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Video Presentation of Technical Therapy for Analog Circuit Designers Part 1

Written by Dr. R. D. Middlebrook | Apr 6, 2020 9:50:26 PM

Published with the permission of Dr. Middlebrook's estate.

 

Dr. Middlebrook's Technical Therapy for Analog Circuit Designers, featuring Design-Oriented Analysis "How to get more results for less work".

Part One includes chapters 1-5 videos, notes, and solutions that share Dr. Middlebrook's approach to methods and techniques 

Chapter 1 - Realization: design is the reverse of analysis, click here for notes.

Chapter 1A - Field Effect Transistors and Bipolar Junction Transistors are Charge-Controlled Devices, click here for notes.

 

Chapter 2 - Low Entropy Expressions: The Key to D-OA, click here for notes.

 

Chapter 3 - Normal and Inverted Poles and Zeros, click here for notes

Solutions 3.1 - Practice the relationships between asymptote constructions and factored pole-zero forms, click here for notes

Solutions 3.2 - Practice the input and output impedance of Zi and Zo in factored pole-zero form, and sketching the magnitude and phase asymptotes, for each of the two networks, click here for notes.

Chapter 4 - Finding factored pole-zero from by eyeball, click here for notes.

Solutions 4.1 Click here for notes

 

Chapter 5 - Building low entropy expressions with minimum work, click here for notes.

Solutions 5.1 - Click here for notes.

 

Part Two - Technical Therapy for Analog Circuit Designers