Analog Circuit Design Volume 2

Chapter 41

Power conversion, measurement and pulse circuits

Tales from the laboratory notebook

Jim Williams

Introduction

This ink marks LTC’s eighth circuit collection publication.¹ We are continually surprised, to the point of near mystification, by these circuit amalgams seemingly limitless appeal. Reader requests ascend rapidly upon publication, remaining high for years, even decades. All LTC circuit collections, despite diverse content, share this popularity, although just why remains an open question. Why is it? Perhaps the form; compact, complete, succinct and insular. Perhaps the freedom of selection without commitment, akin to window shopping. Or, perhaps, simply the pleasure of new recruits for the circuit aficionados intellectual palate. ...