Diodes and Transistors - General Principles * 1963 * CDROM * PDF

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Diodes and Transistors
General Principles
by G. Fontaine (1963)
Philips Technical Library
478
pages
... in Adobe PDF format on CDROM
Contents:
Semiconductors
General Considerations
Definition
Diodes
Junction Diodes
Point-Contact Diodes
Analysis of Diode Characteristics
The Breakdown of a Junction
The Influence of Temperature
Comparison between Thermionic Diodes and Semiconductor Diodes
Rectification
Comparison between the Operation of a Semiconductor Diode and a Thermionic Diode as Detector
Operation at Radio Frequencies
Transistors
General Considerations
The Junction Transistor
The Technology of the Transistor
The Mode of Operation of Thermionic Valves
The Mode of Operation of Transistors
PNP Transistors
NPN Transistors
Consideration of Transistor Characteristics
Transistor Parameters
Forward Transfer Admittance or Slope
Methods of Driving Small-Signal Transistors
Methods of Driving Power Transistors
Matched Drive
Transistor BIAS Voltages
Thermal Stability
The Load Impedance
Transistors Connected in Cascade
The use of Transistors as an active element
The Transistor as a passive element
The influence of the Collector Current and of the Frequency on the various RF Parameters of the Transistor
Possible Circuit Configurations for Transistors
The Common-Emitter Configuration
The Common-Base Configuration
The Common-Collector Configuration
Comparison of the Various Configurations
Appendix
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