Amplifier Circuits (Newnes Circuit Series) [Paperback]

Rudolf F. Graf Professional Technical Writer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0750698772 | ISBN-13: 978-0750698771 | Edition: 1

This series of circuits provides designers with a quick source for amplifier circuits. Why waste time paging through huge encyclopedias when you can choose the topic you need and select any of the specialized circuits sorted by application? This book in the series has 250-300 practical, ready-to-use circuit designs, with schematics and brief explanations of circuit operation. The original source for each circuit is listed in an appendix, making it easy to obtain additional information.



Ready-to-use circuits.
Grouped by application for easy look-up.
Circuit source listings.

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From the Publisher

This series of circuits provides designers with a quick source for amplifier circuits. Why waste time paging through huge encyclopedias when you can choose the topic you need and select any of the specialized circuits sorted by application? This book in the series has 250-300 practical, ready-to-use circuit designs, with schematics and brief explanations of circuit operation. The original source for each circuit is listed in an appendix, making it easy to obtain additional information.

About the Author

Professional Technical Writer, Rudolf Graf is an author whose name is familiar to electronics professionals and hobbyists alike. His many books offer a practical and enjoyable approach to often complex material. Mr. Graf is a graduate electronics engineer, and received his MBA at New York University. He is a senior member of the IEEE, a licensed amateur radio coperator, and holder of a first-class radiotelephone operator's license. He currently lives in New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 1 edition (December 4, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750698772
• ISBN-13: 978-0750698771
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,798,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Collection of amplifier circuits, but no theory or design., July 26, 1998

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This review is from: Amplifier Circuits (Newnes Circuit Series) (Paperback)

This book is just a collection of amplifier circuits from magazine articles and manufacturer databooks. Each circuit is accompanied by a description, ranging from a sentence to a paragraph. There is no discussion of amplifier design or theory, although some of the circuit descriptions contain brief explanations of the topology. I was very disappointed, because I wanted to learn about amplifier design. If you are just looking for a circuit, this book might be of some value, especially since it lists the original sources for all of the circuits.

2.0 out of 5 stars Collection of Schematics, September 5, 2010

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This review is from: Amplifier Circuits (Newnes Circuit Series) (Paperback)

Very disappointed. This book as stated before is a collection of schematics with no insight into the design or trade offs of one circuit over another. Only good thing I can say good about this book is, it contains an example of different amplifier circuits in one place. Most amplifiers in this book use opamps. Do not buy this book if you are looking to learn about amplifier design. This is at best a picture book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful and Interesting, August 22, 2006

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This review is from: Amplifier Circuits (Newnes Circuit Series) (Paperback)

The great thing about this book is that it is an extensive library of working circuits with component values. This provides an excellent service as a reference design for a circuit designer, i.e. a starting point for someone who already has design chops. If you lack design chops, probably better to reference one of the thousands of books written from the perspective of explaining the basics of circuit theory. This book was never intended to be a primer on the basics of circuit theory but instead a collection of reference designs vastly useful to a design engineer.