Good general reference for transistor circuits?

[madshaman]

Hi, I have a number of good reference books on opamp circuits with detailed descriptions of the theory of operation.

I'm looking for some suggestions on similar references that deal with transistor-based circuits.  The sort of book you can sit on the throne and flip through randomly.

Thanks in advance; all suggestions are welcome.

[brianvg]

http://tietze-schenk.com/tsbook.htm

Give this a look. Not specific to transistor circuits, but there will be plenty.

[madshaman]

Thanks brianvg, that looks like a good book.  Honestly I'm looking for something that goes beyond the basic circuits in each field and shows me some circuit ideas I haven't seen before.

I already get plenty of this from various books and texts I have, but not all in one place.

[Bored@Work]

If you want collections of transistor circuits you probably need to go back a few decades. When transistors were relatively new manufacturers tried to interest people by publishing transistor circuit collections. E.g. the GE transistor manual, the RCA transistor manual, Siemens design examples or the Mullard manual.

They use transistors so obsolete, well ...

[madshaman]

The best resource I've found so far are EDN articles and a couple books edited by Jim Williams.

I find I get inspiration from novel and elegant problem solving approaches, especially while on the toilet.  I'm hoping it will rub off.