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PN Junctions

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Impedance Matching With Transformers

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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…

Voltage Divider Circuits

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Resistivity Calculator

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This calculator calculates the resistivity of a component based on its resistance value, length, and cross-sectional area.

Time Constant Calculations

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Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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As an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, it creates a…

Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit

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Every meter impacts the circuit it is measuring to some extent, just…

DC Bridge Circuits

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Analog Lab - 555 Ramp Signal Generator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, construct a signal generator circuit that creates two different types of ramp signals and learn how capacitors charge when connected to resistors and constant current sources.

Resonance

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The Q factor of a series inductive circuit is given by the following…

Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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In the common-emitter section of this chapter, we saw a SPICE analysis…

LC Resonant Frequency Calculator

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A circuit with an inductor (L) and capacitor (C) connected in parallel or series will have a resonant frequency at which their impedances are equal. Given two of the three values—inductance, capacitance, or resonant frequency—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.

AC Motor Theory

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Electromechanical watt-hour meters use an aluminum disk that is spun…

BJT Amplifier Troubleshooting

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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…

Impedance

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Bipolar Transistor Biasing Circuits

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What is the Relationship Between Conductance and Resistance?

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The concept and measurement units of resistance are most often used…

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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Determine what the magnitude and polarity of the voltmeter’s…

Capacitor Types

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

Decibels

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

Precise Diode Circuits

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Active-mode Operation (IGFET)

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Harmonic Phase Sequences

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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…

Karnaugh Maps, Truth Tables, and Boolean Expressions

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Who Developed the Karnaugh Map? Maurice Karnaugh, a…

DC Branch Current Analysis

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Electrical Energy Calculator

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This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.

Full-Adder

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The half-adder is extremely useful until you want to add more than one…

Energy, Work, and Power

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Define the following terms: energy, work, and power.

Inductive Reactance

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Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

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Permeability and Saturation

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The nonlinearity of material permeability may be graphed for better…

“Long’’ and “Short’’ Transmission Lines

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In DC and low-frequency AC circuits, the characteristic impedance of…

Parallel Circuit Rules

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Voltage Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage:…

Resistors

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

555 Lab - Red LED Flasher

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a red LED flasher and learn a useful application of the versatile 555 timer IC.

Resistors Types

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These are the most common types of resistors available. Resistors…

Vol VI. Credits

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The following is a partial list of contributors to the current online…

Reluctance Motor

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The variable reluctance motor is based on the principle that an…

Antiderivatives of Power Functions of e

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  Note: this is a very unique and useful property of e. As in…

Don’t Care Cells in the Karnaugh Map

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Up to this point we have considered logic reduction problems where…

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

The Triode

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De Forest’s Audion tube came to be known as the triode tube…

pH Measurement

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A very important measurement in many liquid chemical processes…

Mutual Inductance

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When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…

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.

Wire Types and Sizes

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Most electrical wire is covered in a rubber or plastic coating called…

Broadside Coupled Trace Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a broadside coupled trace.

The Instrumentation Amplifier

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What Is an Instrumentation Amplifier? An instrumentation amplifier…

Contributors (5)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Single-phase Induction Motors

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

The D Latch

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Since the enable input on a gated S-R latch provides a way to latch…

Si Lab - Simple Op Amp

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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.

Delta and Wye 3-Phase Circuits

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Label where each of the following electrical quantities would be found…

Introduction to Diodes And Rectifiers

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All About Diodes A diode is an electrical device allowing current to…

Other Specialized Motors

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Shaded Pole Induction Motor An easy way to provide starting torque to…

Voltage and Current

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

Measurements of AC Magnitude

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So far we know that AC voltage alternates in polarity and AC current…

Amplifier Impedances

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Input impedance varies considerably with the circuit configuration…

Parallel DC Circuits Practice Worksheet With Answers

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