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Edge Coupled Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This tool helps calculate the impedance of an edge-coupled microstrip.

Analysis Options

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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…

Fundamentals of SPICE programming

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Programming a circuit simulation with SPICE is much like programming…

Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of a microstrip.

Example Circuits and Netlists

Textbook

The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…

Wire Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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A helpful tool for calculating the impedance of a wire microstrip.

Switches, Process Actuated

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

Microstrip Crosstalk Calculator

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

Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.

Stripline Trace Width Calculator

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

Edge Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute for the inductance of an edge coupled trace.

Twisted-Pair Impedance Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable

Switches, Electrically Actuated (Relays)

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The structure behind ladder logic is based on the electrical ladder…

Numbers and Symbols

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The expression of numerical quantities is something we tend to take…

Microstrip Max Current Calculator

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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.

VSWR / Return Loss Calculator

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A calculator designed to compute the VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss and matching loss in a transmission line

Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

Data - Resistance & Superconductor

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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…

Brushless DC Motor

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Brushless DC motors were developed from conventional brushed DC motors…

Display Tubes

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In addition to performing tasks of amplification and switching, tubes…

Polyphase Motor Design

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AC Motors Perhaps the most important benefit of polyphase AC power…

Intro Lab - How to Use a Voltmeter to Measure Voltage

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In this hands-on introduction to electronics, you will experiment with a multimeter and learn how to measure voltage using the voltmeter function.

Practical Considerations - Inductors

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Inductors, like all electrical components, have limitations which must…

Bridge Circuits

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

AC Lab - Musical Keyboard as a Signal Generator

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, an electronic musical keyboard will be used as a variable-frequency AC signal generator to learn the difference between AC amplitude and frequency.

DC Lab - Thermoelectricity

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a thermocouple to measure temperature changes and learn about the Seebeck effect.

Solving for Unknown Time

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Sometimes it is necessary to determine the length of time that a…

Likely Failures in Proven Systems

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The following problems are arranged in order from most likely to least…

Amplifier Impedances

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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…

Diode Switching Circuits

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

Wavelength (TEM) Calculator

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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.

Digital Lab - Introduction

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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test digital circuits and learn the fundamentals of digital logic circuits, including gates, counters, logic levels, hysteresis, memory, and more.

SPICE Quirks

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“Garbage in, garbage out.” —Anonymous   SPICE…

Practical Considerations - Transformers

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

AC Generator Theory

Worksheets - EDA Tools

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

Bipolar Junction Transistors

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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…

AC phase

Worksheets - EDA Tools

If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…

Timer Circuits

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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze digital…

Inductors

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! A 5 H inductor is subjected to an electric…

Electron Versus Conventional Flow

Worksheets - EDA Tools

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

VSWR / Return Loss Calculator

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A calculator designed to compute the VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss and matching loss in a transmission line

MESFETs

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Parallel DC Circuits Practice Worksheet With Answers

Worksheets - EDA Tools

In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…

DC Lab - Series Batteries

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in series and learn the relationship between the individual battery voltages and the total series voltage.

Inductor Quirks

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In an ideal case, an inductor acts as a purely reactive device. That…

Circuit Simplification Examples

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Let’s begin with a semiconductor gate circuit in need of…

Phase-Locked Loops

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

Multiplexers

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A multiplexer, abbreviated mux, is a device that has multiple inputs…

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…

The R/2R DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)

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The R/2R DAC circuit is an alternative to the binary-weighted-input…

Mesh Current Method (Loop Current Method)

Textbook

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

Troubleshooting Series and Parallel Circuits

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The jobs of electronics engineers and technicians frequently entail…

Introduction to Network Theorems for Circuit Analysis

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Anyone who’s studied geometry should be familiar with the…

Attenuators

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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…

Summary of Filters

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As lengthy as this chapter has been up to this point, it only begins…