Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
by Joel N. Shurkin
from Macmillan
Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor
by Yannis Tsividis
from Oxford University Press, USA
Extensively revised and updated, this, the second edition of the highly praised text Operation and Modeling of The MOS Transistor, has become a standard in academia and industry. The book provides a thorough treatment of the MOS transistor-the key element of most modern microelectronic chips.
KEY FEATURES
Unified, careful treatment. The book covers in depth the development of many important models, ranging from the simple to the sophisticated, with the connection between models clearly identified. Many aspects of modeling are covered, including: dc, ac, small-signal, large-signal transient, quasi-static, nonquasi-static, and noise.
Expanded coverage. New material is included on a number of topics, including charge sheet models, small-dimension effects, noise, and modeling for RF applications.
New chapter on modeling for CAD. A completely new chapter discusses the context, considerations, and pitfalls associated with the development of models for computer-aided design, and describes ways to evaluate them.
Extensive Bibliography. A thoroughly updated, greatly expanded bibliography is provided.
Valve and Transistor Audio Amplifiers
by John Linsley Hood
from Newnes
The audio amplifier is at the heart of audio design. Its performance determines largely the performance of any audio system. John Linsley Hood is widely regarded as the finest audio designer around, and pioneered design in the post-valve era. His mastery of audio technology extends from valves to the latest techniques. This is John Linsley Hood's greatest work yet, describing the milestones that have marked the development of audio amplifiers since the earliest days to the latest systems.
Including classic amps with valves at their heart and exciting new designs using the latest components, this book is the complete world guide to audio amp design.
John Linsley Hood is responsible for numerous amplifier designs that have led the way to better sound, and has also kept up a commentary on developments in audio in magazines such as The Gramophone, Electronics in Action and Electronics and Wireless World. He is also the author of The Art of Linear Electronics and Audio Electronics published by Newnes.
Complete world guide to audio amp design written by world famous author
Covers classic amps to new designs using latest components
includes the best of valves as well as best of transistors
Bug Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Electronic Eavesdropping ... But Were Afraid to Ask
by M.L. Shannon
from Paladin Press
What would you do if you thought you were being bugged? How would you defend yourself? How would you even know about it? If you've pondered these questions, and especially if you haven't, you need to read this book. It was written to tell you, the average Joe, everything there is to know about tiny hidden transmitters that can broadcast your personal and business conversations to spies, government agents . . . even the next-door neighbors. Find out how these devices work, how effective they are, how to find them and deal with them and how to use this technology in your own self-defense if necessary. Includes scores of ideas and resources for protecting the privacy of landline, cellular and cordless telephones, as well as pagers, fax machines and computers, plus phone phreaking terms and tricks and, as one reviewer put it, true tales of the Biz that "will spook you . . . and a few that will make you laugh."
Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology Series)
by Michael Riordan
from W. W. Norton & Company
The microchip at the heart of your computer is a complex device, but its historical origins go back to one crude-looking little gadget made up of a wedge of plastic, a strip of gold foil, a rough-hewn slab of crystallized germanium, some wires, and a bent-up paper clip. Slapped together by two Bell Labs experimenters on December 16, 1947, this invention later came to be known as the transistor, and it is the ancestor of every microchip in operation today.
Crystal Fire tells the story of the creation and development of that gadget, demonstrating that very little about the transistor's invention was as simple it seemed. The device put together on that December day was no idle experiment, but the product of decades of high-level research--and the first major practical application of the esoteric quantum mechanics that had emerged from European particle physics at the beginning of the century.
Just as fascinating as the scientific background, though, is the story of the brains and events behind the invention of the transistor. The collaboration and rivalry of the three men credited with the invention--the brilliant John Bardeen, the likable Walter Brattain, and the appallingly driven William Shockley--hold center stage. However, authors Riordan and Hoddeson make it clear that the unique organizational resources of Bell Labs, the furious course of the war effort, and the random twists and turns of historical accident played equally important roles. The saga makes for a gripping read and a crash course in the dizzying complexity of information-age invention. --Julian Dibbell
On December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laboratories, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium. The power flowing from the germanium far exceeded what went in; in that moment the transistor was invented and the Information Age was born. No other devices have been as crucial to modern life as the transistor and the microchip it spawned, but the story of the science and personalities that made these inventions possible has not been fully told until now. Crystal Fire fills this gap and carries the story forward. William Shockley, Bell Labs' team leader and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize with Brattain and Bardeen for the discovery, grew obsessed with the transistor and went on to become the father of Silicon Valley. Here is a deeply human story about the process of invention-including the competition and economic aspirations involved-all part of the greatest technological explosion in history.
Field Effect Devices: Volume IV (2nd Edition) (Modular Series on Solid State Devices)
by Robert F. Pierret
from Prentice Hall
Joyworks: The Story of Marquette Electronics (Wisconsin)
by Mike Cudahy
from Milwaukee Co. Historical Society
The story of how Michael Cudahy and his friend and partner Warren Cozzens created Marquette Electronics, one of the miracles of modern business.
Distributed for the Milwaukee County Historical Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Modular Series on Solid State Devices: Volume III: The Bipolar Junction Transistor (2nd Edition) (Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Vol 3)
by George W. Neudeck
from Prentice Hall
Thin-Film Transistors
from CRC
This is a single-source treatment of developments in TFT production from international specialists. It interweaves overlapping areas in multiple disciplines pertinent to transistor fabrication and explores the killer application of amorphous silicon transistors in active matrix liquid crystal displays. It evaluates the preparation of polycrystalline silicon TFTs for applications in cameras, video recorders, PDAs, and cell phones. The authors provide an introduction to the technology, a historical overview of its development, and a discussion of the characteristics and applications of TFT display technology. This treatment will be useful to students, designers, and engineers who require both the background information and knowledge of the applications of this technology.
Fundamentals of III-V Devices: HBTs, MESFETs, and HFETs/HEMTs
by William Liu
from Wiley-Interscience
A systematic, accessible introduction to III-V semiconductor devices With this handy book, readers seeking to understand semiconductor devices based on III-V materials no longer have to wade through difficult review chapters focusing on a single, novel aspect of the technology. Well-known industry expert William Liu presents here a systematic, comprehensive treatment at an introductory level. Without assuming even a basic course in device physics, he covers the dc and high-frequency operations of all major III-V devices-heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs), metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs), and the heterojunction field-effect transistors (HFETs), which include the high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). An excellent introduction for researchers and circuit designers working on wireless communications equipment, Fundamentals of III-V Devices offers a variety of features, including:
* An introductory chapter on the basic properties, growth process, and device physics of III-V materials
* Coverage of both dc and high-frequency models, integrating aspects of device physics and circuit design
* A discussion of transistor fabrication and device comparison
* 55 worked-out examples illustrating design considerations for a given application
* 215 figures and end-of-chapter practice problems
* Appendices listing parameters for various materials and transistor types
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