Discrete and Integrated Electronics: Volume Two — Analysis and Design for Engineers and Engineering Technologists

Transistor biasing, amplifier behavior, and frequency response are closely connected: the way an active device is set up affects how a circuit handles a signal. In Discrete and Integrated Electronics: Volume Two, Stephen R. Fleeman follows that connection from BJT and FET bias circuits through amplifier analysis and the limits imposed by frequency.

This is an engineering textbook for readers ready to work through how electronic circuits behave—not just recognize their names. Its six chapters build from biasing fundamentals to increasingly involved amplifier systems, with study objectives, examples, illustrations, and problems supporting the technical discussion.

From bias circuits to amplifier models

The volume opens with BJT and FET biasing, including device variation, temperature effects, and several common bias arrangements. It then introduces voltage-amplifier models, covering gain, input and output loading, power gain, and decibels. These topics establish a framework for understanding how individual circuit choices shape an amplifier’s behavior.

Analyze inverting and non-inverting circuits

Chapters on inverting and non-inverting voltage amplifiers examine small-signal BJT and FET models, common-emitter and common-source stages, emitter and source followers, common-base and common-gate amplifiers, and operational-amplifier circuits. The sequence gives students a way to compare discrete-device and op-amp approaches while studying their input and output characteristics.

See how stages work together

The discussion broadens to differential amplifiers, common-mode gain and CMRR, cascaded amplifier systems, and instrumentation amplifiers. A final chapter explores frequency response, including RC filters, poles and zeros, Bode approximations, low- and high-frequency roll-off, device capacitances, and the Miller effect.

Practice the analysis

Study objectives and chapter problems give the material a clear course-oriented structure. The preface also describes narrated examples and NI Multisim screen captures used to illustrate circuit analysis and verification. Selected answers to odd-numbered problems are included.

The book is intended for electrical and engineering technology students, electrical engineering students, and mechanical engineering students working with circuit analysis. Its stated preparation includes a basic DC circuit analysis course, familiarity with AC circuit analysis, and an understanding of diodes, BJTs, and FETs. For readers with that foundation, this volume offers a structured path into transistor and operational-amplifier circuit analysis.