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Delta-Sigma ADC

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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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Pulse Width Modulation

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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

Basic Operational Amplifiers

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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

Logic Signal Voltage Levels

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Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…

Active Filters

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Operational Amplifier Models

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While mention of operational amplifiers typically provokes visions of…

Tracking ADC

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A third variation on the counter-DAC-based converter theme is, in my…

The R/2nR DAC: Binary-Weighted-Input Digital-to-Analog Converter

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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Special-purpose Diodes

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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

The Unijunction Transistor (UJT)

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Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…

Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

Diode Switching Circuits

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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…

Rectifier Circuits

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The “Operational” Amplifier

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Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Analog Lab - Class B Audio Amplifier

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…

Timer Circuits

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Other Waveshapes

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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…

Component Modeling

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When plotted on a curve tracer, the characteristic curve for a normal…

Mesh Current Method (Loop Current Method)

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This page provides a step-by-step introduction to using the mesh…

Three-phase Transformer Circuits

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Since three-phase is used so often for power distribution systems, it…

Resonant Filters

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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.

Voltage-to-Current Signal Conversion

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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…

Gas Discharge Tubes

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If you’ve ever witnessed a lightning storm, you’ve seen…

Complex Number Arithmetic

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Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…

AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will use an automotive alternator to generate three-phase AC voltage and learn how alternators can function as both generators and motors.

Junction Diodes

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There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…

Autotransformers

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How much voltage is there between the following pairs of points in…

Switched Capacitor Circuitry

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Successive Approximation ADC

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One method of addressing the digital ramp ADC’s shortcomings is…

Binary Math Circuits

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Add the following binary numbers:

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

AC Network Analysis

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Practical Considerations - Transformers

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Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…

DC Generator Theory

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Generators used in battery-charging systems must be regulated so as to…

Basic Ammeter Use

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Show how this ammeter would be connected to the light bulb circuit to…

Wattmeter Design

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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…

True, Reactive, and Apparent Power

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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…

Capacitor Transient Response

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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…

Analog Lab - High-impedance Voltmeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a high-impedance voltmeter and learn about circuit loading and how to use op amps to reduce loading effects.

Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Counters

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Square Root, Cube Root, and Nth Root Calculator

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This calculator will determine the square root, cube root, or nth root of a given number, x.

Voltage, Current, and Resistance

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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…

Amplifier Impedances

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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…

Series and Parallel Capacitors

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When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…

Series Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

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In the last section, we learned what would happen in simple…

Contributors (8)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Fail-safe Design

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Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…

Wire Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a wire loop.

Depletion-type IGFETs

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Insulated gate field-effect transistors are unipolar devices just like…

Polarity of voltage drops

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When using conventional current flow, we can trace the direction of…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…

Energy, Work, and Power

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Rectangle Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.