 | Troubleshooting Analog Circuits (EDN Series for Design Engineers) by Robert Pease
Buy new: $42.39 / Used from: $30.95 To learn about subtleties of basic components.
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 | Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits by Paul R. Gray
Buy used from: $0.06 For analog IC design. It is still unsurpassed as a standard introduction of analog IC design.
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 | The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz
Buy new: $75.07 / Used from: $39.37 Very comprehensive coverage. It is a good reference to start and does not exhaust even as you gain experience.
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 | Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems, 2nd Edition by Henry Ott
Buy new: $111.78 / Used from: $44.00 For thorny noise problems. It's done much to demystify noise mitigation methods.
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 | Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities (EDN Series for Design Engineers)
Buy new: $45.18 / Used from: $12.63 To learn about the temperament of an analog circuit designer.
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 | CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation by R. Jacob Baker
Buy new: $97.45 / Used from: $19.88 For CMOS IC design.
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 | The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits by Thomas H. Lee
Buy used from: $19.99 For CMOS RF IC design. If it can be done in CMOS, it will be done in CMOS.
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 | High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic by Howard Johnson
Buy new: $87.74 / Used from: $48.00 For high speed digital design. It deals with the unpleasant non-ideal aspects of digital signals.
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 | The Feynman Lectures on Physics, The Definitive Edition Volume 2 (2nd Edition) by Richard P. Feynman
Buy new: $40.46 / Used from: $35.05 For physical foundation of electromagnetism. Even though you do not intend to be a physicist, a solid background of classical EM serves you well for years to come.
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 | Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology by Simon M. Sze
Buy used from: $9.90 For device physics. Unless you are involved in device fabrications, it is a sufficient introduction for circuit designers.
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| Operational Amplifiers : Theory and Practice by James K. Roberge
Buy used from: $32.01 For feedback theory. It is slightly dated, but still useful. To be an effective circuit designer, you have to know feedback theory.
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 | Solid State Radio Engineering by Herbert L. Krauss
Buy new: $129.90 / Used from: $29.00 For RF design. You are an incomplete EE if you cannot build a radio.
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 | Principles of CMOS VLSI Design by Neil H. E. Weste
Buy used from: $0.72 For CMOS digital ASIC design.
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 | Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications (3rd Edition) by Austin Hughes
Buy new: $34.15 / Used from: $27.50 For operating principles of various motor types.
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 | RF Circuit Design by Christopher Bowick
Buy used from: $29.94 A very good starter book on RF design.
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 | Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age by Paul J. Nahin
Buy new: $28.63 / Used from: $19.39 To see how our profession begins.
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 | Designing Analog Chips by Hans Camenzind
Buy new: $19.75 / Used from: $19.73 A good introductory account from an experienced designer.
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