The Art of Electronics

Index (partial: "N" entries only)

N connector, 56
NAN (not a number), 740f.
NAND gate, 155f., 479
NAVSTAR satellite, 1019
n-channel, 113ff.
negation, 509
negative, PC board, 834
negative-impedance converter (NIC), 251, 266f.
negative-true, 472, 483
netlist, 849
network
  local-area (LAN), 677, 719, 735f.
  pi, 882f.
  token-ring, 735
neutralization, 869, 883
nicad battery, 926ff.
NIM bin, 855
9-track tape, 676
NMOS, 572
  CMOS replacements for, 974
  logic, 569
  LSI, 588
NMR, 1007, 1030, 1032f.
node, 3
node minimization, 970
noise, 18, 428ff., 950
  in chopper amplifiers, 416f.
  computer bus, 712
  current, 436ff.
  density, 433f.
  design, for low-noise, 438ff.
  differential amplifier, 445ff.
  feedback amplifier, 445ff.
  in FET, 443ff.
  figure, 434ff.
  flicker, 432f.
  fuzz, 853
  gain, 468
  generator IC, 655, 656
  ground, 555f., 599ff.
  ground loop, 853
  at high frequency, 444
  immunity, 473, 489, 554
  integrated, 447f.
  Johnson, 430f., 1025
  laboratory source, 660ff.
  measurement of, 449ff., 875
  in memory circuits, 815f.
  nonperiodic, 774
  1/f, 432f., 1025
  oscillator, 285f.
  pink, 432, 452
  popcorn, 447
  potpourri, 454f.
  prevent with cold switching, 860
  pseudorandom, 452, 653ff.
  reduction with ground plane, 816
  resistance, 440f.
  shot, 431f., 438
  sideband, 1037
  source, 449ff.
  temperature, 435f.
  transistor, 436ff.
  voltage, 436ff.
  voltage reference, 340
  zener, 340
noise bandwidth, 453f., 659
noise current, 436ff.
   voltage, 436ff.
noise immunity, 579
noninverting amplifier, input impedance of, 178f.
nonlinearity
  in FET switch, 147
  in grounded emitter amplifier, 83
nonvolatile memory (see also EPROM; ROM), 502, 765, 812
  EEPOT, 819
  RAM, 819f.
NOP, as I/O delay solution, 809
NOR gate, 479
normal mode, 98
Norton equivalent circuit, 58
notch filter, 279ff.
NuBus, 711, 757
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 1007, 1030, 1032f.
null modem, 723ff.
number
  codes, 473ff., 477t, 614, 739f.
  denormalized, 739
  floating-point, 739
  formats, 738ff., 740t
  IEEE format, 739ff.
  offset-binary, 741
  prime, 493
  sign-magnitude, 741
number storage, in microcomputers, 741
nybble, defined, 675
Nyquist
  criterion, 775f.
  frequency, 901
  noise, 430f., 1025