TY - BOOK AU - Schuler, Charles A. TI - Electronics: principles and applications / SN - 9781260084795 U1 - 621.381 23rd ed. PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - Electronics N1 - Includes Index; Table of Contents. – Ch. 1 Introduction - - A brief history - - Digital or analog - - Analog functions - - Circuits with both DC and AC - - Trends in Electronics. – Ch. 2 Semiconductors - - Conductors and insulators - - N-Type semiconductors - - P-Type Semiconductors - - Majority and Minority carriers - - Band gaps. – Ch. 3 Diodes - - The PN Junction - - Characteristic curves of diodes - - Diode lead identification - - Diode Types and applications - - Photovoltaic energy sources. – Ch. 4 Power supplies - - The power supply system - - Rectification - - Full wave rectification - - Conversion of RMS values to average values - - Filters - - Voltage multipliers - - Ripple and regulation - - Zener regulator - - Troubleshooting. – Ch. 5 Transistors - - Amplification - - Characteristic curves - - Transistor data - - Transistor testing - - Power transistors - - Transistors as switches. – Ch. 6 Introduction to small-signal amplifiers - - common-Emitter amplifiers - - Stabilozing the amplifier - - Other configurations - - Simulation and models. – Ch. 7 Small ER -