Electronics for electricians / Stephen L. Herman.

Includes index.

Semiconductors and resistors -- Power rating and heat sinking components -- Measuring instruments -- Junction diodes -- Light-emittin diodes (LEDs) and photodiodes -- Single-phase rectifiers -- The polyphase rectifier -- Filters -- Special diodes -- The transistor -- The transistor switch -- The Darlington amplifier -- Field effect transistors -- Current generators -- the unijunction transistor -- The SCR in a DC circuit -- The SCR in an AC circuit -- Phase shifting an SCR -- UJT phase shifting for an SCR -- SCR control of a full-wave rectifier -- A solid-state alarm with battery backup -- The diac and silicon bilateral switch -- The triac -- Phase shifting the triac -- Other methods of AC voltage control -- The solid-state relay -- The oscillator -- The DC to DC voltage doubler -- The off-delay timer -- The on-delay timer -- The pulse timer -- The 555 timer -- The 555 timer used as an oscillator -- The 555 on-delay timer -- The 555 pulse timer -- Above- and belowground power supplies -- The operational amplifier -- The 741 op amp level detector -- The 741 operational amplifier used as an oscillator -- Voltage regulators -- Number systems -- Digital logic -- The bounceless switch -- Design of circuit 1 (Photodetector) -- Design of circuit 2 (Animal feeder) -- Design of circuit 3 (Solid-state push-button control) -- Design of circuit 4 (Electronic lock) -- Design of circuit 5 (Solid-state thermostat) -- A. Testing solid-state components -- B. Ohm's law formulas -- C. Parts list -- D. Schematic symbols -- E. Conversion factors for sine-wave voltages.