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Hickman's Analog and RF Circuits

  • 1st Edition - January 15, 1998
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Ian Hickman
  • Language: English

Hickman's latest guide is essential reading for anyone designing analog circuits. This book, along with the recent Analog Circuits Cookbook also available from Newnes, will en… Read more

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Description

Hickman's latest guide is essential reading for anyone designing analog circuits. This book, along with the recent Analog Circuits Cookbook also available from Newnes, will enlighten, inform, interest and even amuse readers, and give them the ability to tackle analog and RF design problems with confidence.

Based on articles published in Electronics World, this book covers such topics as RF amplifiers, oscillator design and behaviour, waveform analysis, optoelectronics, filters and op-amps, as well as offering intriguing insights in chapters such as Cautionary Tales for Circuit Designers, Circuit Reflections and Is Matching Easy?

Ian Hickman is one of the world's leading analog and RF engineers. Using illustrations and examples rather than tough mathematical theory, Ian Hickman presents a wealth of ideas and tips based on his own workbench experience.

Key features

  • Essential reading for analog circuit designers
  • Hickman's wit and wisdom is based on a wealth of industrial experience
  • Helps readers tackle analog and RF design problems with confidence

Readership

Electronics engineers, technicians and enthusiasts; small electronic RF design companies; students; academics

Table of contents

Part 1: General analog circuitryVoltage referencesVersatile twin amplifier has many usesDifferentiating op-ampsCurrent conveyor ICs - a new building blockSingle-pot polarity and gain adjustmentLCR measuring transformed; Cautionary tales for circuit designersAnalog signal processingReflections opto-electronics

Part 2: Audio: Low distortion audio oscillatorMOSFET stabilises Wien amplitudeHigh-performance THD meterListening for clues

Part 3: RF: White noise - white knightReady to use RF amplifiers; Synchronous oscillators: alternative to PLL?The ins and outs of oscillator actionThe transformer-ratio-arm-bridgeSmaller steps to better performanceTweaking the diode detectorOscillating at UHFModulating linearlySweeping to VHF

Part 4: Basic principlesCharting RF performanceMagic numbers in electronicsHarmonising theory with practiceAnalysing waveforms in the practical worldSinewaves step by stepIs matching easy?

Review quotes

"Essential reading for anyone designing analog circuits."—Elektor Electronics

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 15, 1998
  • Language: English

About the author

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Ian Hickman

Affiliations and expertise
Electronics author and freelance journalist

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