Reviews (3)

Good for beginner....Not for advanced
This book is truely for beginners who have no clue of signal Integrity. He starts this book with stuff like Ohm's law and how capacitors and inductors work which most people learn in high school.
Probably the most readable book you'll find on this
Brook's book is exceptional in the clarity of the writing, esp. in explaining key concepts that most engineers are fuzzy on.This book is great at giving engineers an intuitive feel for basic electromagnetics and how it relates to signal integrity and emi. A chasm has been bridged...
As an educator, lecturer and practicing designer I am given many books to read and make comment on. I find very few books that are able to bridge the chasm between the needs of a beginner learning about signal integrity and the needs of a professional desperate to solve design problems. This book is an excellent primer and reference for understanding the interrelationship between the board layout and the signal integrity problem. This book details design solutions to classic signal integrity problems and educates the novice in understanding the reasoning behind the solutions. There is a lot of nonsense being written about signal integrity and few people have the resources to filter out the chaff from hay. This book proves every principle presented with tested board layouts, demonstrated engineering principles, or documented laboratory results. Some people can see the world in formulas and some see the world pictorially. This book is rich in both forms of expressionism and its presentation will not exasperate the PCB designer who sees the world visually, or frustrate the engineer seeking equations for design representation. This book has been added to the required reading list for our PCB layout designers and product development engineering teams. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Design and construction    3. Electromagnetic interference    4. Electronic Circuit Design    5. Electronic circuits    6. Electronics - Circuits - General    7. Electronics - Circuits - Printed    8. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    9. Microwaves    10. Noise    11. Printed circuits    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Technology    14. Technology & Industrial Arts    15. Circuits & components    16. Computer Hardware & Operating Systems    17. Signal processing    18. Technology / Electronics / General   

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Terrible book
This book looks perfect on paper. The subject matter is important, it talks about many practical concepts, the cover is cute, etc. But trying to read this book I was very disappointed. The author has just cut and pasted some well-known ideas but doesn't explain anything clearly. Despite knowing the subject I found it painful to follow.I wanted to throw the book away after reading a few sections, but I kept telling myself "it can't be that bad, the material is fine, let me give it another chance". But the book is that bad! It is no excuse that this is a "handbook". There are many books that are not textbooks that do a great job explaining things.I feel sorry for anybody who is trying to learn by reading this book. If you are a beginner read Howard Johnson's classic "Black Magic" book. If you are more advanced read Clayton Paul or books on Microwave design. OK, but missing something
So far it has been useful in my designs.They seem to be better and I am sure the book has helped with certification.It has some very useful information.Unfortunatly, it does not have much supporting information or theoretical proofs.Perhaps this helps the non-math oriented user, but I can't imagine why a non-math oriented user would need such a book or what such a person would be doing designing for EMC.As an engineer, I don't take things on face value without understanding of why.The lack of general theory also makes it difficult to extend the information provided to areas not covered in the book.In short, I'd like to know a bit more about why.

good for a lot of EMC/EMI pains
I got this book because the boss said to find something to help resolve the FCC/CE and other world EMI/EMC compliance issues we have, and it was instantly used and had the answers we needed.Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Design and construction    3. Electromagnetic compatibility    4. Electronic Circuit Design    5. Electronics - Circuits - General    6. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    7. Printed circuits    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Circuits & components    12. Communications engineering / telecommunications    13. Science / Electromagnetism    14. Technical design   

Reviews (4)

Wonderful EMC book
This book makes learning EMC as easy as counting one to three. Very logical, easy to understand, and makes you to think how EMC can be fun and challenging. A very good reference book, easpcially if you love to see things simplified mathimatically.
Very good book
I consider that this book is avery good start point to introduce oneself into the EMC topic. Clear and pedagogic with a lot of numerical examples and well chosen exercises.

