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050			_aQC527 _b.W38 1994
100			_aWatson,J
245			_aPractical electricity and electronics
260			_aLondon _bMacmillan _cc1994
300			_avii,189p.: _bill.; _c28cm.
500			_aIncludes Index
505			_a The electronic age. Electricity. Learning about electronics. Construction notes. Electrical safety. Electric shock. Fire. Electricity. Electrical effects. Electric circuits. Ohm's law. Kirchhoff's law. Passive components: resistors, capacitors, inductors. Power dissipation. Circuit diagrams. Electrical sources. Types of electric current. Sources of direct current. Source of alternating current: the electric generator. The measurement of alternating current. Static electricity. Electricity and power. The creation and generation of electric power. Sources of energy. Power distribution. Power and energy. D.C. electric motors. A.C. electric motors. Electrical installations. Domestic power supplies. Wiring practice. Lighting. Switches. Wiring regulations. Measuring instruments and methods. Safety. Accuracy. Meters. Multimeters. Digital meters. Insulation testers. Capacitance and inductance meters. Transistor testers. Oscilloscope. Signal generators. Frequency meters. Electromechanical devices and transducers. Electromagnetic devices. Transducers. Semiconductors. Modelling the atom. Conductors and insulators. Intrinsic semiconductors. Charge carriers in semiconductors. Extrinsic semiconductors. Manufacture of semiconductors. The pn junction diode. Principles and physics of the pn diode. Operating conditions for the pn diode. Special types of diode. Bipolar transistors. Description. Physics. Characteristics. How to specify bipolar transistors. Unipolar (field-effect) transistors. Junction-gate field-effect transistors. Insulated-gate field-effect transistors. The importance of MOSFET's. Integrated circuits and semiconductor devices. Integrated circuits. Semiconductor devices. Thermionic valves. Thermionics. Thermionic diode. Thermionic triode. Thermionic tetrode. Thermionic pentode. Electronic systems. Power-supply circuits. Transistor amplifiers. Operational amplifiers and other d.c. amplifiers. Audio power amplifiers. Oscillators. Relaxation oscillators. LC oscillators. Crystal-controlled oscillators. Transistor multivibrators. Radio and television. Radio waves and propagation. AM radio receivers. Monochrome television receivers. Colour television receivers. Television cameras. Construction methods, fault-finding and repairs. Assembly tools and techniques. Repairs. Fault-finding. Digital logic. Logic systems. Computer technology
520			_aForms part of a series which has been developed to provide practical and up-to-date technical and vocational textbooks. This title introduces electricity and electronics to students, and includes experiments, demonstrations, circuits, exercises and a list of key words.
650			_aElectricity
650			_aElectronics
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