Newnes Electronics Engineers Pocket Book (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Newnes Electronics Engineer’s Pocket Book 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 12
Part one: components and data 14
Electron physics 15
Atomic structure 15
Electrons and electric currents 16
Motion of electron in an electric field 17
Motion of an electron in a magnetic field 18
Structure of matter 18
Impurity semiconductors 19
The p-n junction 20
Resistors 22
Resistor and capacitor colour coding 23
Variable resistors 24
Resistor and capacitor letter and digit code (BS 1852) 25
Capacitors 25
Inductors 27
Transformers 28
Semiconductor devices 30
Semiconductor diodes 30
Zener diode 31
Varicap diodes (varactor diode) 32
Tunnel diode 32
The transistor 33
Common base amplifier 34
Common emitter amplifier 34
Field effect transistor 36
Unijunction transistor (UJT) 39
Silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) and family 39
Bipolar transistor letter symbols 41
Unijunction transistor letter symbols 43
Field effect transistor letter symbols 43
Common transistor and diode data 45
Bipolar transistors (continued) 47
Common transistor and diode data 51
Common transistor and diode data 51
Common transistor and diode data 53
Common transistor and diode data 53
Bridge rectifier data 53
Common transistor and diode data 54
Bridge rectifier encapsulations 54
Common transistor and diode data 55
Common transistor and diode data 55
Voltage regulator data 57
Transistor and diode encapsulations 57
Voltage regulator encapsulations 58
Logic terms 60
Basic logic symbols and truth tables 61
Medium scale integrated logic symbols and terminology 62
TTL data 64
TTL pinouts 71
CMOS data 89
CMOS pinouts 94
TTL and CMOS letter symbols 104
Op-amp data 105
Pro Electron system of semiconductor labelling 107
Part two: miscellaneous data 108
Abbreviations and symbols 109
Letter symbols by unit name 112
Electric quantities 118
Fundamental constants 119
Electrical relationships 119
Dimensions of physical properties 119
Fundamental units 120
Standard units 120
Greek alphabet 122
Electronic multiple and sub-multiple conversion 123
Conversion factors 123
Fractions of an inch with metric equivalents 128
Code conversion tables 130
ASCII control characters 135
Useful formulae 136
Decimal multipliers 141
Reactance of capacitors at spot frequencies 142
Reactance of inductors at spot frequencies 142
RC time constants 143
RL time constants 145
Component symbols (BS 3939) 147
Radiocommunications symbols 153
Logic elements 154
Block diagram symbols 157
Frequency spectrum symbols 159
Equipment marking symbols (BS 6217) 160
Decibel table 167
Connectors and connections 168
EIA 232 170
EIA 449 171
Centronics interface 172
EIA 232/EIA 449/V24 comparison 173
Audio connectors 175
Coaxial connectors 176
Videorecorder/televisions/camera connectors 177
SCART (BS 6552) 178
Main low-voltage power supplies 178
RF Cables USA RG series 181
British UR series 183
Cells and batteries 184
Part three: circuits and systems 186
AC amplifiers 187
Basic principles 187
Basic transistor amplifiers 190
Common emitter amplifier 190
Common collector amplifier (emitter follower) 193
Common base amplifier 194
Multistage amplifiers 195
Negative feedback 197
Audio amplifiers 197
Power amplifiers 199
Video amplißers 202
Frequency selective amplifiers 203
Integrated circuit amplifiers 206
DC amplifiers 207
The long-tail pair 208
Chopper amplifiers 210
Integrated circuit operational amplifier 211
Inverting amplifier 212
Oscillators 224
LC circuits 224
Colpitts oscillator 226
Hartley oscillator 227
Three-stage RC filter oscillator 228
Wien bridge oscillators 229
Crystal oscillators 230
Square wave oscillators 231
Multivibrator 232
Op-amp square wave oscillator 233
Blocking oscillator 234
Integrated circuit astables for digital circuits 235
Digital circuits 236
Basic logic gates 236
Positive and negative logic 239
Combinational logic 240
Boolean algebra 241
Karnaugh maps 243
Storage 245
Timers and monostables 247
Event-driven logic 249
Arithmetic and computing circuits 250
Encoders and decoders 252
Counters 253
Synchronous counters 254
Counters to non-binary bases 255
Arithmetic units 255
Shift register 257
Practical considerations 257
Transistor-transistor logic (TTL) 259
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor logic (CMOS) 260
Emitter coupled logic (ECL) 262
Digital-to-analog converters (DACs) 262
Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) 263
Optoelectronics 264
Sensor devices 265
Comparison of devices 268
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) 268
Incandescent bulbs 269
Neons 270
Liquid crystal displays 270
Lasers 271
Photocell applications 274
Opto-isolation 276
Numerical indicators 277
Infra-red remote controllers 278
Fibre optic communication 279
Electronics glossary 281
Index 315