Great Book - Read it all.
Starting first with the negatives, of which they are four.First, do not be fooled by the title word "introduction."This is NOT a book for beginners, but rather senior engineers.If you are new to EMC this is not the book for you.Second, information relative to FCC/CE requirements is dated.Also, some tests relative to CE compliance are not covered.Third, though there are many diagrams, there are almost no pictures.In many cases I found a picture, as opposed to a diagram would have been far more explanatory.Lastly (though it does not bother me in the least, but I thought you would like to know), the book has numerous typos through out its 752 pages.Read more

Subjects:  1. Digital electronics    2. Electromagnetic compatibility    3. Electromagnetism    4. Electronic circuits    5. Noise    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Telecommunications    10. Electronics & Communications Engineering    11. Science / Electromagnetism   

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electric filters    3. Electromagnetic interference    4. Electronics - Circuits - General    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. General    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Circuits & components    11. Technology / Electronics / General   

Reviews (2)

Excellent, practical handbook
This is a great, practical guide to EMI testing and troubleshooting.Includes basic fixes, utility of those fixes to resolve observed issue(s), and estimates regarding the improvement those fixes might provide.It also includes a section on in-house, "confidence" testing (without shelling out for test chamber and all of the expensive test equipment... though you'll still need some)
Good overall book
This book is by no means the definitive guide to EMC.The advance reader seeking such a book should consult Clayton's R. Paul book (Intro {yea right} to EMC).Nonetheless, for what it is, it is outstanding.The author covers in a general and simplified format a wide array of topics.What I most liked about the book was that the author address installations and other non-PCB related EMI issues.Basically, issues not covered by similar books that have a tendency to address only the PCB and its related IO. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Electromagnetic compatibility    3. Electromagnetic interference    4. Electromagnetism    5. Electronics - Circuits - General    6. Electronics - General    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. Reference    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Electronics engineering    12. Radio technology    13. Science / Electromagnetism   

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Superb and Outstanding
This is one of the graetest book on board design and its signal integrity. I purchased this book and could not put it down until I read it cover to cover. Superb explanation starting from general introduction, nature of resistance, capatitance and inductance effect on the board, Excellent explanation of differential signalling skin effect and optimizing on board decaps. What is outstanding in this book is that author gives fantastic references for further study. Chapter 10 is master piece describing modeling of decaps on the board and many manymore. Combine the material of this book with "Brain Young" book of " Digital Signal Integrity" you got it all. Barvoo...for this magnificent work. As an ASIC designer and signal integroty specialist, this book has helped me a lot. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Electromagnetic interference    3. Electronic circuits    4. Electronics - Circuits - General    5. Electronics - Circuits - Printed    6. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    7. Noise    8. Printed circuits    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Circuits & components   

Subjects:  1. Electronic Engineering (Specific Aspects)    2. Electronics    3. Electronics - General    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Engineering - General    6. Ferrites (Magnetic materials)    7. Magnetic Properties Of Materials    8. Magnetic materials    9. Materials    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    14. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

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reduce your EMI
If you are a circuit designer building a commercial product, then it is necessary to minimise the RF emissions. But many texts on circuitry gloss over the details of how to do this. Perhaps considered too uninteresting.
Misleading
This book is well oganized and easy to use, but the information is often incorrect. We have found it to cause more problems than solve. Paul Clayton's book come much more highly recommended.

EMC Made Simple
Practical explanation of printed circuit board emissions, routing, tracetermination ... covers all aspects of the printed circuit board. A must forthe PCB engineer's reference shelf. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Design and construction    3. Electromagnetic compatibility    4. Electronic Circuit Design    5. Electronics - Circuits - General    6. Electronics - Circuits - Printed    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. Printed circuits    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Circuits & components    13. Communications engineering / telecommunications    14. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    15. Technology / Mensuration   

Subjects:  1. Data transmission systems    2. Electronic Networks    3. Electronics - Circuits - General    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Microwave Electronics    6. Microwave communication system    7. Microwave communication systems    8. Microwaves    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Telecommunications    13. Microwave technology    14. Science / Electromagnetism   

Reviews (1)

