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| Prefaces to the First Edition | |
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| Preface for Students | |
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| Preface for Instructors | |
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| A Bit About the Authors | |
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| Thanks | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Read Me First | |
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| Conventions Used in this Book | |
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| On Being an Engineer | |
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| Modeling Processes | |
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| Problems | |
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| Engineering Design: Why? What? How? | |
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| A Design Problem | |
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| Examining the Design Problem | |
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| Reflections | |
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| Problems | |
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| Engineering Ethics | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Problems | |
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| Meaningless Precision: 22.6 Grams of Fat per Serving | |
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| About Those Other Fields of Engineering | |
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| Key Concepts in Different Branches of Engineering | |
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| Logarithmic Unit for a Person's Pay: The Salarybel | |
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| Logarithmic Measure for Salaries: The Salarybel | |
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| Logarithmic Measure for Power: The Decibel (dB) | |
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| Decibel Measures for Voltage and Current | |
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| Decibel Measure for Sound Pressure | |
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| Gain or Loss Expressed in Decibels | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| How Many Words Is a Picture Really Worth? | |
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| Picture on a Computer Screen | |
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| Words | |
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| Bit Rate | |
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| Problems | |
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| Favorite Programs | |
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| Painting Programs | |
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| Word Processors | |
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| Desktop Publishing | |
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| Hypermedia | |
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| Database | |
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| Spreadsheet | |
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| Symbolic Mathematics Programs | |
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| Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Tools | |
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| Finite-Element Method (FEM) Analysis | |
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| Extraterrestrials Instead of Flying Toasters? | |
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| Problem | |
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| Some Really Interesting Technical and Semi-Technical Books | |
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| Advice to Freshmen | |
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| Advice to Freshmen from Some Graduates | |
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| Those Non-Technical Electives | |
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| On Language | |
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| Learning Styles, Mental Models, Creativity, and Brainstorming | |
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| Specialties Within Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
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| Courses, Industry, and Graduate School | |
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| On Communicating | |
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| Avis Contraire | |
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| On Brevity | |
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| The Secret of Vigorous Writing | |
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| It Doesn't Have to be Dull | |
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| Templates for Technical Writing | |
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| Why Just One Page? | |
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| A Writing Tip from TV | |
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| Student Laboratory Report | |
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| Student Term Paper | |
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| Resumes | |
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| Technical Journal Article | |
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| Proposal for RandD Funding | |
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| Patent | |
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| Business Plan | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Internet | |
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| Packets and Nodes | |
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| The Network Grows | |
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| What Does One Do with the Internet? | |
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| What Has the Internet Brought Us? | |
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| Some Internet Terminology | |
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| Future Prospects for Internet | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Problems | |
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| Optical Communications | |
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| The Fiber-Optic Approach | |
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| Semiconductor Light Sources | |
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| Practical Problems, and Some Solutions | |
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| Industry-University Cooperation in MEMS | |
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| Differences Between Industrial and University Research | |
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| A Short History of MEMS | |
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| Brief Technical Articles | |
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| "If the Machine Is So Smart, Why Do I Feel So Dumb?" | |
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| Problem | |
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| The ThinkJet Printer--from Concept to Product | |
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| Problem | |
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| Entrepreneurship: It's Your Business | |
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| Three Ways of Making Money | |
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| Your Startup Company | |
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| Is This for You? | |
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| Unsolved Problems and Unanswered Questions | |
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| Frozen Lake | |
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| Was Paper Discovered or Invented? | |
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| What's Coming Next? | |
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| Electrical Engineering--Survey of the Field | |
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| Direct Current Fundamentals | |
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| Current and Charge | |
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| Conductors, Insulators, Semiconductors, and Superconductors | |
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| Voltage | |
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| Power | |
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| Energy | |
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| Resistance | |
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| Schematics | |
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| Potential Variations in Resistive Circuits | |
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| Voltage Dividers | |
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| Thevenin Equivalent Circuits | |
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| Ground | |
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| Problems | |
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| Alternating Currents and Components | |
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| Alternating Currents | |
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| AC Voltages | |
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| Capacitance | |
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| RC Circuits | |
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| Inductance | |
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| Transformers | |
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| Summary Table of Electrical Quantities | |
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| Problems | |
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| What Can You Do with These Components? | |
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| Digital Logic Devices | |
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| Binary Number System | |
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| Converting a Decimal Number to its Binary Equivalent | |
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| Logic Operations and Truth Tables | |
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| Logic Gate Array that Produces an Arbitrarily Chosen Output | |
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| Boolean Algebra | |
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| Adding Binary Numbers | |
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| Memory Elements | |
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| Sequential Logic | |
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| Problems | |
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| Computer Architecture | |
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| Mental Models and the Computer | |
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| Central Processing Unit (CPU) | |
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| Instruction Set | |
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| Assembly Language | |
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| High-Level Languages | |
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| Operating System (OS) | |
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| Embedded Computing | |
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| Problems | |
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| What's in the Box? | |
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| Memory Hierarchy | |
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| Input/Output (I/O) | |
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| Problems | |
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| Semiconductors: From Ns and Ps to CMOS | |
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| The Story with Metals | |
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| What's Different about Semiconductors? | |
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| PN-Diodes | |
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| Transistor Amplifiers and Switches | |
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| Putting It All Together: CMOS | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Load Line and Your Car Battery | |
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| CMOS Logic and Memory | |
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| CMOS Logic Gates | |
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| Problems | |
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| Other Semiconductor Devices and Circuits | |
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| Diodes | |
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| The Bipolar-Junction Transistor (BJT) | |
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| Power Supply | |
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| Operational Amplifiers | |
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| Problems | |
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| Fabrication of ICs and MEMS | |
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| Making Printed Circuit Boards | |
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| Making Integrated Circuits | |
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| The Incredible Shrinking Transistor and Moore's Law | |
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| Making Micromechanical Structures | |
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| Wrap-Up | |
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| Problems | |
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| Power for the People | |
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| Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Utilization | |
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| Problems | |
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| Wireless Communication Systems | |
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| The Human Ear and Musical Instruments | |
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| Communication Channels and the Need for Modulation | |
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| AM and FM | |
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| How do Antennas Work? | |
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| The Frequency Spectrum | |
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| More About Radio | |
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| Television--500 Channels and Counting | |
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| Frequency Hopping and Spread Spectrum: Invented by an Actress and a Composer | |
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| How Much is Digital in All This? | |
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| Cell Phones: Necessity or Nuisance? | |
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| What Are All Those Satellites Doing? | |
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| Modeling Electrical Devices: The Transfer Function | |
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| Problems | |
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| Digital Signal Processing | |
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| On the One Hand ... and On the Other | |
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| Sampling | |
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| Going from One Side to the Other | |
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| Signal Processing | |
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| What About Hardware? | |
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| Problems | |
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| Electronics Terminology Brought to You by the good guys! | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Instructional Objectives | |
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| Those Student Questions Answered | |
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| Water Models for Electronic Devices | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Significant Contributions to the Field | |
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| It's Greek to Me | |
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| Alexander Graham Bell's Photophone | |
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| Grading on the Curve | |
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| Universal Resource Locators (URLs) | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |