Quantum Devices

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

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Programmable Logic Technology

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

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Memory Devices

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

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Microcontroller Principles

Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Synchronous Counters

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

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Microprocessor Programming

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

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

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Embedded Microstrip Impedance Calculator

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

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Quantum Devices

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

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Binary Addition

The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…

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Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Decoder

A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…

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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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Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

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

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Microprocessor Programming

The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…

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Flash ADC

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

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Finite State Machines

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

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Semiconductor Manufacturing Techniques

The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…

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Negative Binary Numbers

With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…

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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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Memory Devices

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

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Digital Communication

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

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Binary Subtraction

We can subtract one binary number from another by using the standard…

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Binary Math Circuits

Add the following binary numbers:

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DIP Gate Packaging

Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…

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Metric Notation

The metric system, besides being a collection of measurement units for…

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Intro Lab - A Simple Lighting Circuit

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

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AC phase

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

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Numbers versus Numeration

It is imperative to understand that the type of numeration system used…

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Antenna Downtilt and Coverage Calculator

This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.

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TTL Logic Gates

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

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Design Project: Power Inverter

A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…

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The Unijunction Transistor (UJT)

Unijunction transistor: Although a unijunction transistor is not a…

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Synchronous Motors

Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

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Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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

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Reflection Attenuator Calculator

This tool is designed to calculate the value of resistance R1 in a reflection attenuator.

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Flip-Flop Circuits

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

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The Cascode Amplifier

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

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Convert MCD to Lumens

This calculator is useful for calculating the luminous flux for LEDs where the angle is known.

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ElectroStatic Discharge

At the start of this book, we discussed static electricity and how it…

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Junction Field-effect Transistors

The field effect transistor was proposed by Julius Lilienfeld in US…

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The TRIAC

SCRs are unidirectional (one-way) current devices, making them useful…

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Meter Check of a Transistor (JFET)

Testing a JFET with a multimeter might seem to be a relatively easy…

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