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ATTENTION!: THIS IS A CD, NOT A PHYSICAL/PAPER BOOK!!! Engineering Electronics by Donald G. Fink 1938 PDF on CD CD Contents: Engineering Electronics by Donald G. Fink (1938): 361 pages Format: PDF, Language: English "This book on CD has been written to meet the needs of the practicing engineer who has a good foundation in electricity, but who has no specific training in electronic concepts and methods." Table of contents of the book on the CD: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I Electronics in Engineering ? A Preliminary Survey Electronic Functions in Electrical Engineering ? Rectification ? Frequency Conversion ? Amplification ? Repeated Amplification ? Control and Measurement Functions ? Photosensitive Applica- tions ? Electronic Sources of Light ? Principles of Electronic Action ? The Free Electron and Its Control ? The Terminology of Electronics. PART I PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS CHAPTER II The Fundamental Properties of the Electron The Atomic Nature of Electricity ? The Known Properties of the Electron and Their Implications ? Mass ? Charge ? Charge-to-mass Ratio ? Electrons in Groups ? Energy Transfer ? Current Flow ? Power ? Magnetic Effects. CHAPTER III Emission, the Production of Free Electrons Electrons in Metals ? Types of Emission ? Work Function ? Thermionic Emission ? The Richardson Equation ? Substances Used for Obtaining Thermionic Emission ? Photoelectric Emis- sion ? Secondary Emission ? High-field Emission ? Measurement of Work Function from Emission Data. CHAPTER IV The Control of Free Electrons in a Vacuum The Electric Field and Its Properties ? The Effect of an Electric Field on a Single Electron ? The Millikan Oil-drop Experiment ? The Action of an Electric Field on a Group of Electrons ? Space Charge ? The 3/2-power Law ? Cylindrical Electrodes ? Grid Con- trol of Electron Currents ? The Formation of Electron Beams ? Electrostatic Deflection ? Magnetic Deflection ? Crossed Fields ? The Thomson Experiment. CHAPTER V Electron Currents in Gases and Vapors The Neutral Atom, Its Structure and Energy Levels ? The Bohr Atom ? Electron Orbits and Energies ? Relation of Structure to Weight and Chemistry ? Electron-molecule Encounters ? Energy Transfer ? Excitation ? Ionization ? Effects of Ionization ? The Self-maintained Discharge ? The Control of Electron Currents in Gases and Vapors. PART II ELECTRON TUBES CHAPTER VI Thermionic Vacuum Tubes Thermionic Vacuum-tube Classifications ? Cathode Structures ? Metallic-oxide Emitters ? Emission Efficiency of Thermionic Cathodes ? Saturation Emission ? The Diode and Its Character- istics ? Diode-connection Diagram ? Dynamic Plate Resistance of the Diode ? The Triode and Its Characteristics ? The Equivalent Diode ? Amplification Factor and Its Determination ? Triode Par- ameters: Dynamic Plate Resistance, Amplification Factor, Mutual Conductance ? Equivalent Circuit of the Triode ? Triode-character- istic Curves ? Tetrode Characteristics ? Pentode Characteristics ? Practical Constructions ? Remote Cut-off ? Supercontrol ? Beam- power Construction. CHAPTER VII Gas-filled Thermionic Tubes Types of Gas-filled Tubes ? Diodes (Phanotrons) ? Diode Ratings ? High-pressure Types ? Triodes and Tetrodes (Thyratrons) ? Space Charge Conditions in Gas-filled Tubes ? Ionization and Deionization Time ? Grid Current ? Operating Characteristics ? Grid-control Characteristics ? Pool-type Tubes ? The Ignitron? Cold-cathode Types. CHAPTER VIII Photosensitive Tubes and Cells Photoemissive Electron Tubes ? Characteristics of Photoemissive Cathodes ? Cathode-to-anode Characteristics ? Light-versus-cur- rent Characteristics ? Mechanism of Gas-filled Phototubes ? Con- struction Features ? Calculation of Performance ? Photovoltaic