Fundamentals of Pulse and Digital Circuits presents a balanced approach to pulse and digital circuits. It retains only the discrete circuit material that has not become obsolete and has significantly increased coverage of IC characteristics and applications.

Features:

• The emphasis is on developinng analytical skills that can be applied to a wide variety of circuits.
• A large number and wide variety of illustrative examples are used to enhance understanding and to show how analytical techniques are employed.
• Numerous end-of-chapter problems are keyed to the appropriate sections in the text.

Contents

Basic Concepts

• Switching Circuits
• Ideal Pulse Signals
• Ideal Switching Devices
• Current Direction
• Voltage Notation
• Representing dc Source Voltages
• Time-Varying Currents and Voltages

Pulse Waveform Analysis

• Types of Pulse Distortion
• t_r, t_f, and t_p
• Tilt
• Overshoot
• Periodic Pulse Waveforms
• Average Value (dc)
• Harmonic Content of Periodic Waveforms
• Relationship between Harmonic Content and Shape
• Effect of Linear Networks on Pulse Waveforms
• Oscilloscope Effect on Pulse Measurements
• Non-Periodic Pulses

RC Circuits With Pulse Inputs

• Basic Capacitor Characteristics
• Charging a Capacitor
• Discharging a Capacitor
• The Exponential Form
• More Applications of the Exponential Form
• RC Low-Pass Circuits
• RC High-Pass Circuits
• Low-Pass Circuit with Pulse Input
• High-Pass Circuit with Pulse Input
• Natural and Forced Responses
• RC Circuit Response to Periodic Inputs
• Loading Effects
• Inductive Effects

Switching Devices

• The Diode as a Switch
• Analyzing Diode Circuits
• Diode Switching Characteristics
• The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) as a Switch
• Approximate Analysis of the Transistor Switch
• Transistor Switching Times
• Field-Effect Transistor (FET) Switches
• Approximate Analysis of Switching Circuits

The Operational Amplifier

• What Is an Operational Amplifier?
• Basic Op-Amp Characteristics
• Op-Amp Equivalent Circuit
• Op-Amp Circuits: The Comparator
• The Voltage-Follower
• Non-Inverting Amplifier
• The Inverting Amplifier
• Variations in Open-Loop Gain, A_vol
• Op-Amp Frequency Response
• Slew Rate
• Offset Errors
• Positive Feedback

Signal Conditioning Circuits

• Diode Clipper (Limiter)
• Operational Amplifier Clipper Circuit
• The Bipolar Transistor Inverter
• Buffer Circuits
• The Differential Comparator
• The Schmitt Trigger

Logic Gates and Boolean Algebra

• Diode OR Gate
• Diode AND Gate
• NOT, NOR, and NAND Gates
• Boolean Algebra
• The OR Operation
• The AND Operation
• The NOT Operation
• Describing Logic Circuits Algebraically
• Evaluating Logic-Circuit Outputs
• Implementing Circuits from Boolean Expressions
• NOR Gates and NAND Gates
• The Power of Boolean Algebra
• Boolean Theorems
• Simplifying Logic Circuits
• EXCLUSIVE-OR and EXCLUSIVE-NOR Circuits
• Universality of NAND Gates and NOR Gates
• Equivalent Logic Representations

Flip-Flops

• The NOR-Gate FF
• The NAND-Gate FF
• Clock Signals
• The Clocked SET-CLEAR Flip-Flop
• The Clocked JK Flip-Flop
• The Clocked D Flip-Flop
• Synchronous and Asynchronous Flip-Flop Inputs
• FF Operating Characteristics
• Master/Slave FFs
• Flip-Flop Operations-Parallel Transfer
• Flip-Flop Operations-Shift Registers
• Flip-Flop Operations-Counting*
• The One-Shot
• Analyzing Flip-Flop Circuits

Integrated Circuit Logic Family Characteristics

• Digital IC Terminology
• The TTL Logic Family
• Standard TTL Series Characteristics
• Other TTL Series
• TTL Loading Rules
• Other TTL Properties
• TTL Open-Collector Outputs
• TRI-STATE TTL
• The ECL Digital IC Family
• MOS Digital Integrated Circuits
• Digital MOSFET Circuits
• Characteristics of MOS Logic
• Complementary MOS Logic (CMOS)
• CMOS Family Characteristics
• Tristate CMOS
• CMOS Bilateral Switches

IC Interfacing

• TTL Driving CMOS
• TTL Driving NMOS and PMOS
• CMOS Driving TTL
• Interfacing Digital ICs to Non-Standard Devices
• Driving Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
• Driving High-Current and High-Voltage Loads
• Input Interfacing

Pulse Generating Circuits

• Unijunction Transistor Operation
• Unijunction Oscillator Operation
• UJT Oscillator Circuit
• Programmable UJT (PUT)
• Schmitt Trigger Oscillators
• The 555 IC Timer
• The 555 as a One-Shot
• The 555 Oscillator
• Oscillators Made from Inverters
• Sweep-Voltage Waveform
• Transistor Sweep Generator
• Free-Running Sweep Generator
• Oscilloscope Triggered Sweep Circuit

Appendices

• Binary Number System
• Digital IC Data Sheets
• Values of E^x and E^-x

Index

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