Understanding Automotive Electronics, 7th Edition

Chapter 3

Electronics Fundamentals

Chapter Outline

Semiconductor Devices

Diodes

Rectifier Circuit

Transistors

Field-Effect Transistors

Integrated Circuits

Operational Amplifiers

Use of Feedback in Op Amps

Summing Mode Amplifier

Phase-Locked Loop

Sample and Zero-Order Hold Circuits

Zero-order hold circuit

Digital Circuits

Binary Number System

Logic Circuits (Combinatorial)

NOT Gate

AND Gate

OR Gate

Combination Logic Circuits

Logic Circuits with Memory (Sequential)

R–S Flip-Flop

JK Flip-Flop

Synchronous Counter

Register Circuits

Shift Register

Integrated Circuits

The Microprocessor

This chapter is for the reader who has little knowledge of electronics. It is intended to provide an overview of the subject so that discussions in later chapters about ...