4-4. Using datasheet graphs to design RF amplifier networks
4-5. Using sampled y-parameter techniques to design RF networks
4-6. Voltage amplifiers
4-7. Frequency mixers and converters
4-8. Detectors
4-9. Discriminator and ratio detector
4-10. AVC-AGC circuit
4-11. Radio-frequency circuit test procedures
chapter five
WAVEFORMING AND WAVESHAPING CIRCUITS
5-1. Basic design considerations for oscillators
5-2. LC and crystal-controlled oscillators
5-3. RC oscillator
5-4. Twin-T RC oscillator
5-5. Blocking oscillator
5-6. Multivibrator
5-7. Modification of square waves
5-8. Modification of sine waves
5-9. Waveforming and waveshaping test procedures
chapter six
POWER-SUPPLY CIRCUITS
6-1. Basic solid-state power supply
6-2. Zener diode regulation
6-3. Extending Zener voltage range
6-4. Extending Zener current range
6-5. Overload protection
6-6. Feedback regulator
6-7. Feedback regulator for input voltage variations
6-8. Switching regulator
6-9. DC-DC converter
6-10. Power-supply circuit test procedures
This second edition of the HANDBOOK OF SIMPLIFIED SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT DESIGN carries through all of the features that made the first edition so successful. That is, the second edition provides a simplified, step-by-step approach to solid-state circuit design. All the chapters in the second edition have been expanded or enlarged to include new material. Existing data has been up-dated to reflect current design trends. Also, much of the existing material from the first edition has been revised for clarification and/or simplification. No previous design experience is required to use the design data and techniques described in this second edition.
As in the original, the basic approach of the second edition is to start all design problems with approximations or rules-of-thumb for the selection of components on a trial value basis, assuming a specific design goal and a given set of conditions. Then, using these approximate values in experimental test circuits, the desired results (gain, frequency response, impedance match, etc.) are produced by varying the test component values.
The second edition concentrates on simple, practical approaches to circuit design, not on circuit analysis or model circuits. Theory is kept to a minimum, and appears only where required to understand the design steps. Thus, the reader need not memorize elaborate theories or understand abstract mathe-matics to use the design data. With any solid-state circuit, it is possible to apply certain guidelines for the selection of component values. These rules can be stated in basic equations, requiring only simple arithmetic for their solution.