Voltage/Current Converter OpAmp Circuits

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

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

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Logic Signal Voltage Levels

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

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The “Operational” Amplifier

Long before the advent of digital electronic technology, computers…

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Resonant Filters

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

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Miscellaneous Diode Applications

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Flash ADC

Also called the parallel A/D converter, this circuit is the simplest…

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Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…

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Phase-Locked Loops

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

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Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) theory

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Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

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Single-ended and Differential Amplifiers

For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…

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AC Inductor Circuits

Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…

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Complex Circuits

What do we do if we come across a circuit more complex than the simple…

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Active-mode Operation (BJT)

When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…

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SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

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Step-up and Step-down Transformers

So far, we’ve observed simulations of transformers where the…

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OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

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AC Waveforms

When an alternator produces AC voltage, the voltage switches polarity…

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AC Lab - Automotive Alternator as AC Generator

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.

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Active-mode Operation (JFET)

JFETs, like bipolar transistors, are able to “throttle”…

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Bandpass Filter Calculator

This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.

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Series and Parallel Capacitors

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

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Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.

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What is Norton’s Theorem and the Norton Equivalent Circuit?

This article explains the step-by-step process for determining the…

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Meter Check of a Diode

The Functionality of Diode Polarity Being able to determine the…

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Hysteresis

Thyristors are a class of semiconductor components exhibiting…

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Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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Rectifier Circuits

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Ammeter Design

Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

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Passive Filter Circuits

In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

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Complex Number Arithmetic

Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…

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Series LED Resistor Calculator

This series LED resistance calculator is perfect for when you have a single LED or a number of the same color of LEDs in series and need to know which resistor you should use.

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Switches, Process Actuated

It is very important to keep in mind that the “normal”…

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Stripline Trace Width Calculator

A calculator designed to calculate the trace width of a stripline based on the maximum current rating

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Inductor Sizing Equation

The Inductance Formula     Wheeler’s formulas for…

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Digital Logic Functions

We can construct a simple logic functions for our hypothetical lamp…

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Important Constants

Euler’s Number Euler’s constant is an important value for…

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Potentiometers

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BJT Amplifier Troubleshooting

As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…

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JFET Quirks

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The Command-line Interface

If you’ve used DOS or UNIX operating systems before in a…

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RF Power Ratio Conversion Calculator

This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel

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RMS Voltage Calculator

This calculator calculates the RMS Voltage value from either the peak voltage, the peak-to-peak voltage, or the average voltage.

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Look-up Tables

Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…

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Contributors (16)

Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

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Parallel Resistor-Capacitor Circuits

Using the same value components in our series example circuit, we will…

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Counters

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Low-pass Filters

By definition, a low-pass filter is a circuit offering easy passage to…

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Meter Check of a Transistor (BJT)

Bipolar transistors are constructed of a three-layer semiconductor…

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Square Wave Signals

It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

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