Passive Components for Circuit Design [Paperback]

Ian Sinclair (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 2000 | ISBN-10: 075064933X | ISBN-13: 978-0750649339 | Edition: 1

Passive Components for Circuit Design is a unique introduction to this key area of analog electronics designed for technician engineers and anyone involved in circuit design. The coverage encompasses all component types capable of power amplification: resistors, capacitors, transformers, solenoids, motors and transducers. The behaviour of the components is explored along with the different types available and the principles of circuit design. Tolerances, stability, variation with temperature, reliability and manufacturing standards are all covered.

Reading this book will improve your skills in component selection and analog circuit design. These are essential skills not only for the analog designer, but for all circuit designers, professional or amateur.



Gain a deeper understanding of using passive components
Understand the range of components and their applications before designing and specifying
Acquire a working knowledge with a minimum of maths

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This is the book you need, to learn that not all resistors respond the same - not all capacitors act alike. I recommend this book as the key to selecting the right types of Passive Components for your application.'
Robert A. Pease, Staff Scientist, National Semiconductor

A unique introduction to this key area of analogue electronics designed for technician engineers and anyone involved in circuit design.
-Electronic Products News

About the Author

Ian Sinclair was born in 1932 in Tayport, Fife, and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1956. In that year, he joined the English Electric Valve Co. in Chelmsford, Essex, to work on the design of specialised cathode-ray tubes, and later on small transmitting valves and TV transmitting tubes. In 1966, he became an assistant lecturer at Hornchurch Technical College, and in 1967 joined the staff of Braintree College of F.E. as a lecturer. His first book, "Understanding Electronic Components" was published in 1972, and he has been writing ever since, particularly for the novice in Electronics or Computing. The interest in computing arose after seeing a Tandy TRS80 in San Francisco in 1977, and of his 204 published books, about half have been on computing topics, starting with a guide to Microsoft Basic on the TRS80 in 1979. He left teaching in 1984 to concentrate entirely on writing, and has also gained experience in computer typesetting, particularly for mathematical texts. He has recently visited Seattle to see Microsoft at work, and to remind them that he has been using Microsoft products longer than most Microsoft employees can remember. Ian Sinclair is the author of the following Made Simple books: Lotus 1-2-3- (2.4 DOS version) MS-DOS (up to version 6.22) PagePlus for Windows 3.1 Hard drives He is also the author of many other books published under our Newnes imprint.Visit Ian's website at http://website.lineone.net/~ian_sinclair

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 1 edition (December 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075064933X
• ISBN-13: 978-0750649339
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,073,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful design information, June 21, 2001

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Mr. Robert J. Johansen "Outer limit" (Staten Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passive Components for Circuit Design (Paperback)

Passive Circuits Design by Ian Sinclair is a good book that shows a lot of insight into how electrical components behave in the real world. Reading the section of the book explaining how capacitors behave was the most useful to me so far.

I found one error on page 194 Cell Origins. The book explains that the cathode is the negative terminal and anode the positive terminal, this is wrong because from other references that I have checked. In Electro-chemical cells the anode is the negative terminal where oxidation takes place. The Cathode is the positive terminal where reduction takes place.

The book covers a lot of information including a primer on CAD and some information on computer hardware I/O ports.

All in all it is a good book filled with practical information