Low-entropy expressions: the key to design-oriented analysis

It is pointed out that the perception of many electronics design engineers is that they are able to apply a few of the formal analysis methods they have been taught, and are largely unprepared for the realization that design is the reverse of analysis. The author suggests a different perspective for teaching, based on the premise that only analysis that is design-oriented is worth doing, and that results should be presented in low-entropy expressions. High- and low-entropy expressions are described. A simple analog circuit example illustrates one method of design-oriented analysis: doing the algebra on the circuit diagram