An introduction to the world of electronics. It has been written to be fully in line with the Advanced GNVQ, BTEC NII and NIII, and A Level/AS Level Electronics (in particular NEAB). The approach is student-centred with "Test Your Knowledge" features to check understanding and activities suitable for practicals, homework and other assignments. Key facts, formulae and definitions are highlighted to aid revision, and theory is backed up with numerous examples throughout. Each chapter ends with a s...
Data Conversion Handbook (Analog Devices)
by Analog Devices Inc Engineering Analog Devices Inc, Engineeri Analog Devices Inc, and Analog Devices Inc., Engineeri
This comprehensive handbook is a one-stop engineering reference. Covering data converter fundamentals, techniques, applications, and beginning with the basic theoretical elements necessary for a complete understanding of data converters, this reference covers all the latest advances in the field. This text describes in depth the theory behind and the practical design of data conversion circuits as well as describing the different architectures used in A/D and D/A converters. Details are provid...
Optimal Production Planning for PCB Assembly (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing)
by William Ho and Ping Ji
This advanced introduction to optimal production planning for PCB assembly details ways a reader can improve the efficiency of the assembly line in their company. It presents mathematical modeling techniques and heuristic solution approaches to optimize some critical PCB assembly problems arising in the industry.
Three-Phase Diode Rectifiers with Low Harmonics (Power Electronics and Power Systems)
by Predrag Pejovic
This book reviews numerous research papers published in the last fifteen years in the area of current injection based rectifiers. A partial list of coverage includes analysis of various magnetic current injection devices, the third harmonic current injection, injection networks, and optimal current injection. The book will be of interest to professionals involved in design of low-harmonic three-phase rectifiers, as well as students and researchers.
Graphene-Based Terahertz Electronics and Plasmonics
Graphene demonstrates interesting electrical, optical, and optoelectronic properties. A number of other one-atom-thick material structures have been discovered and studied. Industrially applicable technologies for these structures are currently under active development. In spite of enormous research in the area of devices based on graphene, the number of extensive review publications on THz devices based on graphene is small. This review volume would fill the gap. Researchers and engineers work...
RF and Microwave Microelectronics Packaging presents the latest developments in packaging for high-frequency electronics. It will appeal to practicing engineers in the electronic packaging and high-frequency electronics fields and to academic researchers interested in understanding leading issues in the commercial sector. It covers the latest developments in thermal management, electrical/RF/thermal-mechanical designs and simulations, packaging and processing methods as well as other RF/MW packa...
This book offers students with no previous background the first unified and coherent treatment of general physics with an emphasis on semiconductor physics. It introduces the first principles of classical physics, then develops the concepts and methods of quantum mechanics and their application to atoms and solids. Also presented are the characteristics of semiconductor devices (transistors and diodes) and their use in the construction of logic circuits, which are fundamental to the operation of...
MicroNano Integration (VDI-Buch) (VDI-Buch / Chemische Technik / Verfahrenstechnik)
In recent years, micro- and nanotechnologies became key technologies, having a significant effect on the development of new products and production technologies, as well as on novel medical diagnosis and treatment methods. Moreover, due to their enormous potential for new applications, micro- and nanotechnologies, in future, will increasingly affect our every days life, with an impact, comparable to that of the industrial revolution in the 19th century, or the developments in microelectronics in...
Micro Mechanical Transducers (Handbook of Sensors and Actuators, #8)
by Min-Hang Bao
Some years ago, silicon-based mechanical sensors, like pressure sensors, accelerometers and gyroscopes, started their successful advance. Every year, hundreds of millions of these devices are sold, mainly for medical and automotive applications. The airbag sensor on which research already started several decades ago at Stanford University can be found in every new car and has saved already numerous lives. Pressure sensors are also used in modern electronic blood pressure equipment. Many other me...
ASIC and FPGA Verification (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Systems on Silicon ) (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Systems on Silicon (Hardcover))
by Richard Munden
Richard Munden demonstrates how to create and use simulation models for verifying ASIC and FPGA designs and board-level designs that use off-the-shelf digital components. Based on the VHDL/VITAL standard, these models include timing constraints and propagation delays that are required for accurate verification of today's digital designs. ASIC and FPGA Verification: A Guide to Component Modeling expertly illustrates how ASICs and FPGAs can be verified in the larger context of a board or a syste...
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi (Make: Projects)
by Shawn Wallace and Professor Matt Richardson
The Raspberry Pi platform was developed to lower the barriers to teaching young people programming, and it is also popular with hardware hackers and hobbyists who may have a project that needs more computing power than a microcontroller. The first section of the book gets you up and running; after the first chapter the reader will have installed the operating system, will have an understanding of all the hardware features of the Pi, and will have set up the small computer with the correct power...
In this book the author provides a readily accessible, uncomplicated account of how some semiconductor devices work and why they are designed as they are. Assuming only the most rudimentary understanding of electronic circuits, it is truly introductory, illustrating the general principles underlying the whole range of devices and systems. Self assessment tests are liberally distributed throughout to allow the reader to gauge their understanding of the material as they work through, and exerci...
Every reason now exists to make homes more secure: the crime rate is increasing, insurance companies are insisting on adequate protection, and more householders are improving home security, so criminals are seeking out the easier jobs. This book provides practical, independent guidance, shows how burglars work, and how to thwart them and offers jargon-free descriptions of selection and installation of alarm systems. This book explains the pros and cons of alarm systems, including how to avoid fa...
Digital Circuit Testing and Testability (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design G)
by Parag K. Lala
In the past few years, reliable hardware system design has become increasingly important in the computer industry. Digital Circuit Testing and Testability is an easy to use introduction to the practices and techniques in this field. Parag K. Lala writes in a user-friendly and tutorial style, making the book easy to read, even for the newcomer to fault-tolerant system design. Each informative chapter is self-contained, with little or no previous knowledge of a topic assumed. Extensive references...
Das vorliegende Werk ist eine Zusammenstellung der Grundlagen der Hoechstfrequenztechnik. Die bewusst gewahlte, umfangreiche Darstellung der Zusammenhange sowie die weitgehend vollstandige Angabe der Herleitungen dient zum einen dazu, dass der unbedarfte Leser die Moeglichkeit erhalt, sich in die komplizierten Bereiche der Hoechstfrequenztechnik einzuarbeiten. Zum anderen kann diese Zusammenfassung als Nachschlagewerk benutzt werden. So sind neben den einfuhrenden Grundlagen fur Studierende die...
Parasitic Phenomena in the Dynamics of Industrial Devices
by Alberto Borboni and Rodolfo Faglia
In the real world the dynamic behavior of a real machine presents either unforeseen or limiting phenomena: both are undesired, and can be therefore be classified as parasitic phenomena - unwanted, unforeseen, or limiting behaviors. Parasitic Phenomena in the Dynamics of Industrial Devices describes the potential causes and effects of these behaviors and provides indications that could minimize their influence on the mechanical system in question. The authors introduce the phenomena and explore...
Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication
The 4th edition of this popular Handbook continues to provide an easy-to-use guide to the many exciting new developments in the field of optical fiber data communications. With 90% new content, this edition contains all new material describing the transformation of the modern data communications network, both within the data center and over extended distances between data centers, along with best practices for the design of highly virtualized, converged, energy efficient, secure, and flattened n...