Electric Circuits and Electronic Components

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The author of this web page is indebted to the following resources:

--Neaman, David. Microelectronics Circuit Analysis And Design. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Science Engineering, 2007. Print.

--Jackson, John. "Surface Charges on Circuit Wires and Resistors Play Three Roles." American Journal of Physics 64 (1996): 855-70. AIP Citation. Web. 29 May 2015. ‹http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/ajp/64/7/10.1119/1.18112›.

--Pierret, Robert F. Semiconductor Device Fundamentals. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1996. Print.

--Knight, Randall. Physics for Scientists & Engineers: A Strategic Approach. 3rd ed. Addison-Wesley, 2012. Print.

--Houston, Edwin J. Electricity in Every-day Life in Three Volumes. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1905. Print.

--"HyperPhysics." Web. 16 Apr. 2015. ‹http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/›.


The circuit schematic symbols were taken from the following page:

Digital image. ATmega32 AVR. N.p., June 2012. Web. ‹http://atmega32-avr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/circuit_schematic_symbols1.jpg›.

Various site images taken from:

Digital image. Probell. Web. ‹http://probell.com/photo_exhibit/First%20Transistor%20(1947).jpg"›

Digital image. Danotherm. Web. ‹http://www.danotherm.dk/page/product/16/8/tera-resistance-blocks"›

Digital image. TV Sciences. Web. ‹http://tv-sciences.e-monsite.com/pages/partie-ii/volta-et-la-creation-de-la-premiere-pile.html›

Digital image. XP Power Electronics Co. Ltd. Web. ‹http://tv-sciences.e-monsite.com/pages/partie-ii/volta-et-la-creation-de-la-premiere-pile.html›

Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. Web. ‹http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electronic_component_transformers.jpg›

Background image taken from

Digital image. Wallpapertags.com. Web. ‹http://wallpapertags.com/free-wallpaper/1920x1080/circuits-board-23706›

Youtube videos taken from the channel of Jeff Quitney.