This entertaining and readable book provides a solid, comprehensive introduction to contemporary electronics. It's not a "how-to-do" electronics book, but rather an in-depth explanation of how today's integrated circuits work, how they are designed and manufactured, and how they are put together into powerful and sophisticated electronic systems. In addition to the technical details, it's packed with practical information of interest and use to engineers and support personnel in the electronics industry. It even tells how to pronounce the alphabet soup of acronyms that runs rampant in the industry.

CONTENTS:

Section 1: Fundamentals

Chapter 1 Analog versus Digital

Chapter 2 Atoms, Molecules, and Crystals

Chapter 3 Conductors, Insulators, and Other Stuff

Chapter 4 Semiconductors (Diodes and Transistors)

Chapter 5 Primitive Logic Functions

Chapter 6 Using Transistors to Build Logic Gates

Chapter 7 Alternative Numbering Systems

Chapter 8 Binary Arithmetic

Chapter 9 Boolean Algebra

Chapter 10 Karnaugh Maps

Chapter 11 Slightly More Complex Functions

Chapter 12 State Machines

Chapter 13 Analog-to-Digital and Vice Versa

Section 2: Components and Processes

Chapter 14 Integrated Circuits (ICs)

Chapter 15 Memory ICs

Chapter 16 Programmable ICs

Chapter 17 Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)

Chapter 18 Circuit Boards

Chapter 19 Hybrids

Chapter 20 System-in-Package (Sip) and Friends

Chapter 21 Alternative and Future Technologies Section 3: Design Tools and Stuff

Chapter 22 General Concepts

Chapter 23 Design and Verification Tools

Appendix A Assertion-Level Logic

Appendix B Positive Logic versus Negative Logic

Appendix C Reed-Müller Logic

Appendix D Gray Codes

Appendix E Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs)

Appendix F Pass-Transistor Logic

Appendix G More on Semiconductors

Appendix H Rounding Algorithms 101

Appendix I Pass-Transistor Logic

Appendix J An Interesting Conundrum

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Glossary

Index

*Written in conversational, fun style that has generated a strong following for the author and sales of over 14,000 copies for the first two editions *The Third Edition is even bigger and better, with lots of new material, illustrations, and an expanded glossary

*Ideal for training incoming engineers and technicians, and for people in marketing or other related fields or anyone else who needs to familiarize themselves with electronics terms and technology