Reviews (15)

Im a little worried
I just finished reading chapter one.I know it is quite early to make judgements, but already I'm starting to feel uneasy. As someone who has always enjoyed physics and math(and done well) I feel a little more insight into what is trying to be explained would be great.Im a student at the authors institution so I think thats why we have to use this book.I agree with others that there is a lot of waisted commentary so far, but it may prove to be usefull later.It just seems like a lot is thrown into one chapter and doesn't really mix well.More time, or more explanation about what is trying to be explained would greatly benefit the first chapter.

Pretty Good Overall
I'm an undergrad physics/engineering student.I thought this book was reasonably well written and clear.It could benefit from more example problems, and some solution techniques.
Wordy, some explanations are not clear, can be better.
I finished chapter 7. The authors do not show each step how to get the equations. Instead, a lot of math steps are missing. Unless you are good at math and recall all the fundamental physics equations, you will spend a lot of time to derive the equations by yourself. Without derive the equations, you can only accept the results without any insight. This book tries to cover introduction materials and more advanced materials.
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Subjects:  1. Electronics - General    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Semiconductors    6. Solid State Electronics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Circuits & components    10. Electronic devices & materials    11. Technology / Electronics / General   

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Great engineering guide - easy to follow and use.
Mr. Tartar has compiled a great deal of information in a format that is easy to understand and use in practical applications.It is refreshing to read technical information that has a sense of real world applicationwritten between the lines. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electric current converters    2. Electricity    3. Electromagnetic compatibility    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Power Resources    7. Power electronics    8. Solid State Electronics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Circuits & components    12. Energy conversion & storage    13. Technology / Electricity   

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Solid book but.......
This is a really good book for someone who is invloved in the subject, otherwise it is a readers nightmare, I lost count on the times the author writes " but not have been fully understood"...all he does in Ch4 and Ch5 is tell you what someone designed and what they achieved, it is like he copied and pasted technical journal papers into this book, I would not advice anyone on buying it, hard work have been put in it, but it is still a BAD book.....consider LEDs by schubert.....

A solid book on solid-state lighting
This is an extraordinary book dealing for the first time with an emerging area of solid-state lighting. The book covers all subjects from intriguing history of lighting to the basics of solid state light emitters to numerous applications in biology, medicine, industry, and specialized and general lighting. A must to have for many scientists, engineers, and students. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electric Lighting    2. Electronics - Circuits - General    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Light emitting diodes    6. Lighting    7. Optics    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Solid State Electronics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Applied optics    13. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    14. Heating, lighting, ventilation    15. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

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Industrial Maintenance Technology
This is a great college textbook for the student who wishes to become a great motors and circuits gyro.This book helps us learn about the different electronics involved to accomplish our goals in which ever careerfield we wish.. whether its.. Heating and Air Conditioning, Refrigeration,Residential Wiring, and Industrial electrician.. a pipe fitter, or a sheetmetal worker.. this book helps you understand circuts to the fullestpotential.In which ever career field you wish to go into the IndustrialMaintenance Technology career field ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - General    2. Electronics - Solid State    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Electronics engineering    7. Technology / Electronics / General   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Microelectronics    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Semiconductors    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Electronic devices & materials    10. Electronics engineering    11. Engineering & Technology | Electrical & Computer Engineering    12. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Solid State    2. General    3. Material Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Electrical engineering   

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An excellent textbook
I slept through all my lectures and got an A+ in the course because of this book. And no, I'm not from MIT and the authors of this book are not my professors.

AWFUL
THIS BOOK IS AWFUL!!!!!! I've never seen a textbook as terrible as this. Notice how the guy who gave it 5 stars is from MIT. I wouldnt be surprised if it Sodini himself. Nice try Charles, but your textbook is terrible.