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   

Subjects:  1. Effect of radiation on    2. Electricity    3. Electronics - Circuits - General    4. Electronics - Semiconductors    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Environmental Engineering & Technology    7. Material Science    8. Radioactive Pollutants (Environmental Aspects)    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Semiconductors    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    14. Energy industries & utilities    15. Environmental impact of radiation    16. Microelectronics    17. Radiation damage    18. Science / Crystallography    19. Semiconductor devices and circuits    20. Space and nuclear electronics    21. Technology / Material Science    22. Technology-Electronics - Semiconductors    23. Technology-Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    24. ULSI Technology   

Reviews (4)

Hiro
I live in Japan and have been working on development of semiconductor process technology for ten years. First, I bought the Dr. Grove in Japanese edition when graduate student ,and have been making the best of it , which made me again buy this English edition through amazon.com.(The English edition is not available in Japan)
A classic book everybody in this area should have
Very systematic way to develop the theory. Easy to read. I read a few newer books in this field, no one even comes close to this classic book in terms of the treatment of the basic theory.

Great Book
Detailed treatment of Semiconductor Physics.A classic book in this field and a excellent source of reference for any Electrical Engineer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Circuits - General    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. General    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    8. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    9. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

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Excellent, essential resource
Jonassen covers electrostatic safety, fundamentals and advanced concepts. Essential for anyone building facilites, or investigating safety. Easy to understand, well written.

May be understood by the novice and the engineer!
Jonassen has accomplished in this book the complicated feat of descibing electrostatics in such as way that it may be understood by the novice and the engineer. The ESDJournal.com has a complete book review. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electrical Engineering (Specific Aspects)    2. Electricity    3. Electronics - Circuits - General    4. Electrostatics    5. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    6. Mathematical Physics    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Communications engineering / telecommunications    11. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    12. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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It's good for you who are interested in ESD..
Recently, I studied the CMOS layout. And I attended at the project about that. I fel the need to know the ESD phenomeon. At that time, I found this book. I understood this phenomenon and the ways to protect it easily. Because the book provided many graphs and photos and it treated the phenomenon in depth relatively. But this book didn't deal with the antenna diode issues. The importance of the antenna diode issues increases. So I hope that the authers will publish new edition.Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Circuits - Integrated    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Electrostatics    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Integrated Circuits    6. Protection    7. Semiconductors    8. Static eliminators    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Circuits & components    12. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    13. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General   

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Good Starting Point for Building a Foundation
Though 20 years old, or "lacking modern ... issues" as the previous reviewer said, this book presents the fundamental material of semiconductor device modeling in a logical and organized way.Though recent developments are not covered in this book, the fundamentals of how to discretize a PDE (i.e., poisson eqn, continuity eqs, etc) using finite difference methods, etc., don't change, and this book is a good starter for learning that.If you want to understand the concepts behind device simulators like DESSIS, MEDICI, PISCES, etc., this is a good place to start. Great starter for those into device modeling
I have often referenced this book for due to the nature of my graduate research.It is a good introduction to the finer points of semiconductor device modeling.(The stuff not really emphasized at the undergraduate level)However, this book is lacking with respect to many modern device structures and issues.(e. g. power transistors, HEMT's, III-V compound information)I still recommend it as reference material. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Technology & Industrial Arts    2. Optics    3. Analysis    4. Circuits & components    5. Computer modelling & simulation    6. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    7. Halbleiterbauelement    8. Modell (Math.)    9. Numerische Mathematik    10. Partielle Differentialgleichung    11. Simulation    12. Technology / Optics   

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Excellent work on filtering and statistical signal processing
This is an excellent book. I often see it referenced, in the old edition from Prentice Hall, in IEEE papers written by "old important guys" (and gals of course) indicating that it carries some weight amongst people in the know.
Solid Mathematical Analysis
Originally published in 1979, this is a graduate level text book on signal processing. Filtering out the unwanted data is a major part of signal processing. A returning radar image, for instance, contains an awful lot of data, while all you really want is the blip that identifies where the airplane is in the sky. The remaining static has to be filtered out.
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Subjects:  1. Electric filters    2. Electromagnetism    3. Electronics - Circuits - General    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Signal processing    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Engineering: general    9. Science / Electromagnetism   

Reviews (3)

An easy read and great resource for an EE
This book explained EMI control and design for EMC in a clear manor. I had only one complaint, there are a lot of graphs that appear to have been in color originally. The book is not printed in color, so it is difficult to distinguish data traces on these graphs. I would still highly recommend this book!