Cells ? Characteristics ? Photoconductive Cells. CHAPTER IX Electronic Sources of Light Mechanism of Light Production ? Energy Transfers ? Absorption and Retransmission of Light ? Characteristics of Gases and Vapors Commonly Used in Lamps ? Electric Action in Luminous Dis- charges ? Cathodic Versus Positive-column Discharges ? Neon- sodium Discharge ? Practical Constructions. CHAPTER X Specialized Electron Tubes The Cathode-ray Tube ? Applications ? X-ray Tubes ? The Icono- scope ? The Farnsworth ?Image Dissector? ? Electron Image Tubes ? Electron Microscope ? Electron-multiplier Tubes ? Dyna- tron ? Movable-anode Tube ? Ionization Gauge ? The Strobotron. PART III ELECTRON-TUBE APPLICATIONS CHAPTER XI Elements of Circuit Theory as Applied to Electron Tubes Current-voltage Relationships in Electric Circuits ? The Basic Sine-wave Voltage ? Current-voltage Relationships of R, L, and C ? Rules for Combining Circuit Impedances ? The Grid-bias Filter ? Ideal Parallel-tuned Circuit ? Coupled Circuits ? The Elec- tron Tube as a Circuit Element ? Diode ? Triode ? Load Line Method ? R-m-s Relationships ? Power Relationships. CHAPTER XII Power Transformation Circuits Rectification ? Half-wave, Full-wave, Multiphase ? Voltage Doubler ? Grid-controlled Rectifier Circuits ? Alternating-current Control of Gas-triode Rectification ? Inversion Circuits ? Sin- gle Tube ? Two-tube, Parallel, Series ? Rectifier-inverter Com- binations. CHAPTER XIII Electronic Communication Circuits Amplitude-frequency Response of Communication Equipment ? Single-stage Audio-frequency Amplifiers ? Distortion ? Effect of Tube Capacitances ? Voltage Versus Power Amplifiers ? Class B Amplification ? Coupled Audio Amplifiers ? Resistance-capacitance Coupling ? Impedance-capacitance Coupling ? Transformer Cou- pling ? By-passing Practice ? Principles of Carrier Communi- cation ? Modulation ? Side-band Analysis ? Demodulation ? Oscil- lator Circuits ? Frequency Stability ? Tuned Amplifiers ? Frequency Multiplying Tuned Amplifiers ? Class A, B, and C tuned Ampli- fiers ? Modulator Circuits ? Demodulator (detector) Circuits ? Multi-vibrator (Frequency Division) Circuits ? Converter Detec- tors ? Automatic Circuit Control. CHAPTER XIV Industrial Control and Measurement Circuits Electronic Relay Circuits ? Time-delay Relays ? Capacity-operated Relays ? Phototube-controlled Relays ? Illumination Control ? ? Counting and Sorting ? Door openers, Speed traps, Etc. ? Meter-and-mirror Phototube Relays ? Gas-filled Versus Vacuum Tubes in Relay Service ? Electronic-welding-control Circuits ? Voltage Regulation ? Electronic Measurement Circuits ? Vacuum- tube Voltmeters ? Electronic Electrometers ? Direct-coupled Am- plifiers ? Illumination and Color Measurement Circuits ? Single Tube ? Two-tube units ? Work with Low Light Levels ? Auto- matic-recording Spectrophotometry. APPENDIX I Standard Letter Symbols ? Standard Diagrammatic Symbols APPENDIX II Definitions of Electronic Terms APPENDIX III Definitions of Abbreviations APPENDIX IV Numerical Answers to Problems Index COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS: This manual on CD will work on all PC, MAC Computers, tablets and mobile phones. The only software needed is adobe reader which in most cases is already loaded onto your computer, if not can be downloaded for free. It will be shipped by UPS/Air mail as a CD and money back guarantee! Windows and Mac compatable Important! Non US buyers please be sure that your State/Province/Region element is filled by you either in your paypal account Profile and settings/Address section or in your Bonanza account Settings/Address section when you make order because this is necessary in order that the order processing can be a little bit quicker! Thank you for your cooperation! Ringostarn Shipping is Free.