Reviews in detail the trends and options for electronic materials in high temperature environments. After an introduction to the subject, users of these materials (e.g. aircraft and space, automotive, military and power industries) are considered. A discussion of silicon and gallium arsenide electronics is followed by an assessment of the future for electronic materials and devices. Appeals strongly to electronic engineers as well as to aeronautical, automobile, power and military engineers and designers, researchers and graduates.

Safety-critical systems are found in almost every sector of industry. Faults in these systems will result in a breach of safe operating conditions and exposure to the possible risk of major loss of life or catastrophic damage to plant, equipment or the environment. An understanding of the basis for the functioning of these systems is therefore vital to all involved in their operation. In particular, the interaction of the disciplines of software engineering, safety engineering, human factors and safety management is a total process whose entirety is not widely understood by those working in any of the individual fields. This book provides an introduction to each constituent part with a cohesive structure and overview of the whole subject.

This book discusses solid state devices, programmable controllers, photo electronics, lasers, fiberoptics, industrial power supplies, open and closed loop feedback systems. This text uses applied mathematics and each formula is accompanied with an detailed example. Every chapter provides detailed industrial applications for each device and circuit discussed

Designed as a guide to hands-on, day-to-day environmental management, this is the first book to cover the "nuts and bolts" technical and management aspects of environmental compliance in addition to the basic regulatory issues. Written in plain English, not legalese, Industrial Environmental Management details the historic, legal, and scientific background for most environmental media, and then explains the practical aspects of achieving both paperwork and technical compliance. You'll learn how to successfully organize your compliance program, deal effectively with audits and inspections, accurately prepare reports when needed, maintain records, and train employees to meet your compliance goals.

Integrated circuit (IC) technology lies at the heart of a vast array of electronic equipment. Responding to a serious gap in the literature, this book gives broad, comprehensive coverage of ICs that can be used in undergraduate or continuing education training.

This anthology offers an up-to-the-minute look at new techniques used to incorporate filters on a chip-critically affecting the improvement of recent products such as computer communication transceivers, disk drives and VCRs. It covers on-chip automatic tuning (the key to success of integrated-time filters) while providing a handy guide to several techniques that have been proposed for continuous-time filter integration including transconductance-capacitance filters and MOSFET-C filters. A full section on applications demonstrates the practical use of integrated continuous-time filters in action.

Presents a set of production guidelines for reliable micro-electronic packages such as microprocessors and memory chips. Furnishes an organized, disciplined and time-phased approach to the design, development, qualification, manufacturing, and in-service management of a product for achieving successful performance as well as safety, supportability and cost-effectiveness

This collection describes the structure, architecture, programming, control, and implementation of industrial robots capable of performing intelligent action and decision making, and discusses robotic design and methodology.

Build more profitable services on a more intelligent network: the complete guide for communications engineers! A structured, disciplined approach to AIN service creation. Detailed coverage of developing new telecom applications with CORBA distributed objects. Practical, expert explanations -- written in Uyless Black's lucid, easy-to-understand style.

Presents the fundamental information required for interconnecting audio, video, data, and radio frequency systems. This useful handbook examines the tasks and functions for which system engineers generally find themselves responsible, and it discusses the steps required to complete complex projects.

Written expressly for the DSP newcomer, this book and software set teaches you how to relate DSP principles to real-world problems through a series of hands-on computer-based exercises.
Experience manipulating discrete-time signals without having to write and debug large programs. Learn about macros, signals and systems, frequency, sampling, and DFT and FFT. This complete introduction to DSP also includes a summary of many concepts basic to signal processing, and a library of DSP computer functions with on-line help. For PCs equipped with MS-DOS.

Digitization is an important trend in telecommunications as well as in other fields. A digital approach provides higher accuracy and stability of a system over an analog approach. Digital mobile communications have applications in personal communication service, mobile computing and mobile multimedia. This is a comprehensive introduction to digital mobile communication technologies.

A Thorough and comprehensive introduction to the theory of queuing and its many uses for data communications systems and networks.

Ionic equilibrium is the chemistry associated with salts, acids, and bases. The main application lies in environment science, especially the field of water chemistry. An example of ionic equilibrium studies in would be the examination of environmental damages caused to the Alaskan waters by the Exxon Valdez oil spill (a project to which Dr. Butler has close ties). In 1964, Dr. Butler developed a simple yet powerful method of performing equilibrium calculations in the classic Addison-Wesley book, Solubility and pH Calculations. At that time, chemists utilized slide rules and graph paper to figure and plot these equations. This updated version is expanded to include new advances in the field and to incorporate the use of the personal computer into this branch of chemistry.