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Switched Capacitor Circuitry

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Si Lab - JFET Current Regulator

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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.

OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

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Circuit Components

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Remember that this tutorial is not exhaustive by any means, and that…

Transistor Biasing Calculations

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Although transistor switching circuits operate without bias, it is…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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The circuit shown here is a four-bit analog-to-digital converter…

Thyristor Application Circuits

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The Cascode Amplifier

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While the C-B (common-base) amplifier is known for wider bandwidth…

The Junction Field-effect Transistor (JFET) as a Switch

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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…

RC Time Constant Calculator

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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.

Class A BJT Amplifiers

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Passive Filter Circuits

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

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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

Quantum Devices

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Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…

Calculus for Electric Circuits

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

Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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Decibel Calculator

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This calculator will convert voltage or power gains into decibels. Enter one of the three values and the calculator will output the other two.

Performance-Based Assessments for Analog Integrated Circuit Competencies

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Insulated-gate Field-effect Transistors (MOSFET)

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

Conventional Transistor Overview and Special Transistors

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A microcontroller is a specialized type of digital computer used to…

Introduction to Operational Amplifiers (Op-amps)

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What is an Operational Amplifier (Op-amp)? Operational Amplifiers,…

Metric Prefix Conversions

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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…

Introduction to Electron Tubes

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An often neglected area of study in modern electronics is that of…

Intro Lab - A Simple Lighting Circuit

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.

Si Lab - Commutating Diode

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

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

Analog Lab - PWM Power Controller

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a pulse-width modulator power controller for a light and learn the basics of PWM signals.

Time-delay Relays

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What are Time-Delay Relays? Some relays are constructed with a kind of…

High-Reliability Circuits

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Flash ADC

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

Bridge Circuits

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

Multi-Stage Transistor Amplifiers

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Voltage/Current Converter OpAmp Circuits

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The Thyristor

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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…

Safe Circuit Design

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As we saw earlier, a power system with no secure connection to earth…

Inductive Reactance

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Basic Electricity Worksheet

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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?

Conductor Ampacity

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The smaller the cross-sectional area of any given wire, the greater…

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

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The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem is not so much a means of analysis…

Definite Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

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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

Demultiplexers

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A demultiplexer, sometimes abbreviated dmux, is a circuit that has one…

The Silicon-Controlled Switch (SCS)

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If we take the equivalent circuit of an SCR and add another external…

Characteristic Impedance

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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…

Wire Self Inductance Calculator

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This calculator will help compute the inductance of a length of wire.

Capacitors

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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…

Op-amp Circuits

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Electric Shock Data

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The table of electric currents and their various bodily effects was…

Introduction to AC Motors

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After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

Diodes

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A diode is an electronics component made from a combination of a…

Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

Scientific Notation

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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…

Basic identities

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Additive Identity a + 0 = a Multiplicative Identity 1a = a…

Special-output Gates

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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…

Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

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Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…

Applications of Resonance

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So far, the phenomenon of resonance appears to be a useless curiosity,…

AC Generator Theory

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If an electric current is passed through this wire, which direction…

Parallel R, L, and C

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We can take the same components from the series circuit and rearrange…