Discrete and Integrated Circuit Electronics (Saunders College Publishing Series in Electronics Technology)

This text is written for the two-semester electronics devise course, emphasizing the growth in integrated circuits over discrete components. The book provides a clear and correct presentation of FET (field-effect transistor) operations as well as a unified view of transistors (FETs, MOSFETs-metal oxide silicon FETs BJTs-bipolarjunction transistor) as small signal amplifiers. It explains the internal operation of many different IC's (integrated circuits) in terms of discrete components and combines linear IC's with discrete components to produce precision circuits. A three-step learning process approach that includes examples, exercises with answers, and chapter problems is used throughout.