Includes index.

Introduction to Powers of 10 2
Chapter 1 Electricity 22
Chapter 2 Resistors 54
Chapter 3 Ohm’s Law 76
Chapter 4 Series Circuits 106
Chapter 5 Parallel Circuits 138
Chapter 6 Series-Parallel Circuits 168
Chapter 7 Voltage Dividers and Current Dividers 202
Chapter 8 Analog and Digital Multimeters 226
Chapter 9 Kirchhoff ’s Laws 258
Chapter 10 Network Theorems 282
Chapter 11 Conductors and Insulators 314
Chapter 12 Batteries 342
Chapter 13 Magnetism 376
Chapter 14 Electromagnetism 396
Chapter 15 Alternating Voltage and Current 428
Chapter 16 Capacitance 470
Chapter 17 Capacitive Reactance 510
Chapter 18 Capacitive Circuits 532
Chapter 19 Inductance 558
Chapter 20 Inductive Reactance 602
Chapter 21 Inductive Circuits 624
Chapter 22 RC and L/R Time Constants 652
Chapter 23 Alternating Current Circuits 686
Chapter 24 Complex Numbers for AC Circuits 714
Chapter 25 Resonance 744
Chapter 26 Filters 780
Chapter 27 Diodes and Diode Applications 824
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Chapter 28 Bipolar Junction Transistors 872
Chapter 29 Transistor Amplifi ers 906
Chapter 30 Field Effect Transistors 948
Chapter 31 Power Amplifi ers 988
Chapter 32 Thyristors 1020
Chapter 33 Operational Amplif iers 1038
Appendix A Electrical Symbols and Abbreviations 1090
Appendix B Solder and the Soldering Process 1093
Appendix C Listing of Preferred Resistance Values 1100
Appendix D Component Schematic Symbols 1101
Appendix E Using the Oscilloscope 1107
Appendix F Introduction to MultiSim 1122
Glossary 1159
Answers Self-Tests 1168
Answers Odd-Numbered Problems and Critical Thinking Problems 1174
Credits 1196
Index 1197

The eleventh edition of Grob’s Basic Electronics provides students and instructors with complete and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of electricity and electronics. The book is written for the beginning student who has little or no experience and/or knowledge about the fi eld of electronics. A basic understanding of algebra and trigonometry is helpful since several algebraic equations and rightangle trigonometry problems appear throughout the text.