Absolutely Terrible
This is the worst textbook that I have ever read. The authors make way too many assumptions in deriving their equations. Also, their approximations seem very sketchy and go without proper justification. All of these assumptions and approximations make it near impossible to understand anything, and so the student is just left with a bunch of meaningless equations. The end-of-chapter problems and excercises thus become just plug-and-chug, and they teach the student absolutely nothing about semiconductor devices. The problems are only difficult in that the student must search through the 150 or so gigantic equations in each chapter to find the correct one to plug the numbers into. No insight is gained. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Circuits - General    2. Electronics - Microelectronics    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Microelectronics    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Solid State Electronics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Electronic devices & materials    10. Technology / Electronics / General   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Solid State    2. General    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Semiconductor Physics    5. Solid State Electronics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    9. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    10. Materials science   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Microelectronics    2. Electronics - Solid State    3. Integrated circuits    4. Manufacturing    5. Masks    6. Masks (Electronics)    7. Microlithography    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Electrical engineering    12. Technology / Electronics / Solid State   

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first edition of a book that now is in the second edition
This book has been revised and updated in a second edition.I suggest that you either buy this book used or the second edition new depending upon your needs and finances.
A comprehensive guide for Highpower HF Amplifier Design
This is one fine book that deals with all the thoretical,practical and thermal aspects of Highpower Broadband amplifiers using Solidstate devices. Eventhough the examples and discussions are centered mainly around theMotorola RF Transistors,the principles can be extended to semiconductordevices manufactured by any manufacturer.The authors have dealt with thesubject matterin a thorough and a very easy to understand manner.I havebeen reading H.O.Granberg's articles in QST,RF Design and MotorolaApplication Notes since the early 80s as they were always packed with histremendous experience in the field of Solidstate RF design. No matterwhether you are a professional designer or an advanced radio amateur, youare sure to find it a gem in your collection of technical books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Amplifiers, Radio frequency    2. Counseling - Vocational Guidance    3. Electronics - Circuits - General    4. Electronics - Solid State    5. Power transistors    6. Radio    7. Radio Engineering    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Transistor amplifiers    12. Transistor radio transmitters    13. Circuits & components    14. Computers / Programming / Software Development    15. Radio technology   

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Good for Self Study
Yes, 5 stars, but it depends on what you're looking for.This is a very good intro to Electronics concepts and systems.It doesn't go into great technical detail, but I find I understand a topic better if I read a book like this first, then progress on to more sophisticated treatments.It gives you a high-level understanding of the topic and keeps you from getting bogged down in the weeds.There are a lot of pages, but it's a quick read.If you're fairly new to amplifiers, oscillators, transmitters, receivers, etc., go thru this first, then select something like "Art of Electronics" for the follow-up.

Worst electronics book ever!
Save your cash, this is a terrible book. It's just a collection of bad circuits with almost no explanation. Most important topics are just casually covered with insufficient detail. The circuits are confusingly drawn and most are poorly designed. Get a good book like "The Art of Electronics", don't waste your money like I did, stay away from this one!

Finding Van Valkenburgh - Help
Sorry I haven't read the book - I need to conntact the author re his Old self scoring trainer tester form. Can you help me? Thanks ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Counseling - Vocational Guidance    2. Electronics - Solid State    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    7. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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Simple enough to understand
I have several college electronics text books. Compared to the others this one was basic enough for me to understand the bare basics. Only after using this book have I been able to use the more advanced books.
Handled Cancellation Well
Needed to cancel the order after I was given incorrect information by my instructor.The cancellation was handled quickly with no difficulty.

Not for university students...
My teacher used this book (fifth edition) in a basic electronics course (university). The book begins with some semiconductor basics, the pn-junction is explained and this chapter is OK if one just needs the very basic understanding (which in some schools might be enough). The second chapter contains some diodeapplications and power supply filters, the third chapter is about zener diode applications and some special purpose diodes. Then he goes on with the BJT, FET and the opamp. The physics behind the BJT is very superficially covered but he explains the operation of the BJT in principle. The book considers the basic transistor amplifier circuits but a lot of important material is left out. He uses the r-parameter model as the transistor smallsignal equivalent model, which is not a very common smallsignal model. The FET transistor comes as the next chapter, and here I miss the physics behind the FET. Of course one can design circuits without knowing the physics behind these devices, but knowing the physics will give you a much better understanding. It should also be mentioned that this book is limited to low frequency applications. Further, he doesn't say anything at all about feedback in transistoramplifiers which is one of the most important concepts in electronics. One should know that without feedback you are more or less limited to one-transistor amplifier stages, at least for the practical situation.Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronic Apparatus And Devices    2. Electronics - General    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Equipment, Appliances & Supplies    5. Home Improvement / Construction    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Solid State Electronics    8. Technology    9. Circuits & components    10. Technology / Electronics / General   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - General    2. Electronics - Solid State    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Problems, exercises, etc    5. Solid State Electronics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Circuits & components    9. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    10. Semi-conductors & super-conductors   

