Bill Smith

Electronic Amplifiers and Circuit Design (Analog Electronics Series) Bill Smith

Publisher Marketing: Includes solutions to all of the problems at the end of each chapter. Topics include types of amplifiers and design factors that affect bandwidth and frequency response, types of coupling including electronic networks and transformers, impedance considerations and how to tailor impedance to the requirements of the circuit; the use of positive and negative feedback in design of multistage circuits, the use of phase splitters in designs, low and high frequency compensation schemes, and applications of differential amplifiers and op amps. There are sections specific to audio amplifiers, video amplifiers, RF amplifiers, and the book concludes with a section on Magnetic Amplifiers and how to control inductance by design, including core windings, types of cores, etc. There is a glossary of terms and a detailed index at the back. Contributor Bio:  Smith, Bill Bill Smith was born in Bristol, England on May 12th, 1938 and emigrated to Canada in 1963. As a young man he played drums and trumpet casually in England. He now plays E-flat & C soprano saxophones and drums. Is a photographer, writer and film producer. From 1963 until 2001 he was the art director/editor of "Coda" Magazine. He has performed and recorded with numerous players among them David Prentice, David Lee, Michael Snow, Leo Smith, Joe McPhee, Evan Parker, Wolfgang Fuchs, Phil Minton, Roger Turner, John Tchicai, Vinny Golia... His many recordings are all in the analog world, two of which (with Joe McPhee - Visitation & with Leo Smith - Rastafari) are soon to be reissued on CD by Boxholder. A new CD of duets with guitarist Tony Wilson (Learning New Tricks) has just been released. Since 1989 he has lived on Hornby Island.