A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.…
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
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What is an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), and what…
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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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Parametric data for all semiconductor op-amp models except the CA3130…
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Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…
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After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
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Also known as the stairstep-ramp, or simply counter A/D converter,…
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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One of the more advanced ADC technologies is the so-called…
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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…
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Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…
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Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…
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Most of us have experienced some form of electric “shock,”…
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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) current regulator and learn some of the advantages of JFETs over BJTs for current regulation.
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a simple transformer and learn some important transformer fundamentals including voltage step-up and step-down.
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If at all possible, shut off the power to a circuit before performing…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…
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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…
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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…
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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.
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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…
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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…
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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.
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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…
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Wiring for AC and DC power distribution branch circuits are color…
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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…
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Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of…
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Ampacities of copper wire, in free air at 30o C: INSULATION TYPE…
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A tool designed to convert RF power from watts to decibels and vice versa
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If a block of P-type semiconductor is placed in contact with a block…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…
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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
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Though it may seem strange to cover the elementary topic of electrical…
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This calculator solves for any single missing value in the ideal diode I-V equation for a forward-biased PN-junction diode. Parameters are current, saturation current, voltage, temperature, and ideality factor.
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What hazards might be posed by a circuit with excessive current going…
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If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build capacitor charging and discharging circuits and learn how to calculate the RC time constant of resistor-capacitor circuits.
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For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will compare the resistance of a lamp filament in its on and off states and learn about nonlinear resistances by applying Ohm's law.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a monostable multivibrator using a 555 timer IC and learn about RC time constant charging and how a one-shot timer operates.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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