Electronics Textbooks
List of electronics textbooks from 1996.
Principles of Electronics Instrumentation - Diefenderfer & Holton,
1994, 3'rd ed.
- somewhat of a combined scientist and engineer approach
- also covers instrumentation
- a modern and good looking simple book
- recommended as reference
An Introduction to Modern Electronics - W.L. Faissler, 1991
($97)
- assumes only algebra
- covers everything a bit; uses a non-conventional order
- simple but not complete enough for this course
- recommended as reference
The Art of Electronics - P. Horowitz & W. Hill, 1990, 2'nd
ed. ($82)
- assumes introductory physics and calculus, and a concurrent
course in differential equations
- covers just about everything at some depth (sometimes too
shallow)
- recommended as reference
Principles of Electronics: Analog and Digital - L.R. Fortney, 1987
($86)- errata
- assumes introductory physics and calculus (knowledge of phasors)
- covers just about everything (strong on passive filters)
- textbook in the past
Basic Electronics for Scientists - J.J. Brophy, 1977
- this is one of the books I supposedly learned electronics from
- there were numerous errors and miss-prints which made it
difficult to understand
- there is a new edition which looks good but I am not familiar
with it
Basic Electric Circuit Analysis - Johnson, Hilburn, Johnson &
Scott, 1995
- aimed towards sophomore engineers
Linear Circuit Analysis - Volume 1 - R.A. DeCarlo & P. Lin, 1995
- aimed towards sophomore electrical engineers
- concentrates on linear circuit analysis
Introduction to Electronic Circuits - H.W. Jackson & P.A White,
1989, 7'th ed.
- aimed towards engineers in community college
- too simple for this course
Analog and Digital Electronics - P.H. Beards, 1991, 2'nd
ed. ($100)
- aimed at second-from-last year students
- good digital section and very advanced
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering - L.S. Bobrow, 1985
- first course for electrical engineering
- very good choice for textbook for engineers
Electronics with Digital & Analog Integrated Circuits -
R.J. Higgins, 1983 ($85)
- aimed at upper level undergraduate to graduate students
- starts digital topics very early and is very advanced
Douglas M. Gingrich
(gingrich@ualberta.ca)