High-Reliability Circuits

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

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Link Budget Calculator

A Link Budget puts into account all gains and losses a signal goes through in a system as it is transmitted. The calculator calculates the power of the received signal given amplifier and antenna gains, and medium loss.

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Fundamentals of Radio Communication

What does the acronym RF stand form, in reference to radio-related…

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Quantum Physics

“I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum…

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Special-purpose Diodes

Schottky diodes Schottky diodes are constructed of a metal-to-N…

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Principles of Radio

One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…

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Radio Circuits

(a) Crystal radio. (b) Modulated RF at antenna. (c) Rectified RF at…

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Free Space Path Loss Calculator

This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.

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Design Project: Radio Transmitter

Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

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Transistors, Insulated-gate Field-effect (IGFET or MOSFET)

We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…

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Capacitor Types

A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic component that…

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Look-up Tables

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

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TTL NOR and OR gates

TTL Circuit Analysis Let’s examine the following TTL circuit and…

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Passive Integrator and Differentiator Circuits

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

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Single-phase Induction Motors

A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…

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Si Lab - Simple Op Amp

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a custom operational amplifier (op amp) and learn about the application of current mirrors and the use of negative feedback in op amp circuits.

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Latch Circuits

What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…

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Speed Distance Time Calculator

This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.

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Fail-safe Design

Logic circuits, whether comprised of electromechanical relays or…

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ElectroStatic Discharge

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

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Si Lab - JFET Current Regulator

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.

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The Gated S-R Latch

It is sometimes useful in logic circuits to have a multivibrator which…

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Analog Lab - Op Amp Integrator

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog integrator using an operational amplifier and learn about integration functions, op amp input bias currents, and how to limit the voltage swing of a potentiometer.

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Superposition Theorem

The superposition theorem is one of those strokes of genius that takes…

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CMOS Logic Gates

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

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Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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

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Decibels

The Bel is Used to Represent Gain In its simplest form, an…

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Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for a non-inverting Op-Amp

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What is the Difference Between Series and Parallel Circuits?

Circuits consisting of just one battery and one load resistance are…

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