Text book recommendation on "Electronics and Communication"

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The discussion centers around a student preparing for an optional course in "Electronics and Communication," expressing uncertainty about many topics in the syllabus, including field effect transistors, operational amplifiers, and various modulation schemes. The student, majoring in physics, seeks recommendations for background texts to better understand the material. A prominent suggestion is "The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill, which is deemed sufficient for the course. Additionally, the importance of the companion manual for this text is highlighted as a valuable resource for further study.
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Hello,

I have an optional course this upcoming semester on "Electronics and Communication" for which the course syllabus is roughly:

Field effect transistors, transistor circuits, Operational Amps, analogue to digital conversion (and vice versa), combinational circuits, sequential circuits, Flips flops, registers, counters,serial and parallel data transfer, Communication theory, Analogue Modulation Schemes - AM and FM, signal detection and demodulation, Digital modulation schemes, Noise.

Honestly, I do not know what ~ 80% of those things are (majoring in physics) and I'd like to know of some good texts I could refer to for background information if necessary.

Maths background : Calculus, Differential equations, complex variables theory, some Fourier analysis.

~ Inlasi.
 
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I found out about Horrowitz & Hill - Art of Electronics. I think it'll be enough for this particular course.
 
Inalasi said:
I found out about Horrowitz & Hill - Art of Electronics. I think it'll be enough for this particular course.

If you are going to Look at Horowitz and Hill, you might want to look at the companion manual as well,

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521377099/?tag=pfamazon01-20
 
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