Preface
Contents
0 Preparatory knowledge
0.1 Notation
0.2 Linear components
0.3 Independent sources
0.4 Controlled or dependent sources
0.5 Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws
0.6 Superposition
0.7 Advanced superposition
0.8 Thévenin and Norton equivalents
0.9 Linear networks and signals
0.10 Complex impedances
0.11 Fourier transformations
0.12 Differential equations
0.13 Circuit analysis methods
0.14 Transfer functions
0.15 Bode plots
Bode plot for first order transfer functions
Bode plot for second order low pass transfer functions
Bode plots for other transfer functions
0.16 Calculations & mathematics
0.17 The basics
0.18 Basic rules
0.19 Basic math rules
0.20 Simplifying relations
0.21 Impedance matching and maximum power transfer
0.22 Solving exercises
0.23 Verification using the answer manual
0.24 And finally...
1 Introduction
1.1 The focus in this book...
1.2 Why we need non-linear components...
1.3 Our work horse: the transistor
1.4 Typesetting in the book
2 Semiconductor physics in a nutshell
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Semiconductors
2.3 Diodes
2.4 Bipolar junction transistors (BJTs)
2.5 MOS-transistors
3 Bias circuits
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Biasing a transistor: the bias point
3.3 Biasing a transistor: requirements for its bias point
3.4 Biasing a transistor
3.5 Biasing a BJT
4 Small-signal equivalent circuits
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Linear model for transistors
4.3 Small signal equivalent models for transistors and circuits
4.4 SSEC of a BJT
4.5 Small-signal parameters
4.6 Amplifier circuits
4.7 SSEC and small signal properties of a basic amplifier circuit
5 Amplifier circuits
5.1 Basic amplifier circuits
5.2 More complex amplifiers
5.3 Other useful circuits
6 Feedback
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Negative feedback
6.3 Negative feedback and amplifiers: some examples
6.4 Stability
6.5 The Bode plot as tool for presentation
6.6 Feedback and dominant first-order behavior
7 The op-amp and negative feedback
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Linear applications
8 Harmonic oscillators (low Q)
8.1 Introduction into harmonic oscillators
8.2 Harmonic oscillators and quality factor Q
8.3 Harmonic oscillators with a low Q
8.4 Where and how to derive the loop gain - part 1
8.5 Startup issues
8.6 Amplitude control using the actual amplitude
8.7 Amplitude control using clipping
8.8 Initial signal at about the oscillation frequency
8.9 Trivial extension to low-Q oscillators using transconductors
9 Harmonic oscillators (high Q)
9.1 High Q harmonic oscillators with single transistors/amplifiers
9.2 Where and how to derive the loop gain - part 2
9.3 Single transistor oscillators - in any single-transistor amplifier configuration
9.4 Some high-Q single-BJT oscillator examples
9.5 High Q harmonic oscillators with multiple transistors/amplifiers
9.6 Some high Q multiple BJT oscillators: examples
9.7 Crystal oscillators
10 Introduction to RF electronics
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Transmitting and receiving
11 Antennas
11.1 Maxwell
11.2 Maxwell and Kirchhoff
11.3 Introduction to antennae
11.4 Dipole antennae
11.5 Monopole antennae
11.6 Other antenna characteristics
12 Modulation
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Amplitude modulation (AM)
12.3 Angle modulation: PM and FM
12.4 Digital modulation
12.5 A transmission system, a bit more exact
12.6 Putting it all together: a transmit system
13 High-frequency effects in real circuits
13.1 A single wire
13.2 Transistor capacitances
13.3 Two parallel wires - transmission line
13.4 Reflections
13.5 Maximum power versus maximum power transfer
Postface
Index
References