Electronic Product Design (WIND)

Electronic Product Design is intended to serve as a text for undergraduate students of electronics and telecommunication engineering. Increasing automation in product development, rapid growth in technologies and changing needs of customer have brought revolution in the electronic product design practices. To fulfill these requirements, this text comprehensively discusses theory and practices of electronic product design. The book explains product assessment with introduction to basics of reliability and causes of failures. Analyzing the current trends followed in the industry, the text suggests practical design guidelines and methods applied to single prototype, instrument or product, as well as mass production. This text also contains material related to software models and quality of software development processes. Besides, the book has detailed coverage of tests carried out on electronic products and various standards used. Special Features Uses a lucid language to explain the basic concepts of the subject in stepwise methods. Reviews the current trends followed in industries. Conceptualizes the coverage of each chapter with the help of appropriate illustrations. Discusses theories supported with suitable examples based on examination questions. Provides in-depth understanding of the technology of printable circuit boards (PCBs). Focuses on the importance of ergonomics, noise and aesthetics in design consideration. Highlights the importance of good documentation in product development. Includes excellent pedagogy: 232 figures 56 tables 51 solved examples 366 review questions 115 MCQs Table of Content 1. Product Design and Development 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Product Development Basics 1.4 Identification of the Customer Requirements 1.6 Techno-Commercial Feasibility of a Product 1.7 Pilot Production Batch 1.7.2 Quality Assurance Testing 1.8 Product Assessment 1.9 Availability 1.10 Screening Test of Component 1.11 Redundancy 1.12 Effects of Environmental Conditions on Reliability 1.13 Comparison Between Repairable and Non-Repairable Systems 1.14 Failure Rates of Electronic Components 1.15 Ergonomic and Aesthetic Design Considerations 2. Packaging, Noise and Heat Management 2.1 Introduction to Product Packaging and Storage 2.2 Estimation of Power Supply Requirements 2.3 Estimation of Power Supply Sizing for CMOS Digital ICS 2.4 Types of Power Supply 2.5 Power Supply Protection Devices 2.6 Transient Voltage Suppressor (Tranzorbs) 2.7 Metal-Oxide Varistor 2.8 Fuses 2.9 Line Filters 2.10 Noise Consideration of a Typical System 2.11 Noise in Electronic Circuits 2.12 How to Measure Noise? 2.13 Grounding 2.14 Shielding and more...