Unraveling the Mysteries of Electronics

By Robert Lacoste

Preface | About the Author
Chapter 1 • Impedance Matching: What Is It?
Chapter 2 • A Small Introduction to Microribbons
Chapter 3 • Let's Play with Time-Domain Reflectometry: Measuring the Speed of Electrical Signals with a... Trombone
Chapter 4 • Printed Circuits: Avoiding Blunders in HF and High Frequencies in General
Chapter 5 • CE Marking for Beginners
Chapter 6 • The Quartz
Chapter 7 • The Magic of the PLL: VCO & PLL for Precise, Stable, and Variable Frequencies
Chapter 8 • Direct Digital Synthesis: An Introduction
Chapter 9 • Understanding the Sexagenarian Transistor Amplifier – Valiant & Still Indispensable
Chapter 10 • Class A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H Amplifiers: What Are They?
Chapter 11 • Stress-Free Digital Filtering: FIR Filters
Chapter 12 • Stress-Free Digital Filtering: CIC Filters
Chapter 13 • Stress-Free Digital Filtering: IIR Filters
Chapter 14 • The ABCs of ADCs/DACs: DNL, INL, SNR, SINAD, ENOB, SFDR, and More
Chapter 15 • The ABCs of ADCs/DACs: Sigma-Delta, What Is It?
Chapter 16 • Noise and Sensitivity of Receivers
Chapter 17 • Trading Bandwidth for Range
Chapter 18 • LoRaWAN: Architecture, Protocol, Security, and Operators
Chapter 19 • Digital Correlation: Pattern and Period Detection
Chapter 20 • Capacitors That Recharge Themselves! Attention to Dielectric Absorption
Chapter 21 • Parasitic Components: The Capacitor Metamorphosed into an Inductor
Chapter 22 • X7R, Y5V, NPO: What Are They? Why Don't All Ceramic Capacitors Measure Up?
Chapter 23 • How to Consume Less: With Calculation and Method
Chapter 24 • The ABCs of DC/DC Converters: Inductors Demystified
Chapter 25 • Voltage Boosting: From Charge Pump to Homemade Boost Converter
Index

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ISBN: 978-2-86661-207-8

1st edition - 1st printing - August 2019

Layout: Jack Jamar Graphic Design | Maastricht

Printed in the Netherlands by Wilco

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