• NEW - Refines and reorganizes chapter content. The introduction and treatment of external amplifier characteristics has been condensed into the first chapter; op amps are treated in a single chapter; and treatment of device physics has been shortened and appears in various chapters on an as-needed basis. • Avoids overloading beginners with unnecessary detail, making the book more succinct and student friendly. Ex.___ • NEW - Provides early treatment of integrated-circuit techniques with greater emphasis throughout. • Enables students to gain knowledge of integrated circuits without taking an advanced course.

It also integrates the concepts, rather than presenting them in piecemeal fashion. Ex.___ • NEW - Emphasizes MOSFETs over JFETs. • Prepares students for advanced study of analog and digital CMOS and IC's. Ex.___ • NEW - Eliminates the chapter teaching SPICE. • Avoids unnecessary repetition of this introductory material, which students have already learned in circuits courses. Ex.___ • Clearly, accessibly, and succinctly presents all text material. • All students, even beginners, can learn directly from the book because of its manageable style and lack of excess detail.

Ex.___ • Offers outstanding pedagogical features throughout. Chapter openings show students how each chapter is organized. Example titles allow students to easily locate examples related to a particular topic.

The text provides a wealth of readily accessible information on basic electronics for electrical and computer engineering students. Its friendly approach, clear writing style, and realistic design examples, which earned Hambley the 1998 ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award, continue in the Second Edition.

Margin comments summarize procedures and emphasize important points. Problems range in difficulty. Easy problems build confidence and more difficult ones challenge the better students. • Allows for a wide variety of student learning styles. Ex.___ • Provides an organization that works with most course outlines. • Enables professors to use this text without having to revise the structure of their course. Ex.___ • Treats digital circuits early in the text.

• Enables computer engineering students to get the material they need in the first electronics course. Ex.___ • Emphasizes design. For example, Anatomy of Design sections show realistic design examples.

• Demonstrates ways in which material fits together, providing motivation and creating interest, and helps senior design students meet accreditation requirements for the design content. • Refines and reorganizes chapter content. The introduction and treatment of external amplifier characteristics has been condensed into the first chapter; op amps are treated in a single chapter; and treatment of device physics has been shortened and appears in various chapters on an as-needed basis. • Avoids overloading beginners with unnecessary detail, making the book more succinct and student friendly.

Ex.___ • Provides early treatment of integrated-circuit techniques with greater emphasis throughout. • Enables students to gain knowledge of integrated circuits without taking an advanced course. It also integrates the concepts, rather than presenting them in piecemeal fashion. Ex.___ • Emphasizes MOSFETs over JFETs. • Prepares students for advanced study of analog and digital CMOS and IC's. Ex.___ • Eliminates the chapter teaching SPICE.

• Avoids unnecessary repetition of this introductory material, which students have already learned in circuits courses. About the Author(s) ALLAN R. HAMBLEY received his B.S. Degree from Michigan Technological University, his M.S.

Degree from Illinois Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. From Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has worked in industry for Hazeltine Research Inc., Warwick Electronics, and Harris Government Systems.