Book Info

Electronic Circuits Fundamentals was developed while teaching ‘Electronics’ for several years for students in Electrical and Electronic engineering undergraduate programs.

This book deals with the theory and applications of BJT, MOSFET and Op amp, as active devices. It has nine chapters starting with bipolar junction transistors and ending with fundamentals of feedback and oscillators. The detailed coverage the book is provided under the contents.

The teaching philosophy behind this book is that students should know the underlying principle and the logic behind the subject or a topic.  It should be made simple and easy to understand and utilize. If students know the logic involved, then they can apply it to any new problem or situation.

For example, in analyzing ‘Multistage amplifiers’ after finding the equivalent small signal model for each transistor, the students just connect stages together and apply basic circuit laws to get the required information such as voltage gain, regardless of the number of stages or how they are connected!  By mastering the fundamental concept (s), students will develop the confidence that will allow them to easily build on and develop it further during the course of their study.

This book is intended to be used for a course on Analog Electronic Circuits that is normally taken as part of an undergraduate program in Electrical, Electronic or other similar engineering programs.  It can be utilized for a second course on Electronics with first two chapters acting as a solid and complete review to help the students find relevant information in one place.  The book can be also adopted for programs that require a single course on electronics in their curriculum.

The book does not compete with established books but rather complement them by providing the students with an easy, short, and logical start. Students can then read their textbooks and references for extra information.  This is why no problems are provided here so students use their own text for exercises.

You are expected to have foundational knowledge in 1st year calculus and basic circuit theory to effectively grasp the concepts in this book.

This book deals with the theory and applications of BJT, MOSFET and Op amp, as active devices. It has nine chapters starting with bipolar junction transistors and ending with fundamentals of feedback and oscillators.  The detailed coverage the book is provided under the contents.