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Summary: explains circuits well
Review: This book is of theoretical nature. Detailed models of transistors are presented. At first, I thought this was dumb and pointless, but after looking at books like "Art of electronics" (AOE) I realize that this approach is good for beginners and for professional work alike. If you know how the transistor works, you can come up with your own circuits. Besides, this book covers many practical applications, and stuff like feedback, so its coverage is definitely complete. Maybe it doesn't cover as many circuits as AOE but at least it takes the time to explain how it works. AOE just gives you a circuit, two sentences of incoherent explanation and no numerical examples of how to calculate the parameters.
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Summary: A book that amplifies your understanding of electronics !
Review: This book sets a standard in teaching electronics at the university level :actually i think this text is the best choice if you want to learn analog electronics at the beginning level and after that is still useful as a reference.The authors provide an extremely readable material on the main themes of analog electronics going from the device level to the analysis of fundamental circuits like amplifiers,filters,mono and bistable circuits,logic families,operational amplifiers etc.etc.What strikes you is the super-human ability of the authors to really explain things to you in a way both easy to understand and informative at the same time.There are many very fine points like for example a great explanation of feedback related to circuits which i really enjoyed a lot.I think reading this book is a great pleasure for everyone that really loves electronics !
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Summary: Good reference book for beginners
Review: This book covers of the main aspects of modern circuit design with sufficent detail for beginners and some in-depth analysis suitable for intermediate level courses as well. I think however that a chapter covering electronic noise in devices and circuits should be added (to earn the 5th star!)
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Summary: Far too theoretical; doesn't provide intuitive understanding
Review: I remember taking an introductory transistor electronics class back in college and absolutely hating it. I didn't understand why, because in general I loved working with circuits. Looking back four years and several additional books later, I found out why. It's this textbook, which places too much emphasis on the mathematics and theory of transistor circuits (e.g. various transistor models and a myriad of unreliable and difficult ways to determine whether a transistor is in active mode) and does not provide students enough understanding on *how* a transistor actually functions and *why* it is useful in a circuit. This book has plenty of example circuits for analysis, but very few of them are practical enough for the student to gain an intuitive understanding of transistor operation.This book is geared more toward theoretical study of electrophysics than it is toward practical electrical engineering. If you wish to better understand the value of transistor circuits, I recommend you look elsewhere.
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Summary: A mediocre book at best
Review: Sedra and Smith's book is at best a cookbook of formulas and diagrams with no real explanation of the material presented. It's the textbook used at the University Of Manitoba and sadly used at many other universities. The book is a big disappointment for someone like myself who loves electronics. There are some great books on electronics, "Art Of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill, and "The ARRL Handbook" but my pick for the BEST book on LEARNING electronics is "Electronic Principles" By Albert Malvino. This is the best book on electronics, bar none. Find this book on Amazon.com, read the reviews. The only negative review is that it is overly geared for beginners. A weakness like that is the books greatest strength. But I use the book on the job daily! Then buy it, read it, and you will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Excellent College Level Text Book
Review: I used this book during two semesters of circuit design courswork at college (I was an EE major) and found it to be extremely informative and detailed. It is a test book written clearly enough that I could miss lectures and still stay up with the course by reading the associated chapters in the book (something most text books fall short of). Likewise, I have continued to refer back to the book now and again to review some topic I haven't used in a long time. It is an excellent reference. The fact of the matter is that this book was written to be a text book for electical engineering majors (primarily). When considering its effectiveness as such a tool it is nothing short of excellent. People wishing an introduction to electronics should stick with self help books from Radio Shack.
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Summary: At least get the examples right
Review: On average, there are 5 errors per chapter in this book. The examples given often use wrong units. The equations often mix current for voltage. This book has one use: it adheres to the common stereoype that electrical engineers can't write.
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Summary: It is simply the best one!
Review: This book helped me a lot when I studied Electronics. Good for beginners, explains slowly and correctly each concept, making it become almost impossible for one not to learn. For experienced ones, it has challenging problems. It is simply the best one!
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Summary: mediocre title
Review: This book does a good job covering the basics of transistor operation and basic amplifier configurations. There are a few other sections which are done well, but beyond that, the text is not a very pleasant read. Not enough examples is one issue. Some topics, such as oscillators, are only briefly covered, without any particular worked examples. Sometimes authors state that they are making an assumption, but fail to provide reasoning. In short, this one is ok for beginners, and it does it's job half decently, but I wouldn't recommend this as a reference, since it's not in depth and explanations are lacking in many places.
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Summary: I don't like this book
Review: Perhaps this book is good for circuit designers, because although I absolutely despise this book, seems like many well qualified people like it. I am not a circuits person (electromagnetics/physics is my field) and I find this book a poor reference. I got absolutely nothing out of this book, so in my opinion, if you are from a field other than micro circuit design, you'd most likely want some other reference book.
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