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Clipper Circuits

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A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…

Rectifier Circuits

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Class A BJT Amplifiers

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Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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Phase-Locked Loops

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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Logic Signal Voltage Levels

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

Meter Check of a Diode

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The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

Voltage/Current Converter OpAmp Circuits

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Digital Logic Signals

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

Delta-Sigma ADC

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

Successive Approximation ADC

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

Analog and Digital Signals

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

Digital Ramp ADC

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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…

Resonant Filters

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

Summer and Subtractor OpAmp Circuits

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Special-purpose Diodes

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

Insulated-gate Field-effect Transistors (MOSFET)

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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…

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.

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…

Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)

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What Is Kirchhoff’s Current Law? Kirchhoff’s Current Law,…

Phase-Locked Loops

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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

Basic AC-DC Power Supplies

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Step-up, Step-down, and Isolation Transformers

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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…

The Triode

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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…

Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions

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In many circuit applications, we encounter components connected…

T-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

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A tool designed to compute the values to be used in a T-match Impedance Circuit

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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

Electron Versus Conventional Flow

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In this electrical circuit, trace the direction of current through 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.

Autotransformers

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

An Electric Pendulum

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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

AC Lab - Sensing AC Magnetic Fields

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, you will sense AC magnetic fields using a simple wire coil and learn about AC signal coupling, orientation effects, and the impact of shielding using different materials.

Si Lab - BJT Common-collector Voltage Follower

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.

L-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

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This calculator is designed to compute for the parameters needed to design a L-Match Impedance Circuit

Voltage and Current Calculations

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There’s a sure way to calculate any of the values in a reactive…

Hysteresis

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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…

Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow

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The electrons of different types of atoms have different degrees of…

BJT Quirks

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An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…

High-Reliability Circuits

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General Troubleshooting Tips

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When first approaching a failed or otherwise misbehaving system, the…

Intro Lab - Build an Electromagnet

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an electromagnet and learn about electromagnetism including the relationship of magnetic polarity to current flow.

Bridge Circuits

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No text on electrical metering could be called complete without a…

Arithmetic Properties

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Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…

Contributors (3)

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<p> Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological…

555 Timer Astable Oscillator Circuit

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In an astable circuit, the output voltage alternates between VCC and 0 volts on a continuous basis. This calculator will help you design an oscillator using a 555 timer IC.

Edge-triggered Latches: Flip-Flops

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So far, we’ve studied both S-R and D latch circuits with enable…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Calculus is a branch of mathematics that…

Clamper Circuits

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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…

Transistors, Hybrid

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In essence, the IGFET controls the base current of a BJT, which…

Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

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The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

Review of R, X, and Z (Resistance, Reactance and Impedance)

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Before we begin to explore the effects of resistors, inductors, and…

Relay Construction

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Electricity and Magnetism An electric current through a conductor will…

Digital Logic Signals

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

Read-Only Memory (ROM)

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Read-only memory (ROM) is similar in design to static or dynamic RAM…

Millman’s Theorem

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In Millman’s Theorem, the circuit is re-drawn as a parallel…

Stripline Crosstalk Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate cross-talk coefficient and coupled voltage for a stripline

“Long’’ and “Short’’ Transmission Lines

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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…

Rectifying Diodes

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Coil Inductance Calculator

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This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.