John S. Seybold, «Introduction to RF Propagation»
Wiley-Interscience | ISBN:0471655961 | PDF | 2,08 Mb | 352 Pages | 2005 Year

This book provides readers with a solid understanding of the concepts involved in the propagation of electromagnetic waves and of the commonly used modeling techniques. While many books cover RF propagation, most are geared to cellular telephone systems and, therefore, are limited in scope. This title is comprehensive-it treats the growing number of wireless applications that range well beyond the mobile telecommunications industry, including radar and satellite communications.

Ali Emadi, Mehrdad Ehsani, John M. Miller, ” Vehicular Electric Power Systems: Land, Sea, Air, and Space Vehicles”
CRC; 1 edition (December 12, 2003) | ISBN: 0824747518 | 515 pages | PDF | 20 Mb

Vehicular Electric Power Systems: Land, Sea, Air, and Space Vehicles acquaints professionals with trends and challenges in the development of more electric vehicles (MEVs) using detailed examples and comprehensive discussions of advanced MEV power system architectures, characteristics, and dynamics. The authors focus on real-world applications and highlight issues related to system stability as well as challenges faced during and after implementation. Probes innovations in the development of more electric vehicles for improved maintenance, support, endurance, safety, and cost-efficiency in automotive, aerospace, and marine vehicle engineering Heralding a new wave of advances in power system technology, Vehicular Electric Power Systems discusses: · Different automotive power systems including conventional automobiles, more electric cars, heavy-duty vehicles, and electric and hybrid electric vehicles · Electric and hybrid electric propulsion systems and control strategies · Aerospace power systems including conventional and advanced aircraft, spacecraft, and the international space station · Sea and undersea vehicles · The modeling, real-time state estimation, and stability assessment of vehicular power systems · Applications of fuel cells in various land, sea, air, and space vehicles · Modeling techniques for energy storage devices including batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaic cells, and ultracapacitors · Advanced power electronic converters and electric motor drives for vehicular applications · Guidelines for the proper design of DC and AC distribution architectures

Microchip Fabrication, 5th Ed. | By Peter Van Zant
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional | Pages:642 | Date:2004-05-21 | ISBN:0071432418 | PDF | 4.31 MB

Book Description:

Novice-friendly intro to semiconductor processing.The most readable and comprehensive guide to semiconductorprocessing, Peter Van Zant’s Microchip Fabrication is considered the bible of basic microchip technology. Now in an updated new fourth edition, this completely math-free introduction to a complex field is an efficient tool for high-powered engineers and technology-clueless salespeople alike. You’ll find fully illuminating, easy-reading explanations of semiconductor materials and process chemicals…contamination control…process yields…all aspects of basic patterning….doping,deposition, and metallization…wafer, device, and circuit evaluation…semiconductor devices and integrated circuit formation and types…and packaging. This new fourth edition puts at your fingertips new sections on:

*Copper metallization and damascene patterning

*BGA and CSP*

Cutting-edge cleaning techniques

*And more!

Jafar Savoj, Behzad Razavi , “High-Speed CMOS Circuits for Optical Receivers”
Springer; 1 edition (May 1, 2001) | ISBN: 079237388X | 144 pages | PDF | 3,4 Mb

The exponential growth of the number of internet nodes has suddenly created a widespread demand for high-speed optical and electronic devices, circuits, and systems. The new optical revolution has replaced modular, general-purpose building blocks by end-to-end solutions. Greater levels of integration on a single chip enable higher performance and lower cost. The mainstream VLSI technologies such as BiCmos and CMOS continue to take over the territories thus far claimed by GaAs and InP devices. This calls for an up-to-date book describing the design of high-speed electronic circuits for optical communication using modern techniques in a low-cost CMOS process.

High-Speed CMOS Circuits for Optical Receivers covers the design of the world’s first and second 10 Gb/s clock and data recovery circuits fabricated in a pure CMOS process. The second prototype meets some of the critical requirements recommended by the SONET OC-192 standard. The clock and data recovery circuits consume a power several times lower than in prototypes built in other fabrication processes.
High-Speed CMOS Circuits for Optical Receivers describes novel techniques for implementation of such high-speed, high-performance circuits in a pure CMOS process.
High-Speed CMOS Circuits for Optical Receivers is written for researchers and students interested in high-speed and mixed-mode circuit design with focus on CMOS circuit techniques. Designers working on various high-speed circuit projects for data communication, including optical com., giga bit ethernet will also find it of interest.

Smart Card Handbook
Wiley; 3 edition | ISBN: 0470856688 | 1120 pages | January 16, 2004 | PDF | 11 Mb

Building on previous editions, this third edition of the Smart Card Handbook offers a completely updated overview of the state of the art in smart card technology. Everything you need to know about smart cards and their applications is covered! Fully revised, this handbook describes the advantages and disadvantages of smart cards when compared with other systems, such as optical cards and magnetic stripe cards and explains the basic technologies to the reader. This book also considers the actual status of appropriate European and international standards.

Features include:
New sections on:
* smart card applications (PKCS #15, USIM, Tachosmart).
* smart card terminals: M.U.S.C.L.E., OCF, MKT, PC/SC.
* contactless card data transmission with smart cards.

Revised and updated chapters on:
* smart cards in the telecommunications industry (GSM, UMTS, (U)SIM application toolkit, decoding of the files of a GSM card).
* smart card security (new attacks, new protection methods against attacks).
* A detailed description of the physical and technical properties and the fundamental principles of information processing techniques.
* Explanations of the architecture of smart card operating systems, data transfer to and from the smart card, command set and implementation of the security mechanisms and the function of the smart card terminals.
* Current applications of the technology on mobile telephones, telephone cards, the electronic purse and credit cards.
* Discussions on future developments of smart cards: USB, MMU on microcontroller, system on card, flash memory and their usage.
* Practical guidance on the future applications of smart cards, including health insurance cards, e-ticketing, wireless security, digital signatures and advanced electronic payment methods.

Dave Macdonald , “Practical Industrial Safety, Risk Assessment and Shutdown Systems (IDC Technology)”
Newnes (July 2003) | ISBN: 0750658045 | 416 pages | PDF | 25 Mb

This is a book for engineers that covers the hardware and software aspects of high-reliability safety systems, safety instrumentation and shutdown systems as well as risk assessment techniques and the wider spectrum of industrial safety. Rather than another book on the discipline of safety engineering, this is a thoroughly practical guide to the procedures and technology of safety in control and plant engineering. This highly practical book focuses on efficiently implementing and assessing hazard studies, designing and applying international safety practices and techniques, and ensuring high reliability in the safety and emergency shutdown of systems in your plant.

This book will provide the reader with the most up-to-date standards for and information on each stage of the safety life cycle from the initial evaluation of hazards through to the detailed engineering and maintenance of safety instrumented systems. It will help them develop the ability to plan hazard and risk assessment studies, then design and implement and operate the safety systems and maintain and evaluate them to ensure high reliability. Finally it will give the reader the knowledge to help prevent the massive devastation and destruction that can be caused by today’s highly technical computer controlled industrial environments.

* Helps readers develop the ability to plan hazard and risk assessment studies, then design, implement and operate the safety systems and maintain and evaluate them to ensure high reliability
* Gives the reader the knowledge to help prevent the massive devastation that can be caused by today’s highly technical computer controlled industrial environments
* Rather than another book on the discipline of safety engineering, this is a thoroughly practical guide to the procedures and technology of safety in control and plant engineering