Crane / Hiller Electronics for Technicians

The Commonwealth and International Library: Electrical Engineering Division
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-3776-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Web PDF

Electronics for Technicians covers the basic fundamentals of electronics, including the operation of devices and circuits. The book is meant to help the technician to obtain numerical answers to actual circuit problems. This volume consists of seven chapters, the first of which introduces the reader to the basic rules for circuits containing resistive and reactive elements. Charge and discharge of a capacitor through a resistor is discussed, along with charge and discharge of an inductance through a resistance, application of sinusoidal voltages to simple networks, and series and parallel LCR circuits. The chapters that follow focus on the simple construction and operation of vacuum and semiconductor rectifier devices capable of amplifying alternating signals, uses of transistors and valves in amplifier circuits, and power supplies. Negative and positive feedback is also considered, with particular emphasis on circuit descriptions of the more common oscillator types that produce or do not produce sinusoidal waves. The book concludes with a chapter on laboratory test equipment such as cathode-ray oscilloscopes, alternating current electronic voltmeters, low-frequency signal generators, and Q-meters. This book is written specifically for technicians in the electrical engineering industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crane, P. W.

Hiller, N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Electronics for Technicians;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Foreword;10
6;Acknowledgements;11
7;Symbols and Abbreviations;12
8;CHAPTER 1. Circuit Theory;14
8.1;1.1. Charge and Discharge of a Capacitor (C) Through a Resistor (R);14
8.2;1.2. Charge and Discharge of an Inductance (L) Through a Resistance (r);18
8.3;1.3. Application of Sinusoidal Voltages to Simple Networks;20
8.4;1.4. Series and Parallel LCR Circuits;24
8.5;1.5. Worked Examples;32
8.6;1.6. Examples for Practice;36
9;CHAPTER 2. Valves and Semiconductors;39
9.1;2.1. The Vacuum Diode;39
9.2;2.2. The Vacuum Triode;45
9.3;2.3. The Tetrode Valve;53
9.4;2.4. The Beam Tetrode;56
9.5;2.5. The Pentode Valve;58
9.6;2.6. Semiconductor Theory;61
9.7;2.7. P–N Junction Diode 2.7.1. Construction;68
9.8;2.8. Point Contact Diode;72
9.9;2.9. P–N–P Junction Transistor;73
9.10;2.10. The N-Channel Field Effect Transistor (F.E.T.);80
9.11;2.11. Examples for Practice;84
10;CHAPTER 3. Other Electronic Devices;87
10.1;3.1. Cold-cathode Diode;87
10.2;3.2. Hot-cathode Gas-filled Diode;90
10.3;3.3. The Negative Grid Thyratron;94
10.4;3.4. The Mercury-arc Rectifier;101
10.5;3.5. The Ignitron;104
10.6;3.6. Photo-electric Devices;105
10.7;3.7. The Dekatron;114
10.8;3.8. The Electrostatic Cathode-ray Tube;116
10.9;3.9. Examples for Practice;121
11;CHAPTER 4. Power Supplies;123
11.1;4.1. Half-wave Rectifier;123
11.2;4.2. Capacitance Smoothing;126
11.3;4.3. L–C Filter;129
11.4;4.4. Full-wave Rectifier;131
11.5;4.5. Zener Diode Voltage Regulator;134
11.6;4.6. Voltage Regulation Using the Voltage Reference Tube;138
11.7;4.7. Emitter-follower Series Voltage Regulator;140
11.8;4.8. Series Voltage Regulator Using Thermionic Valves;142
11.9;4.9. Examples for Practice;143
12;CHAPTER 5. Amplifiers;145
12.1;5.1. Resistance-loaded Common-emitter Transistor Amplifiers;145
12.2;5.2. Transformer-coupled Large-signal Common-emitter Amplifiers;169
12.3;5.3. Resistance-loaded Thermionic Valve Amplifiers;176
12.4;5.4. Transformer-coupled Large-signal Thermionic Valve Amplifiers;193
12.5;5.5. Examples for Practice;196
13;CHAPTER 6. Feedback—Negative and Positive;199
13.1;6.1. Negative Feedback;200
13.2;6.2. Positive Feedback;212
13.3;6.3. Examples for Practice;228
14;CHAPTER 7. Laboratory Test Equipment;230
14.1;7.1. The Cathode-ray Oscilloscope;230
14.2;7.2. A.C. Electronic Voltmeter;234
14.3;7.3. Low-frequency Signal Generator;236
14.4;7.4. The Q-Meter;237
14.5;7.5. Examples for Practice;238
15;Index;240