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Waveguides

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A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Digital Communication

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Network Protocols

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Aside from the issues of the physical network (signal types and…

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

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

Optical Data Communication

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A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…

A 50-Ohm Cable?

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Early in my explorations of electricity, I came across a length of…

Microcontroller Principles

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Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Networks and Busses

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The wires between the tank and the monitoring location is  called…

Digital Display Circuits

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What is the purpose of a seven-segment decoder circuit? What is a…

Network Topology

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Point-to-Point Connecting two digital devices with a network, would…

Passive Filter Circuits

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

Regulated Power Sources

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OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

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Digital Communication

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Flip-Flop Circuits

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DC Bridge Circuits

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Basic Logic Gate Troubleshooting

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

Oscillator Circuits

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Inverting and Noninverting OpAmp Voltage Amplifier Circuits

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Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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Electric Shock Data

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

Performance-Based Assessments for Semiconductor Circuit Competencies

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Microcontroller Principles

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Read the following quotation, and then research the term…

Clipper and Clamper Circuits

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TTL Logic Gates

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

Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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Series-Parallel Combination AC Circuits

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Counters

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Memory Devices

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Characteristic Impedance

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Note the “50 ohm” rating printed on the jacket of the cable. What…

Data - Resistance & Superconductor

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Tables of specific resistance and temperature coefficient of…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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Most ohmmeters of the design shown in the previous section utilize a…

Simple AC Circuit Calculations

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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…

Transistors, junction field-effect (JFET)

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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…

DC Lab - Potentiometric Voltmeter

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a null-balancing potentiometric voltmeter and learn how to prevent a voltmeter from changing the voltage it is measuring.

Design Project: Intercom System

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Design a passive circuit that will create a "split” ( V/-V) power…

SPICE Simulation of Series and Parallel Circuits

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Previously, we examined series circuits and parallel circuits using…

Si Lab - Multi-stage Amplifier

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.

Design Project: Signal Generator

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Explain the principle of operation for the particular integrated…

Analog Lab - Class B Audio Amplifier

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Class B push-pull audio amplifier to drive a speaker and learn about crossover distortion and how to minimize it using negative feedback.

Binary Subtraction

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

Three-phase Power Systems

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What is Split-Phase Power Systems? Split-phase power systems achieve…

Vol II. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

Practical Considerations of ADC Circuits

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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…

True, Reactive, and Apparent Power

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Reactive Power We know that reactive loads such as inductors and…

Voltage, Current, and Resistance

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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…

Power in Electric Circuits

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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…

L-Match Impedance Matching Circuits

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This calculator is designed to compute for the parameters needed to design a L-Match Impedance Circuit

AC Resistor Circuits (Capacitive)

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Pure resistive AC circuit: voltage and current are in phase.  …

Some Examples with AC Circuits

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Let’s connect three AC voltage sources in series and use complex…

Design Project: LED Stroboscope

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A technician uses a stroboscope to “freeze” the rotation of a…