Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory (8th Edition) [Hardcover]

Robert L. Boylestad (Author), Louis Nashelsky (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130284831 | ISBN-13: 978-0130284839 | Publication Date: July 19, 2001 | Edition: 8

For upper-level courses in devices and circuits, at 2-year or 4-year engineering and technology institutes. Highly accurate and thoroughly updated, this text has set the standard in electronic devices and circuit theory for over 25 years. Boylestad offers students a complete and comprehensive survey, focusing on all the essentials they will need to succeed on the job. This very readable presentation is supported by strong pedagogy and content that is ideal for new students of this rapidly changing field. Its colorful, student-friendly layout boasts a large number of stunning photographs. A broad range of ancillary materials is available for instructor support.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A new edition of this highly-successful text! As it has for the past quarter-century, Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory offers students a complete and comprehensive study of the electronic devices and circuits they need to understand for success on the job. The authors take a systems approach to their subject, covering topics in a "building block" fashion that ensures students comprehend fundamental concepts such as diodes and transistors before they tackle such advanced topics as compound configurations, power supplies, and oscilloscopes. For each device examined, the text covers most configurations and applications. Included are discussions of the full range of related topics typically addressed in the course, with clear, precise explanations and plenty of examples to back them up. A color format highlights and defines important concepts, while line drawings present circuits and devices as they appear in the "real world." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

As the leading text of its kind, this valuable classic has set the standard for 30 years. Now in its eighth edition, it retains the same measure of excellence as it continues to provide the most current and comprehensive coverage of electronic devices and circuit theory available. Following are only a few of the features integrated throughout this outstanding text:

• a systems approach, enabling the reader to become adept in the application of packaged systems
• troubleshooting, necessary for a complete understanding of real-world situations
• hands-on applications utilizing PSpice^® and Electronics Workbench^®
• elaborate use of problem sets and examples to reinforce basic concepts

This is a core text for an upper-level course in devices and active circuits, appropriate for two- and four-year colleges, universities, and schools of technology. Included with each copy of the text-is a CD-ROM containing Electronics Workbench^® Version 5 and Electronics Workbench Multisim^® circuit files, as well as CircuitMaker^® circuit files and Student Version software. In addition, the following ancillaries are available:

• Laboratory Manual, ISBN 0-13-092213-7
• Prentice Hall Test Manager, ISBN 0-13-092211-0
• Instructor's Resource Manual, ISBN 0-13-092212-9
• PowerPoint^® Transparencies, ISBN 0-73-092278-8
• Instructor's Supplement CD, ISBN, 0-1,3-093264-7
• CourseCompass, ISBN 0-13-062304-0
• WebCT, ISBN 0-13-062305-9
• Blackboard, ISBN 0-13-062303-2

Of added benefit to the reader is the Study Guide on the Companion Website, found at http://www.prenhall.com/boylestad. This content enables the user to conveniently practice self-tests that measure progress.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1020 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 8 edition (July 19, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130284831
• ISBN-13: 978-0130284839
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #978,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Quite good book for basic-intermediate electronic students, May 23, 2000

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Raul Nacher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory (7th Edition) (Hardcover)

I have the sixth edition of this book,and i think that althought is not the best book of the world is quite good book.You must learn about basic electricity first, a book like "basic electricity" by Nooger Van Valkenburgh is a very good one.You must know the Ohm law,Kirchhoff laws,simplify pasive circuits ( serie circuits,parallel circuits and complex circuits,what is a capacitor a inductance, thevenin's theorem and other things like that) The content of the book is based on the semiconductor components.The book explains what a diode is,how it works,the reason of his function,his characteristics,and many application circuits (How to convert ac current to dccurrent, how to change the level of dc voltage of a wave,etc);the book also explains what a transistor is and his apllications(amplifiers, an element for do digital circuits and the base of electronics),the book tells you how to polarizate a transistor,how amplifies and his models,and many circuits.Finally the book tells you what an operational amplifier is,power amplifiers,oscillator circuits(a circuit that converts dc current to ac current) and other control power dispositives. The book also have many problems,some illustrations,and a basic course of PSpice( a program for simulate electronic circuits).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best to learn electronics., October 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory (Hardcover)

I'm An electronics eng. and this was the book that I used to learn the first concepts and circuits, it's easy to understand.

If You wanna know what a transistor, tiristor, or op-amp is, and how do they work, this book is gonna tell you.

I give it 4 stars because it has some mistakes in its edition. Some times it say NPN and the transistor is a PNP, and things like that.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best way to understand the basics of devices theory, March 11, 2000

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Cesar - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory (7th Edition) (Hardcover)

I was a teacher of eletronic and I used this book to introduce the fundamentals of discret devices for 3 years. This book has a good and clear explanation of eletronics theory since junction construction until the elementary integrated circuit. I recomend this book for anyone that wont to rewiew the eletronics basics and for teachers to be use in technician and egeneering regular cource.