Subjects:  1. Electronic Measurements    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Physical measurements    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Semiconductors    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Circuits & components    11. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    12. Engineering measurement & calibration    13. Technology / Electronics / Semiconductors   

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Microwave world in one book
The book with nearly all about microwaves. If anybody wants facts and knowledge for fast developement of transmission lines, matching networks, resonators, coupling structures, filters,oscilators, mixers, detectors,amplifiers, microwave control circuits ...If your answer is yes, you needthis book.You will get more than I can say with few words. It is not cheap,but it's price really reflects it's value . Book gives you deep insightinto wide spectrum of microwave world and reveals it as simple as possible.I have this book three years and it is always on table reacheable withhands. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electronics - Circuits - General    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Microwave Circuits    6. Microwaves    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Circuits & components    10. Microwave technology   

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A good intro to semiconductor process modeling
This is a six chapter book, with six authors.As a result, the treatment of the subject matter is a bit uneven.Here is a snap shot of the chapters: Good book
This book includes almost everything that need to be considered in simulating the semiconductor processing, especially the CVD process and crystal growth. Perfect! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Data processing    2. Design and construction    3. Electronics - Semiconductors    4. Electronics - Solid State    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Mathematical models    7. Process control    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Semiconductor industry    10. Semiconductors    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Computer modelling & simulation    13. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    14. Semi-conductors & super-conductors   

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A good introductory book
This slim and affordable book gives a gentle introduction to quantum mechanics, then applies these concepts and tools to examine the fundamental electronic properties of atoms and molecules, including their interaction with photons. It concludes with an analysis of the electronic properties of semiconductors and the pn junction, and the nonlinear response of optical materials to intense light.
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Subjects:  1. Electronics - Solid State    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. Optics    4. Quantum Theory    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Quantum physics (quantum mechanics)    9. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Subjects:  1. Electronic circuits    2. Electronics - Circuits - General    3. Electronics - Semiconductors    4. Electronics - Solid State    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Hot carriers    7. Microwaves    8. Noise    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Semiconductors    11. Solid State Electronics    12. Technology    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Materials science    15. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    16. Technology / Electronics / Semiconductors   

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updated undergraduate text
[A review of the 5th edition.]
I was not impressed
I was not at all impressed with this book. I have found more information, with more clear illustrations and samples in books that are a fraction of the cost. The author makes several mistakes throughout this book regarding the fabrication of microchips. I did not find the book to be up to date as far as current standards and practices. I highly reccomend that anyone interested in this subject find a more current book. If a person is interested in fabrication techniques from 5 years ago, then this book will fit that need. If a person wants to be knowledgeable about current methods then avoid this book like the plague. I would get my money back if I could.

Good Read
If you have or are in the process of getting your EE, don't bother with this book.As the title says, it's a "Practical Guide" for folks that either have an interest in the topic or wish to get a bit deeper into the issues involved in wafer and semiconductor manufacturing due to job requirements etc... it is not a text book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electronics - Solid State    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Semiconductors    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Microprocessors    10. Semi-conductors & super-conductors   

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Still a good book
It is too bad this book is out of print, for it gives a good introduction to the quantum theory as applied to condensed matter, despite the many advances that have taken place since the date of publication, such as high-temperature superconductivity, the fractional quantum Hall effect, and nanoscale physics. Therefore, if a copy can be found, it is still worth perusing and having on one's shelf. I only read the first 8 chapters of the book, so my review will be confined to them. Good Overall Review of Advanced Solid State Theory
A good book in addition to another introductory text.I covers the subject manner in an orderly fashion and reviews the theory in an intricate fashion.However, the mathematical notation is not what one would expectfrom other Solid State texts however the same conventions are used from hisintroductory book on Solid State Physics.An excellent investment forthose interested.

Excellent book!
This book contains all the necessary formalism to become aquainted with many-body theory and Green's functions. The writing is clear and to the point. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Solid State    2. Quantum Theory    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Solid State Physics    6. Technology    7. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    8. Quantum physics (quantum mechanics)    9. Science / Physics