ABSTRACT

The purpose of The Electrical Engineering Handbook, 3rd Edition is to provide a ready reference for the

practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia, as well as aid students of engineering. The third

edition has a new look and comprises six volumes including:

Circuits, Signals, and Speech and Image Processing

Electronics, Power Electronics, Optoelectronics, Microwaves, Electromagnetics, and Radar

Sensors, Nanoscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Instruments

Broadcasting and Optical Communication Technology

Computers, Software Engineering, and Digital Devices

Systems, Controls, Embedded Systems, Energy, and Machines

Each volume is edited by Richard C. Dorf, and is a comprehensive format that encompasses the many

aspects of electrical engineering with articles from internationally recognized contributors. The goal is to

provide the most up-to-date information in the classical fields of circuits, signal processing, electronics,

electromagnetic fields, energy devices, systems, and electrical effects and devices, while covering the emerging

fields of communications, nanotechnology, biometrics, digital devices, computer engineering, systems, and

biomedical engineering. In addition, a complete compendium of information regarding physical, chemical,

and materials data, as well as widely inclusive information on mathematics is included in each volume. Many

articles from this volume and the other five volumes have been completely revised or updated to fit the needs

of today and many new chapters have been added.