Recommended for PCB Designers
"PCB Design for Real-World EMI Control" is a great book on techniques to reduce EMI problems in your designs.The book has a good layout with each chapter building on the last.Techniques are discussed in detail with very little math.Overall, the book is easy to follow for the beginning designer and a good reference for the experienced designer.I recommend this book to anyone involved in PCB design.

detailed descriptions
Electronic products, or more broadly any product with electronic parts, need to reduce their EM interference to some minimum amount. Where this depends on the type of product and the country in which it will be sold. A problem is that in university electrical engineering courses, controlling EMI is typically only briefly taught.
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Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Design and construction    3. Electromagnetic interference    4. Electronic Circuit Design    5. Electronics - Circuits - General    6. Electronics - Circuits - Printed    7. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    8. General    9. Prevention    10. Printed circuits    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology    13. Technology & Industrial Arts    14. Circuits & components    15. Communications engineering / telecommunications    16. Medical-General    17. Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General    18. Technology / Engineering / Electrical    19. Technology-Electronics - Circuits - Printed   

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...Good and bad...
The good:This book covers many diverse aspects of pulsed power technology, including insulation, switching, pulse generators, and diagnostics.Also, it is a decent quick-reference for formulas and material parameters (e.g., bulk breakdown strength of materials).Finally, it's a lot cheaper/easier to find than the book by Mesyats, the MIT Radiation Lab report Vol. 5, and "J.C. Martin on Pulsed Power."
excellent compilation
I have been involved in pulse power work for 20 years and I am really happy to read a book of such a detailed and simple explanation of complicated high power pulse power switches which is not available anywhere else fantastic book for the pulse power maniac. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Electromagnetics    2. Electricity    3. Electronic Circuits    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Pulsed power systems    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Communications engineering / telecommunications    10. Power utilization & applications   

Reviews (3)

Electricity, Not Electronics
Electricity. Horrible Stay Clear
This book is written for someone with a 6th grade education and no more. It talks about magamps for pete's sake. It dosen't even broach the subject of transistors. NO TRANSISTOR THEORY!! What in sakes is electronics if not transistors! The stupid objectives at the beginning of each chapter, and the even worst review problems at the end of each chapter are simply a waste of pages. I am a former nuke electrician from the navy and a current IC Fabrication Technician in the semiconductor industry. I purchased the book to just stay up on my studies, but this book fell way short. My fiancee's daughter has learned almost everything that is covered in this book, and she is only in the 7th grade. Be forewarned, a bad book indeed.

This is an excellent book for beginners in electricity.
This book is written in the standard format for a classroom environment, which makes it very easy to follow and find previously read topics you may have forgotten. However, some sections would be easier to learn with theaid of a teacher; although, it is still possible to learn the materialwithout one. This book covers a wide range of topics for electricity, butnot many applications of it. Over all, this book provides you with a strongfoundation in the electrical field. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Electricity    2. Electronics - Circuits - General    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. General    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism   

Reviews (11)

Mediocre book; needs major overhaul
Assuming you have already read the previous (rather low) reviews on here, my own review may seem like overkill, but I feel that I must express just how bad Neamen's book is at explaining the material.
Awful
Worst book I have come across in my college career. My only D EVER is from a professor that tried to follow this book. Many of his printed solutions to the problems in this book are vague with "Trial and Error" that yield no reasoning to how the problems should be solved.
A Little Detail Please
This is used for an upper division intro to semi's class at the Univ of MN-DuluthRead more

Subjects:  1. Circuits & components    2. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    3. Electronic devices & materials    4. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism