Principles of Transistor Circuits

This work on transistor circuit design has been updated to include the latest equipment such as laser diodes, Trapatt diodes, optocouplers and GaAa transistors, and the most recent line output stages and switch-mode power supplies. New circuit techniques covered include current-dumping amplifiers, bridge output stages, dielectric resonator oscillators, crowbar protection circuits, thyristor field timebases, low-noise blocks and SHF amplifiers in satellite receivers, video clamps, picture enhancement circuits, motor drive circuits in video recorders and camcorders, and UHF modulators. The book's plan is as follows: semiconductor physics is introduced, followed by details of the design of transistors, amplifiers, receivers, oscillators and generators.