Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xiii -- About the Author xv -- About the Reviewers xvii -- Note to Instructors xxi -- 1 HOW TO DESIGN RESISTIVE CIRCUITS 1 -- 1.1 Design of a Resistive Thevenin Source 2 -- 1.2 Design of a Coupling Circuit 4 -- 1.3 Design of a Pi Attenuator 8 -- Problems 14 -- References 17 -- 2 HOW TO PREVENT A POWER TRANSISTOR FROM OVERHEATING 19 -- 2.1 Electrical Model for Heat Transfer 20 -- 2.2 Using Manufacturer's Data for Thermal Analysis 23 -- 2.3 Forced-Air Cooling 26 -- 2.4 Dynamic Response of a Thermal System 27 -- Problems 30 -- Reference 32 -- 3 HOW TO ANALYZE A CIRCUIT 33 -- 3.1 Frequency Response of a Transfer Function 34 -- 3.2 Frequency Response and Impedance of Simple Circuits 38 -- 3.3 Frequency Response for Ladder Networks 51 -- 3.4 Generalized Technique for Determining Frequency Response 54 -- Problems 58 -- References 60 -- 4 HOW TO USE STATISTICS TO ENSURE A MANUFACTURABLE DESIGN 61 -- 4.1 Independent Component Failures 62 -- 4.2 Using the Gaussian Distribution 63 -- 4.3 Setting a Manufacturing Test Limit 68 -- 4.4 Procuring a Custom Component 71 -- Problems 76 -- References 77 -- 5 HOW TO DESIGN A FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM 79 -- 5.1 Intuitive Description of a Control System 80 -- 5.2 Review of Control System Operation 81 -- 5.3 Performance of Control Systems 84 -- 5.4 First-Order Control System Design 84 -- 5.5 Second-Order Control System Design 88 -- 5.6 Circuit Realization of a Second-Order Control System 94 -- 5.7 First-Order Discrete Control System 95 -- Problems 101 -- References 102 -- 6 HOW TO WORK WITH OP-AMP CIRCUITS 103 -- 6.1 The Ideal Op-Amp 104 -- 6.2 Practical Op-Amps 108 -- 6.2.1 Effect of Input Offset Voltage 108 -- 6.2.2 Noise Contribution from Op-Amp Circuits 110 -- 6.2.3 Dynamic Characteristics of Op-Amp Circuits 113 -- 6.2.4 Effect of Capacitive Loading 116 -- 6.2.5 A Nagging Issue 118 -- Problems 119 -- References 121 -- 7 HOW TO DESIGN ANALOG FILTERS 123 -- 7.1 Passive Versus Active Filters 124 -- 7.2 The Lowpass RC Filter 125.

7.3 Filter Response Characteristics 129 -- 7.4 Specification of Filter Type 131 -- 7.5 Generalized Filter Design Procedure 132 -- 7.6 Design of Active Lowpass Filters 136 -- 7.7 Design of Passive RF Filters 139 -- Problems 146 -- References 148 -- 8 HOW TO DESIGN DIGITAL FILTERS 149 -- 8.1 Review of Sampling 150 -- 8.2 Using the z-Transform to Determine the Transfer Function and Frequency Response of Digital Filters 155 -- 8.3 FIR and IIR Digital Filters 161 -- 8.3.1 FIR Filters 162 -- 8.3.2 IIR Filters 165 -- 8.3.3 Comparisons between FIR and IIR Filters 167 -- 8.4 Design of Simple and Practical Digital Filters 168 -- 8.4.1 Averaging Lowpass FIR Filter 168 -- 8.4.2 Lowpass FIR/IIR Filter 171 -- Problems 177 -- References 181 -- 9 HOW TO WORK WITH RF SIGNALS 183 -- 9.1 Energy Transfer 185 -- 9.2 Signal Reflections 187 -- 9.3 Effect of Signal Reflections on Digital Signals 190 -- 9.4 Effect of Signal Reflections on Narrowband Signals 195 -- 9.5 The Smith Chart 198 -- 9.6 Using the Smith Chart to Display Impedance Versus Frequency 205 -- 9.7 Final Comments Regarding the Smith Chart 205 -- Problems 206 -- References 209 -- 10 GETTING A JOB-KEEPING A JOB-ENJOYING YOUR WORK 211 -- 10.1 Getting a Job 212 -- 10.1.1 Getting an Interview 214 -- 10.1.2 Preparing for an Interview 216 -- 10.1.3 The Interview 217 -- 10.1.4 Selecting the Right Offer 220 -- 10.2 Keeping a Job 221 -- 10.2.1 The First Year 221 -- 10.2.2 After the First Year 224 -- 10.3 Enjoying Your Work 227 -- Afterword 231 -- Answers to Problems 233 -- Index 243.