Part 1 book “Practical electronics handbook” has contents: Resistors, capacitors, inductive and tuned circuit components, chemical cells and batteries, active discrete components, linear ICs, familiar linear circuits, sensors and transducers. | PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS HANDBOOK This page intentionally left blank PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS HANDBOOK SIXTH EDITION IAN R. SINCLAIR AND JOHN DUNTON AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Newnes is an imprint of Elsevier Newnes is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford, OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First edition 1980 Reprinted 1982, 1983 (with revisions), 1987 Second edition 1988 Reprinted 1990 Third edition 1992 Fourth edition 1994 Reprinted 1997, 1998, 1999 Fifth edition 2000 Reprinted 2001 Sixth edition 2007 Copyright © 1980, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2007, Ian R. Sinclair and John Dunton. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved The right of Ian R. Sinclair and John Dunton to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permission may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333; email: permissions@. Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at , and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made British Library Cataloguing in .