. - Pt. 1. Foundational concepts. 1. Basic concepts of electricity. Ch. 2. Electrical quantities and components. - Pt. II. Basic circuit analysis. Ch. 3. Ohm's law. Ch. 4. Series circuits. Ch. 5. Parallel circuits. Ch. 6. Series-parallel circuits. Ch. 7. Basic network theorems. Ch. 8. Network analysis techniques. - Pt. III. Producing and measuring electrical quantities. Ch. 9. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Ch. 10. Measuring instruments. Ch. 11. Basic AC quantities. Ch. 12. The oscilloscope. - Pt. IV. Reactive components. Ch. 13. Inductance. Ch. 14. Inductive reactance in AC. Ch. 15. RL circuits in AC. Ch. 16. Basic transformer characteristics. Ch. 17. Capacitance. Ch. 18. Capacitive reactance in AC. Ch. 19. RC circuits in AC. Ch. 20. RLC circuit analysis. Ch. 21. Series and parallel resonance. Pt. V. Introductory devices and circuits. Ch. 22. Semiconductor materials and P-N junctions. Ch. 23. Diodes and diode circuits. Ch. 24. Power supply circuits. Ch. 25. Bipolar junction transistors. Ch. 26. BJT amplifier circuits. Ch. 27. Field-effect transistors and circuits. Ch. 28. Operational amplifiers. Ch. 29. Oscillators and multivibrators. Ch. 30. Thyristors. Ch. 31. Optoelectronics. - Appendix A. Color codes. - Appendix B. Answers. - Appendix C. Troubleshooting challenge test results. - Appendix D. Using a scientific calculator. - Appendix E. Copper-wire table. - Appendix F. Useful conversion factors. - Appendix G. Schematic symbols. - Appendix H. - Glossary. - Index; 1 electronic optical disc (CD-ROM) : Foundations of electronics, 4th ed. [by] Meade. ISBN 0766840271 ER -