Survey EE Book
Hi all,
I’m a metallurgical engineering and physics major starting a Ph.D. in EECS, likely in EE-heavy research involving hardware/devices and possibly quantum hardware, photonics, or communications.
I want to learn the fundamentals of EE in a rigorous but concise way so I can become familiar with the core concepts that a full EE undergrad curriculum would introduce: circuits, signals, devices, hardware, instrumentation, etc.
I’m obviously not expecting to become equivalent to an EE graduate student just by reading a few books. I understand this is a big field and difficult to pick up from the outside. But I’m very interested in devices and experimental hardware, and I’d like to build a strong big-picture foundation.
If you had to recommend one textbook, or maybe a small set of books that I could work through over a six months, what would you recommend as the best broad foundation? Any good accompanying YouTube lectures, MOOCs, or course materials would also be very helpful.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer.