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This list was prepared from the first printing of the textbook. Some of these errata have been corrected in later printings, which is easy to understand. Some additinal errata have been accidentally introduced into later printings! Where I have information on errata unique to later printings, I have included appropriate corrections.
Page 46, Problem 1.39 part (b) Change "v = 10 V" to "vI = 10 V" Page 112, Problem D2.34 part (d)
(Posted 9/06/2012)
Add the word "Norton" so that part (d) reads as follows: (d) If the amplifier is fed with a Norton current source having a current of 0.2 mA and a source resistance of 10 K , find iL.
Page 217, Figure P4.3 part (b) The top diode should be labled D1 and the bottom diode should be labeled D2.
(Posted 9/16/2010)
In part (d) add the phrase, "through each diode?" and delete one instance of the word "diode." The question then reads. . . (d) What is the peak current through each diode? Also see below for a clarification of this problem.
(Posted 12/04/2010)
nCox = (2.5)pCox =
Better: just specify directly what is intended: nCox = 20 A/V2, pCox = 8 A/V2 Also see the errata on the answer to problem 5.59
(As printed nCox = 2.5 A/V is a correct reading but that was not the author's intention.)
(Posted 10/26/2010)
(Figure 6.19 has introduced the industry-standard method of illustrating transistor characteristics. This method should continue to be used in the following sections of the chapter.) (Posted 1/22/2011)
Page 576, Problem 7.41. In the equation for Av change the "equals" sign (=) to an "approximately
equal" () sign.
(Posted 2/21/2011)
Page 668, Problem 8.11. Change "vid = vG2 vG1" to "vid = vG1 vG2"
Also note that in one place the problem statement mentions "iD2/iD1" and in another place it is "iD1/iD2". That is not errata (but it could be confusing).
(The above correction makes the problem consistent with Eq. 8.15, the discussion associated with Fig. 8.5, and the answer posted in the back of the textbook.)
terms of a voltage ratio. This is not a common practice in the industry. Usually the signal-to-interference ratio is defined as a power ratio. More generally, the signal-to-interference ratio is a special type of signal-tonoise ratio, which is also a power ratio. The following changes make the text conform to industry standard practice. Change the second line under heading 10.2.3 by adding the word "power" in two places so that the line reads: ". . .to increase the ratio of signal power to interferance power. However. . ." Change the line just above Equation 10.14 by adding the word "power" so that the line reads: "amplifier. The signal-to-noise power ratio for this amplifier is" Change Equation 10.14 to
S/I = Vs2/Vn2
Change the line above Equation 10.16 by adding the word "power" so that the line reads: "Thus the signal-to-noise power ratio at the output becomes" Change Equation 10.16 to
In the line below Equation 10.16 change, "which is A2 times higher" to, "which is A22 times higher".
References: The definition of signal-to-noise ratio as a power ratio (not a voltage ratio) can be found in most handbooks of electrical engineering and also in. . . B.P. Lathi, Linear Systems and Signals, 2nd ed. Oxford, 2005, p70. Pallas-Areny and Webster, Analog Signal Processing, WileyInterscience, 1999, page 16 and pages 525-526. Millman and Halkias, Integrated Electronics: Analog and Digital Circuits and Systems, McGraw Hill, 1972, p403. Horowitz and Hill, The Art of Electronics, 2nd edition, Cambridge, 1989, p434. Hambley, Electronics: A Top-Down Approach to Computer-Aided Circuit Design, Macmillan, 1994, p382. The definition of signal-to-interferance ratio as a power ratio and as a special case of a signal-to-noise ratio can be found in the Wikipedia article "Signal-to-interference ratio." A discussion of Signal to Noise ratio as a power ratio can be found in the Wikipedia article , "Signal-to-noise ratio." A few other authors along with Sedra and Smith treat signal-to-noise ratio (or signal to interferance ratio) as a voltage ratio (not a power ratio), nevertheless, it does not agree with industry practice. Some examples are: Gray and Searle, Electronic Principles: Physics, Models, and Circuits, Wiley, 1969, p622. (This is the earliest published book Prof. De Boer could find with this error in it.) Donald Neamen, Microelectronics Circuit Analysis and Design, 4th ed., McGraw Hill, 2010, p859.
