IntroductionChapter 1 Diodes and Applications 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Ideal Diodes 1.3 Practical Diodes 1.4 Physical Operation of Junction Diodes 1.4.1 Diode Junction 1.4.2 Forward.Biased Condition 1.4.3 Reverse.Biased Condition 1.4.4 Breakdown Condition 1.5 Charactcristics of Practical Diodes 1.5.1 Forward.Biased Region 1.5.2 Reverse.Biased Region 1.5.3 Breakdown Region 1.6 Zener Diodes 1.7 Light.Emitting Diodes 1.8 Applications of Diodes 1.8.1 Diode Rectifiers 1.8.2 Clippers 1��8.3 Output Filters for Rectifiers Chapter 2 Amplifiers 2.1 Bipolar Junction Transistor 2.1.1 Principle 2.1.2 Input and Output Characteristics 2.2 Low-frequency Amplifiers 2.2.1 DC Biasing Circuits 2.2.2 Analyzing Methods of Amplifiers 2.2.3 Common-Emitters 2.2.4 Emitter Followers 2.3 Field-Effect Transistors 2.4 Cascaded Amplifiers 2.4.1 Input Resistance 2.4.2 Output Resistance 2.4.3 Voltage Gain of the Multi-stage Amplifier 2.4.4 Frequency Response of the RC-coupled Amplifier 2.5 Active Sources and Differential Amplifiers 2.5.1 Internal Structure of Differential Amplifiers 2.5.2 BJT Current Sources 2.5.3 Characteristics of Differential Amplifiers 2.5.4 Differential Amplifier Circuit 2.6 Power Amplifiers 2.6.1 Classification of Power Amplifiers 2.6.2 Class B Complementary Push-pull Amplifiers 2.6.3 Complementary Class AB Push-Pull AmplifiersChapter 3 Feedback Amplifiers 3.1 The Basic Concept of Feedback Amplifiers 3.2 The Principle of Negative Feedback 3.3 Feedback Topologies 3.4 Identifying the Type of Negative Feedback Amplifier 3.5 Approximate Calculation of AfChapter 4 Oscillators 4.1 Principles of Oscillators 4.1.1 Frequency Stability 4.1.2 Amplitude Stability 4.2 Phase-Shift Oscillators 4.3 Wien-Bridge Oscillators 4.4 Colpitts Oscillators 4.5 Hartley Oscillators 4.6 Crystal OscillatorsChapter 5 Operational Amplifiers 5.1 Characteristics of Ideal Op-Amps 5.2 Analysis of Circuits with Ideal Op-Amp 5.2.1 Inverting Amplifier 5.2.2 Noninverting Amplifier 5.2.3 Differential Amplifier 5.3 Applications 5.3.1 The Integrator 5.3.2 The Differentiator 5.3.3 Noninverting Summing Amplifier 5.3.4 Inverting Summing Amplifier 5.3.5 Addition-Subtraction Amplifier 5.4 Active Filters 5.4.1 Low-Pass Filter 5.4.2 High-pass Active Filter 5.4.3 Bandpass Filter 5.5 Comparator 5.5.1 Basic Inverting Schmitt Trigger 5.5.2 Voltage Transfer CharacteristicChapter 6 Introductory Digital Concepts 6.1 Digital and Analog Quantities 6.2 Binary Digitals. Logic Levels and Digital Waveforms 6.2.1 Binary Digits 6.2.2 Logic Levels 6.2.3 Digital Waveforms 6.2.4 The PulseChapter 7 Number Systems. Operations. and Codes 7.1 Binary-to-Decimal Conversion 7.2 Decimal-to-Binary Conversion 7.3 Binary AdditionChapter 8 Logic Gates 8.1 The Basic Logic Gates 8.2 Fixed-Function LogicChapter 9 Boolean Switching Algebra 9.1 Boolean Operations and Expressions 9.2 Laws and Rules of Boolean Algebra 9.2.1 Laws of Boolean Algebra 9.2.2 Rules of Boolean Algebra 9.3 DeMorgans Theorems 9.4 Simplification Using Boolean Algebra 9.5 Boolean Expressions and Truth Tables 9.5.1 The Sum-of-Products (SOP) Form 9.5.2 The Product-of-Sums (POS) Form 9.5.3 The truth table 9.6 The Karnaugh MapChapter 10 Combinational Logic 10.1 Definition of Combinational Logic 10.2 Functions of Combinational Logic 10.2.1 Adders 10.2.2 Encoders 10.2.3 MultiplexersChapter 11 Latches. Flip-Flops and Timers 11.1 Latches 1 1.1.1 The S-R (Set-Reset) Latch 11.2 Flip-Flops 11.2.1 The Edge-Triggered S-R Flip-Flop 11.2.2 The Edge-Triggered D Flip-Flop 11.2.3 The Edge-Triggered J-K Flip-Flop 11.2.4 Flip-Flop Applications 11.3 One-shots 11.4 The Astable MultivibratorChapter 12 Counters and Shift Registers 12.1 Counters 12.1.1 Asynchronous Counters 12.1.2 Synchronous Counters 12.2 Shift RegistersAppendix A Testing Solid-state ComponentsAppendix B Answers to All the Problems