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Download his book about designing analog ICs: http://www.designinganalogchips.com/ http://www.designinganalogchips.com/

• alister 14y ago
  That's wonderful, thank you. I recommend Chapter 11 (starting at page 141 in the PDF file) for a detailed personal account of how he developed the 555 timer chip. I'm also finding that the first 30 pages of the book is a very readable introduction to how semiconductors and transistors work -- it's written from an engineering mindset as opposed to the usual physics point of view. Direct link to the book: http://www.designinganalogchips.com/_count/countdown.pl?designinganalogchips.pdf http://www.designinganalogchips.com/_count/countdown.pl?desi...
  • eternalban 14y ago
    "Without any noise (or some sort of transient disturbance) no circuit would oscillate; it would just sit there, precariously balanced." Did not know. Learn something interesting on HN everyday ... /:
    • denzil_correa 14y ago
      Well, true! Someone posted on a video on sound generation using IC 555 [0]. Sweet to the ears! [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzaS1nuL8ck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzaS1nuL8ck
    • ableal 14y ago
      Reputedly, amplifiers that oscillate, and oscillators that do not, are the two great fears of analog designers ...