Intuitive Analog Circuit Design

Marc Thompson

• Publisher: Newnes
• Year: 2006
• eBook ISBN: 9780080478753
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This book reflects Marc Thompson's twenty years of experience designing and teaching analog circuit design. He describes intuitive and "back of the envelope techniques for designing and analyzing analog circuits, including transistor amplifiers (CMOS and bipolar), transistor switching, thermal circuit design, magnetic circuit design, control systems, and the like. The application of some simple rules-of-thumb and design techniques is the first step in developing an intuitive understanding of the behavior of complex electrical systems. This book outlines some ways of thinking about analog circuits and systems that hopefully develops such "circuit intuition and a "feel for what a good, working analog circuit design should be.*Introduces analog circuit design with a minimum of mathematics.*Gives readers an intuitive "feel" for analog circuit operation and rules-of-thumb for their design.*Uses numerous analogies from digital design to help readers whose main background is in digital make the transition to analog design.*Accompanying CD-ROM contains PowerPoint presentations for each chapter and MATLAB files used in the text.

Table of contents

• front cover
• copyright
• In memoriam
• Dedication
• table of contents
• front matter
• Preface
• body
• 1 Introduction and Motivation
• 2 Review of Signal-Processing Basics
• 3 Review of Diode Physics and the Ideal (and Later, Nonideal) Diode
• 4 Bipolar Transistor Models
• 5 Basic Bipolar Transistor Amplifiers and Biasing
• 6 Bandwidth Estimation Techniques and the Method of Open-Circuit Time Constants
• 7 Advanced Transistor Amplifier Techniques
• 8 High-Gain Bipolar Amplifiers and BJT Current Mirrors
• 9 Introduction to MOSFET Devices and Basic MOS Amplifiers
• 10 Bipolar Transistor Switching and the Charge Control Model
• 11 Review of Feedback Systems
• 12 Basic Operational Amplifier Topologies and a Case Study
• 13 Review of Current Feedback Operational Amplifiers
• 14 Analog Low-Pass Filters
• 15 Review of Passive Components and a Case Study in PC Board Layout
• 16 Other Useful Design Techniques and Loose Ends
• Index
• back matter
• What's on the CD-ROM?
• CD-ROM License Agreement