Electronic Design, Fourth Edition is written for use in the core electronics courses in undergraduate programs in electrical engineering. The book provides coverage of three areas: discrete devices, linear integrated circuits, and digital integrated circuits. A practicing engineer looking for a current reference for self-study will also find this book valuable. The only prerequisite for understanding the material in this text is a basic knowledge of circuit analysis.
With many books in the field of analog and digital electronics to choose from, you may wonder why we have written yet another book on the subject. Our principal goal in writing this text is to relieve our frustrations. We had attempted to teach electronics to undergraduates using traditional texts. These other texts look at the field from a theoretical point of view, emphasizing analysis and the physics of semiconductors, but paying little attention to the important and exciting design applications. Dealing only with fundamentals detracts from the excitement of the subject, and, indeed, the student may never develop the design skills required for a career position in electronics. While our book covers the fundamentals in a thorough and direct fashion, it goes one step further toward a balanced approach to designing electronic systems. The requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the industry demand that this type of approach be taken.
It is our hope that this book will inspire the imaginations of tomorrow's engineers. These professionals will be called upon to design, not just to analyze, electronic systems.

You already know us (Electronic Design, by Savant/Roden/Carpenter) as the extremely successful design-oriented electronics text that has been a catalyst to effective electrical engineering and electrical engineering technology education since it was first issued in 1986. The book has been treasured by students and faculty at over 155 US schools, and its many translations have been used throughout the world.
The text has now evolved into THE electronics text for the 21st century. We've paid attention to all of our reviewers and to the many current users who have responded to our surveys. The result is a text that has retained the numerous positive features of the earlier editions, while incorporating many innovations. The result will position our graduates for success in the 21st century.

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDENT
CHAPTER 1 - BASIC CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 2 - IDEAL OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS
CHAPTER 3 - SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 4 - BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT
CHAPTER 5 - BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS
CHAPTER 6 - FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS
CHAPTER 7 - BIAS STABILITY OF TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS
CHAPTER 8 - POWER AMPLIFIERS AND POWER SUPPLIES
CHAPTER 9 - PRACTICAL OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS
CHAPTER 10 - FREQUENCY BEHAVIOR OF TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS
CHAPTER 11 - FEEDBACK AND STABILITY
CHAPTER 12 - ACTIVE FILTERS
CHAPTER 13 - QUASI-LINEAR CIRCUITS
CHAPTER 14 - PULSED WAVEFORMS AND TIMING CIRCUITS
CHAPTER 15 - DIGITAL LOGIC FAMILIES
CHAPTER 16 - DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
APPENDICES
A. Standard Component Values
B. Manufacturers' Data Sheets
C. Answer to Selected Problems