Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Memory Devices

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

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Quantum Devices

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

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Programmable Logic Technology

Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

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Memory Devices

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Pulse Width Modulation

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…

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Binary Overflow

One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…

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Quantum Devices

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

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Digital Communication

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

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Introduction to Shift Registers

Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

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Flash ADC

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

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Semiconductor Devices in SPICE

The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…

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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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DC Lab - An Analog Computer For Averaging

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.

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Si Lab - Intro to Discrete Semiconductor Circuits

In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.

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AC Motor Control Circuits

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…

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Synchronous Counters

What is a Synchronous Counter? A synchronous counter, in contrast to…

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Finite State Machines

Up to now, every circuit that was presented was a combinatorial…

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Look-up Tables

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

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Microprocessor Programming

What is the difference between a JMP (“jump”) instruction and a…

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Millman’s Theorem

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

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Voltage and Current

As was previously mentioned, we need more than just a continuous path…

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Factors Affecting Inductance

There are four basic factors of inductor construction determining the…

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

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

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Phasor Mathematics

Provide a definition for phasor, as the term applies to electrical…

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Digital Ramp ADC

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

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Practical Considerations - Transformers

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

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Special-purpose Batteries

Mercury Standard Cell Back in the early days of electrical measurement…

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JFET Biasing Techniques

Using an example, learn about the different bias techniques for junction field effect transistors (JFETs) like the constant voltage bias, self-bias configuration, and voltage divider biasing.

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AC Negative Feedback OpAmp Circuits

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

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Building a Differential Amplifier

Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…

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Motor Control Circuits

The interlock contacts installed in the previous section’s motor…

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Karnaugh Mapping

Identify each of these logic gates by name, and complete their…

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AC Capacitor Circuits

Capacitors Vs. Resistors Capacitors do not behave the same as…

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Voltage and Current Calculations

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

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Magnetic Units of Measurement

In electric circuits, the three basic quantities are voltage (E or V),…

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Active Filters

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

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Resistors

Because the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in…

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AC Lab - Signal and Noise Coupling

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, power a DC motor through a multi-conductor cable to learn how AC signals are coupled between conductors and how to mitigate noise coupling.

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Si Lab - Full-wave Bridge Rectifier With Output Filtering

In this hands-on semiconductor experiment, build an improved full-wave rectifier with output filtering and learn about capacitive filtering in AC-to-DC power converters.

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