ElectronicsASystemsApproach

Electronics (A systems approach) (Neil Storey)

  • Generally very good. Gets to advanced topics quickly.
  • Some redundancy / unnecessary details / out of date
  • Want signal to have low output resistance, load to have high input resistance
  • Large variations in gain from active circuits (OpAmps) can be overcome by negative feedback.
  • MOSFETs require very small area of Si. Resistors use large area should be avoided where possible on (ICs)
  • Power in CMOS determined by small current that flows when switching.
  • Shift registers used to convert parallel words into stream of bits on single line "Serial data". Can be used "backwards" to generate parallel data from serial input.
  • Although very large numbers of devises could be combined with in single chip, difficult to identify circuits that could be used in large numbers to justify development cost. Intel found a solution in 1971 with the programable microprocessor.

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