Reddit reviews Microelectronic Circuits (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) 7th edition
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Would probably be better to post this to r/ECE rather than to Hardware, but either way:
Shortly summarized:
A MOSFET is a 3-terminal device (4 if counting bulk, and there's also a 6T type), where you have Gate, Drain & Source. Assuming you know BJTs, you can "map" them as:
If again, we're comparing MOSFETs to BJTs, we can say that a MOSFET is a VCCS (Voltage controlled current-source), while BJTs are CCCS (Current controlled current-source). In other words, when you apply a voltage to the gate of a MOSFET you'll create a current at the drain of the MOSFET. The current that's generated depends of the operating region:
Normally one operates in the the saturation region.
Not sure how much details you want, but if you want to read more about MOSFETs you've got books such as Sedra & Smith or Razavi
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I would say the Art of Electronics is great for people who don't have an exceptional math base. So in that sense yes it is good.
I've always found however that the Art of Electronics is not as great as a book to read from front to back. To me it is better as a reference text.
To know what else to recommend I would need to know what exactly your skill level is. The first book where I truly began to learn electronics in university was Sedra and Smith's Microelectronic Circuits. For the most part the math is not too difficult, however it is still university level so it helps to know at least basic calculus. I think you could probably get by without calculus however for at least the early chapters (first half or so) which comprises a first course in electronics.
A lot of my professors put their video lectures on youtube now so those are a lot of great videos to watch, but I'm not sure on the rules of whether or not I'm supposed to share them so I can only link the ones that have public Youtube channels.
For Electronics (BJTs, MOSFETs, Feedback networks and things like that) you're gonna want to eiter download or buy a copy of this book (https://www.amazon.com/Microelectronic-Circuits-Electrical-Computer-Engineering/dp/0199339139). It's a pretty easy to follow text that is great for learning all the basics of micro electronics. Most universities use is so there are a lot of lectures using that text as reference.
For Digital systems (El E 235), and some useful Engineering matrix math and probability (Engr 310) on this channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf4G95tHQPnphwpfrkzelgA
and https://www.youtube.com/user/OleMissVLSI (EL E 385 for computer architecture and the like)
For basic circuits this channel is good.
https://www.youtube.com/user/RebelsLoveCircuits
Programming is best learned on codeacademy.com unless you want to learn C or something lower level, in which case i'm not too sure where to do that other than a course or reading a book online.
For your basic math and calculus you'll want
https://www.youtube.com/user/patrickJMT (the real mvp)
and Kahn Academy of course.
Then once you've gotten down the Laplace Transforms and understand the Laplace domain and Frequency domains, you can go onto my favourite topic in El E which is control theory. For that you're gonna want:
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=oBc_BHxw78s&list=PLUMWjy5jgHK1NC52DXXrriwihVrYZKqjk.
I'm not really sure what else there is, but If you can think of any specific topic I can try to find the best material I remember using.
Try Microelectronics by Sedra-Smith.
https://www.amazon.com/Microelectronic-Circuits-Electrical-Computer-Engineering/dp/0199339139/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S5E3PQMY7P698GPSTAZE
> With all of that said, I feel as though I am seriously lacking in more complex electronic knowledge: solenoids/inductors, capacitors, relays
No offense, that's still the basic stuff. An EE degree would have covered all of that stuff in the 1st year.
You're still in the beginner stages if you are unable to analyze basic inductor, capacitor, and resistor circuits. You may have the math-chops for the differential-equations and get a jump-start into filter design (year 2)... but you're not yet ready to even tackle transistors or designing with op-amps yet (year 2 or 3ish).
Still, its good that you've got Op-Amp experience. That's real good, but without understanding capacitor circuits... it really makes me wonder. Ex: There are a lot of capacitors in a lot of Op-Amp use-cases. Integrator, differentiator, as well as very important filter designs.
> So what are some good resources I can use to supplement the knowledge that I already have without having to dig out small pieces of knowledge from beginners guides?
You're in an awkward position. You're an advanced beginner that is missing some fundamental knowledge due to the ad-hoc nature of studying a bit of this or that.
Fortunately, there's really no reason you couldn't just march forward in whatever interests you anyway. Go to your university's library, check out Sedra / Smith and just have at it. The basics are covered in Chapter 1 and the Appendix.
You'll of course run into issues due to your gap in knowledge, but whatever. Just pickup a beginner book and scan through the formulas you don't know as you come across those gaps. There's no reason you can't just jump into the interesting stuff when you're doing self-study.
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I highly suggest you start with:
It'd be advanced, but it would be far more interesting than covering the basics from a beginner book. The "practicality" of 3rd year material of EE stuff is obvious. Playing with resistors and capacitors... while important fundamentally... is kind of arcane. Its difficult to see the applicability of an LRC circuit, but amplifiers are just... grossly obvious in their applicability.
Appendix C, D, E and F are a summary of everything you'd learn from year 1 of an EE Degree. They are missing phasors and other stuff... but you'll find that these ~30 pages or so cover a huge amount of ground. They would provide you a decent starting-point to read the rest of the Sedra / Smith book.
You'll probably need to go back to a "beginner book" to learn about AC circuits and phasors. But you probably can totally just tackle Sedra / Smith right now if you wanted.
Microelectronic Circuits from Sedra/Smith for all things amplifier! Wonderful textbook. https://www.amazon.ca/Microelectronic-Circuits-Adel-Sedra/dp/0199339139/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502291667&sr=8-1&keywords=sedra+smith
That's a common source amplifier.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_source
I'd suggest checking out Sedra and Smith on microelectronics
http://www.amazon.com/Microelectronic-Circuits-Electrical-Computer-Engineering/dp/0199339139/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458405336&sr=8-1&keywords=sedra+smith