A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Transmission technology (1925-1975)

A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Transmission technology (1925-1975)

Author: Bell Telephone Laboratories

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13:

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Vol. 3 prepared by A.E. Joel, Jr. and other members of the technical staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories; G.E. Schindler, Jr., editor. Includes bibliographies and indexes. [1] The early years (1875-1925) -- [2] National service in war and peace (1925-1975) -- v. 3. Switching technology (1925-1975) -- [4] Physical sciences (1925-1980) -- [5] Communications sciences (1925-1980) -- [6] Electronics technology (1925-1975) -- [7] Transmission technology (1925-1975).


A History of Control Engineering, 1930-1955

A History of Control Engineering, 1930-1955

Author: Stuart Bennett

Publisher: IET

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780863412998

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Traces the consolidation of a specialty, as the various feedback control devices used in the 1930s for aircraft and ships, the telephone system, and analogue computers, were brought together during World War II to form what is now known as the classical frequency response methods of analysis and design, and applied to non-linear, sampled-data, and stochastic systems. Follows the field's development through the post-war addition of the root locus method to the introduction of the state-space methods of modern control. Distributed by INSPEC. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


A Short History of Circuits and Systems

A Short History of Circuits and Systems

Author: Franco Maloberti

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-09-27

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 8770042381

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After an overview of major scientific discoveries of the 18th and 19th centuries, which created electrical science as we know and understand it and led to its useful applications in energy conversion, transmission, manufacturing industry and communications, this Circuits and Systems History book fills a gap in published literature by providing a record of the many outstanding scientists, mathematicians and engineers who laid the foundations of Circuit Theory and Filter Design from the mid-20th Century. Additionally, the book records the history of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society from its origins as the small Circuit Theory Group of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), which merged with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) to form IEEE in 1963, to the large and broad-coverage worldwide IEEE Society which it is today. This second edition, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Circuits and Systems Society, builds upon the first edition's success by expanding the scope of specific chapters, introducing new topics of relevance, and integrating feedback from readers and experts in the field, reflecting the evolving landscape of Circuits and Systems alongside the evolution of the professional society. Many authors from many countries contributed to the creation of this book, working to a very tight time schedule. The result is a substantial contribution to their enthusiasm and expertise, which it is hoped readers will find both interesting and useful. It is certain that in such a book, omission will be found, and in the space and time available, much valuable material had to be left out. It is hoped that this book will stimulate an interest in the marvelous heritage and contributions of the many outstanding people who worked in the Circuits and Systems area.


Data Conversion Handbook

Data Conversion Handbook

Author: Analog Devices Inc. Analog Devices Inc. Engineeri

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2004-12-18

Total Pages: 976

ISBN-13: 0080477011

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This comprehensive handbook is a one-stop engineering reference. Covering data converter fundamentals, techniques, applications, and beginning with the basic theoretical elements necessary for a complete understanding of data converters, this reference covers all the latest advances in the field. This text describes in depth the theory behind and the practical design of data conversion circuits as well as describing the different architectures used in A/D and D/A converters. Details are provided on the design of high-speed ADCs, high accuracy DACs and ADCs, and sample-and-hold amplifiers. Also, this reference covers voltage sources and current reference, noise-shaping coding, and sigma-delta converters, and much more. The book's 900-plus pages are packed with design information and application circuits, including guidelines on selecting the most suitable converters for particular applications. You'll find the very latest information on:·Data converter fundamentals, such as key specifications, noise, sampling, and testing·Architectures and processes, including SAR, flash, pipelined, folding, and more·Practical hardware design techniques for mixed-signal systems, such as driving ADCs, buffering DAC outputs, sampling clocks, layout, interfacing, support circuits, and tools.·Data converter applications dealing with precision measurement, data acquisition, audio, display, DDS, software radio and many more. The accompanying CD-ROM provides software tools for testing and analyzing data converters as well as a searchable pdf version of the text.* Brings together a huge amount of information impossible to locate elsewhere.* Many recent advances in converter technology simply aren't covered in any other book.* A must-have design reference for any electronics design engineer or technician.


The Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications

The Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications

Author: Fritz E. Froehlich

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-08-11

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 1000445097

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"The only continuing source that helps users analyze, plan, design, evaluate, and manage integrated telecommunications networks, systems, and services, The Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications presents both basic and technologically advanced knowledge in the field. An ideal reference source for both newcomers as well as seasoned specialists, the Encyclopedia covers seven key areas--Terminals and Interfaces; Transmission; Switching, Routing, and Flow Control; Networks and Network Control; Communications Software and Protocols; Network and system Management; and Components and Processes."


Historical Studies in Computing, Information, and Society

Historical Studies in Computing, Information, and Society

Author: William Aspray

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 3030189554

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This is a volume of chapters on the historical study of information, computing, and society written by seven of the most senior, distinguished members of the History of Computing field. These are edited, expanded versions of papers presented in a distinguished lecture series in 2018 at the University of Colorado Boulder – in the shadow of the Flatirons, the front range of the Rocky Mountains. Topics range widely across the history of computing. They include the digitalization of computer and communication technologies, gender history of computing, the history of data science, incentives for innovation in the computing field, labor history of computing, and the process of standardization. Authors were given wide latitude to write on a topic of their own choice, so long as the result is an exemplary article that represents the highest level of scholarship in the field, producing articles that scholars in the field will still look to read twenty years from now. The intention is to publish articles of general interest, well situated in the research literature, well grounded in source material, and well-polished pieces of writing. The volume is primarily of interest to historians of computing, but individual articles will be of interest to scholars in media studies, communication, computer science, cognitive science, general and technology history, and business.


City of Light

City of Light

Author: Jeff Hecht

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780195162554

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This text presents the history of the development of fibre optic technology, explaining the scientific challenges that needed to be overcome, the range of applications and future potential for this fundamental communications technology.


Invisible Empire

Invisible Empire

Author: Jean-Guy Rens

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2001-07-10

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0773568441

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It is impossible to understand Canada without looking at the history and development of its telecommunications industry. In the nineteenth century Canada was the only country in the world constructed on the basis of technology - first the railway and, in its shadow, telegraphy. In the 1930s this technological nationalism came of age and telecommunications became Canada's "national" technology. The Invisible Empire provides the first overview of Canadian telecommunications, from the laying of the first telegraph line between Toronto and Hamilton in 1846 to the separation between Nortel - then known as Northern Electric - and the American Bell System in 1956. Rens shows us that Louis Riel was beaten as much by telegraphy as by the Canadian army, and how Bell Canada - then known as Bell Telephone - escaped nationalization by Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government. He follows the construction of the first trans-Canadian telephone line in the midst of the Great Depression of the 1930s and explains why, in the context of the Cold War, Canada built an electronic Great Wall of China in the far North. Rens examines the context that allowed the telecommunications industry to take hold so successfully in Canada and explores how the industry grew so quickly and managed to escape American domination. He situates Canadian accomplishments in telecommunications by comparing them with those of other countries.