15 A; 0.8 ma; 0.785 mA; 1.075 V; 52.3; 0.98 6.62 (a) 0.7 V, 1.4 V; (b) 1.33 V, 1.05 mA; (c) 0.7 V, 0 V, 1.33 V; (d) 1.4 V, 0.53 V; (e) 0.73 V, 1.43 V, 0.58 V 6.65 1.40 k; the transistor saturates. 6.71 160 V/V; 0.7 V; 4.38 mV 6.76 80 V/V 6.79 3 mA; 120 V/V; 0.66 V; 0.6 V; 0.54 V; 0.6 V 6.95 0.9 V; 20 mA/V; 164 V/V 6.103 135; 41.8 ; 23 mA/V; 1.09 k; 0.76 V/V 6.106 8.6 k; 7.7 k; 77.2 V/V 6.107 0.5 mA; 0.996 V/V; 0.904 V/V 6.154 (a) 1.73 mA, 68.5 mA/V, 14.5 , 1.46 k; (b) 148.2 k, 0.93 V/V; (c) 18.21 k 0.64 V/V
The answers in the list above are not the answers that were intended to be revealed by the authors of the textbook, but many students have them in their textbooks--you may as well see them too. The answers the authors intended to print for problems numbered 6.43 and up are as follows:
6.43 0.1 mA; 10 A; 0.99 mA; 0.11 mA; 8.16 V; 21.8 mV; 6.5 V 6.45 150 k; 1.5 M 6.51 2.8 V; 9.33 mA; 9.3 k 6.56 0.74 mA; 2.26 V 6.61 2.86 V; 2.16 V; 2.86 V 6.64 198 k; 12 k; 10 k; 0.9004 mA to 1.07 mA; 6.17 to 4.37 V 6.76 80 V/V 6.78 100 V/V; 100 V/V; 6.95 0.9 V; 20 mA/V; 164 V/V 6.102 1000 V/V; 10,000 V/V 6.106 8.6 k; 7.7 k; 77.2 V/V 6.107 0.5 mA; 0.986 V/V; 0.904 V/V 6.154 (a) 1.71 mA; 68.5 mA/V; 14.5; 1.46 k (b) 120 k; 0.92 V/V (c) 18.21 k; 0.64 V/V The above answers appear in later printings of the textbook. If you happen to have an earlier printing, here is the list of answers your peers with newer textbooks have. The above list includes corrections of some errata that reamin in the newer printings. (posted 1/22/2011, updated 1/25/2013)
Page I-3, Answer to Problem D8.38 Change "(I/2)" to "(I/2)" in each instance of parts a and b.
In part c change "4 V" to "4.04 V" In part d change "0.4 mA, 10 k " to 0.404 mA, "10 k ." Also note errata on problem D8.38
confusingly, not the output of the "current amplifier." The output of the "current amplifier" is found at the two terminals of RL. Add label VL under RL and polarity marks "+" and "" on either side with the "+" on the left. Then the output of the "current amplifier" is at the two terminals marked by these new polarity marks. Resistor RL is the load on the "current amplifier." To find the output resistance of the "current amplifier," replace RL by a test source, Vx such that VL = Vx. Then, with the input of the "current amplifier" zeroed (iI = 0 or open) find iL in terms of VL. Then the output resistance is Ro = VL/iL. See text page 27 for the basic theory. Note that for a current amplifier, a zero input is an open. (Whereas, for a voltage amplifier a zero input is a connection to ground.)
a.) What average output voltage results? b.) For what fraction of a cycle is there conduction through the rectifier? c.) What is the average current through each diode during conduction? d.) What is the peak current through each diode?
Note: a "rectifier" is a diode orin this casea set of diodes used to convert alternating current to direct current.
that by name and by way of superceding problem 4.68. Students have a hard time understanding the question!) (updated 10/21/2010)
a.) What average output voltage results? b.) For what fraction of a cycle is there conduction through the secondary winding of the transformer? c.) What is the average current through each diode during conduction? d.) What is the peak current through each diode? Also see above for errata on this problem.
(The original problem statement refers to problem 4.70 and 4.75. Problem 4.75 refers to Problem 4.68. Problem 4.68 refers by name (not by figure number) to Figure 4.21, but students are supposed to substitute figure 4.23 because problem 4.70 refers to that by name and by way of superceding problem 4.68. Students have a hard time understanding the question!) (updated 10/21/2010)
situation is similar to that used in Exercises 5.37 on page 315 and Excercise 5.41 on apge 321. For this circuit, find vi if vo = 1. Repeat for
vo = 5, vo = 6, and vo = 7. At each output voltage, find the large signal gain, vo/vi and compare to the small signal value, Av found in
Excercise 5.41 (page 322). What is the largest possible negative-output signal?
(Posted 12/04/2012)
V. b.) Using the value for RC found in part (a), what happens if the transistor is replaced with one having = 100? Also note the errata on the answer in the back of the book.
(The problem as stated in the textbook leads most students to simply repeat part (a) with = 100 to find a new value for RC. This is not the author's intent nor is it an interesting problem.) (Posted 1/20/2011)
Disclaimer: This list of errata is provided by Professor De Boer for the use of his students in his courses. Professor De Boer has no connection to the book's publisher or the authors of the textbook. This list is offered as is, with no guarantee of any kind. It is likely to be incomplete at the least.