By
Marc Thompson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA.
Description
This book reflects Dr. Thompson's twenty
years of experience designing and teaching analog circuit design, and is an outgrowth of course
notes from his graduate-level analog circuit design course taught at Worcester Polytechnic Institute entitled "Analog Circuits and Intuition."
In this class, he describes intuitive and "back of the envelope" techniques for designing and analyzing analog circuits, including transistor
amplifiers (CMOS and bipolar), transistor switching, thermal
circuit design, magnetic circuit design, control systems, and the like.
The application of some simple rules-of-thumb and design techniques is the first step in developing an intuitive understanding of the
behavior of complex electrical systems. This book outlines some ways of thinking about analog circuits and systems that hopefully develops
such
"circuit intuition" and a "feel" for what a good, working analog circuit design should be.
Audience:
Analog, linear, and power supply engineers; electronics engineering students
