All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide, Third Edition -- About the Author -- Credits -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What This Book Teaches -- How This Book Is Organized -- Conventions Used In This Book -- How to Use This Book -- Chapter 1: DC Review and Pre-Test -- Current Flow -- Ohm's Law -- Resistors in Series -- Resistors in Parallel -- Power -- Small Currents -- The Graph of Resistance -- The Voltage Divider -- The Current Divider -- Switches -- Capacitors in a DC Circuit -- Summary -- DC Pre-Test -- Chapter 2: The Diode -- Understanding Diodes -- The Diode Experiment -- Diode Breakdown -- The Zener Diode -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 3: Introduction to the Transistor -- Understanding Transistors -- The Transistor Experiment -- The Junction Field Effect Transistor -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 4: The Transistor Switch -- Turning the Transistor on -- Turning the Transistor off -- Why Transistors are Used as Switches -- The Three-Transistor Switch -- Alternative Base Switching -- Switching The JFET -- The JFET Experiment -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 5: AC Pre-Test and Review -- The Generator -- Resistors in AC Circuits -- Capacitors in AC Circuits -- The Inductor in an AC Circuit -- Resonance -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 6: AC in Electronics -- Capacitors in AC Circuits -- Capacitors and Resistors in Series -- The High Pass Filter Experiment -- Phase Shift of an RC Circuit -- Resistor and Capacitor in Parallel -- Inductors in AC Circuits -- Phase Shift for an RL Circuit -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 7: Resonant Circuits -- The Capacitor and Inductor in Series -- The Output Curve -- Introduction to Oscillators -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 8: Transistor Amplifiers -- Working with Transistor Amplifiers -- A Stable Amplifier -- Biasing -- The Emitter Follower -- Analyzing an Amplifier.

The JFET as an Amplifier -- The Operational Amplifier -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 9: Oscillators -- Understanding Oscillators -- Feedback -- The Colpitts Oscillator -- The Hartley Oscillator -- The Armstrong Oscillator -- Practical Oscillator Design -- Oscillator Troubleshooting Checklist -- Summary and Applications -- Self-Test -- Chapter 10: The Transformer -- Transformer Basics -- Transformers in Communications Circuits -- Summary and Applications -- Self-Test -- Chapter 11: Power Supply Circuits -- Diodes in AC Circuits Produce Pulsating DC -- Level DC (Smoothing Pulsating DC) -- Summary -- Self-Test -- Chapter 12: Conclusion and Final Self-Test -- Conclusion -- Final Self-Test -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: List of Symbols and Abbreviations -- Appendix C: Powers of Ten and Engineering Prefixes -- Appendix D: Standard Composition Resistor Values -- Appendix E: Supplemental Resources -- Web Sites -- Books -- Magazines -- Suppliers -- Appendix F: Equation Reference -- Appendix G: Schematic Symbols Used in This Book -- Index.