The Art of Electronics

The new gold standard and indispensable reference for anyone, student or researcher, professional or amateur, who works with electronic circuits.

Paul Horowitz (Author), Winfield Hill (Author)

9780521809269, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 March 2015

1220 pages, 165 b/w illus. 78 tables
26.2 x 21 x 4.8 cm, 2.51 kg

'I believe the strength of this book stems from the authors' background in physics … The key being that electronics is not their primary interest. This 'application perspective' is most evident in their presentation: the material is presented with the goal of understanding the behavior of electronic devices, circuits, and systems before the nitty-gritty details of calculating the behaviour … The authors are also liberal in their use of commercially available parts in their presentation, something rarely, if ever, seen in a typical textbook. There is an abundance of warning, based on real-world experience, of the many traps that lie in wait for the practitioner of the electronic art … In spite of the analog bent, the digital information in this book is an excellent source for the analog engineer to get started using digital systems for the control of analog circuits. All in all, a highly recommended addition to the working engineer's bookshelf. ' Greg Oshiro , Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

At long last, here is the thoroughly revised and updated third edition of the hugely successful The Art of Electronics. It is widely accepted as the best single authoritative book on electronic circuit design, and is in fact so popular that it has been counterfeited - so beware if purchasing from a third party via an online retailer, as you may receive a very inferior physical product. In addition to new or enhanced coverage of many topics, the third edition includes 90 oscilloscope screenshots illustrating the behavior of working circuits, dozens of graphs giving highly useful measured data of the sort that is often buried or omitted in datasheets but which you need when designing circuits, and 80 tables (listing some 1650 active components), enabling intelligent choice of circuit components by listing essential characteristics (both specified and measured) of available parts. The new Art of Electronics retains the feeling of informality and easy access that helped make the earlier editions so successful and popular. It is an indispensable reference and the gold standard for anyone, student or researcher, professional or amateur, who works with electronic circuits.

1. Foundations
2. Bipolar transistors
3. Field effect transistors
4. Operational amplifiers
5. Precision circuits
6. Filters
7. Oscillators and timers
8. Low noise techniques and transimpedance
9. Power regulation
10. Digital electronics
11. Programmable logic devices
12. Logical interfacing
13. Digital meets analog
14. Computers, controllers, and data links
15. Microcontrollers.

Subject Areas: Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Electronics engineering [TJF], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Technology, engineering, agriculture [T], Physics [PH], Mathematics & science [P]