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Resonance

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

Series and Parallel AC Circuits

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Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

Op-amp Circuits

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Time Constant Circuits

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Digital Logic Signals

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A rheostat (variable resistor) and a switch are both examples of…

Radio Circuits

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

555 Lab - Oscillator With Hysteresis

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an oscillator with hysteresis from a Schmitt trigger and learn how to use it to create an RC oscillator and a method to configure a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator.

OpAmp Oscillator Circuits

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Time Constant Calculations

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Time Constant Circuits

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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…

Switched Capacitor Circuitry

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Oscillator Circuits

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Design Project: Sensitive Microphone Amplifier

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Identify which direction each potentiometer wiper must move in this…

AC Bridge Circuits

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As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…

DC Lab - Rate-of-change Indicator

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an analog differentiator circuit that outputs a signal proportional to the rate-of-change and learn about one of the advantages of analog circuits.

Resistors

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

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.

Time Constant Circuits

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Parallel Resistor Calculator

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Calculate the equivalent resistance of up to six resistors in parallel with ease while learning how to calculate resistance in parallel and the parallel resistance formula.

Regulated Power Sources

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Ohm’s Law - How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate

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The first, and perhaps most important, relationship between current,…

Time Constant Calculations

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Susceptance and Admittance

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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…

Ohm’s Law (again!)

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A common phrase heard in reference to electrical safety goes something…

RC Time Constant Calculator

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The time constant of a series RC circuit is the product of the resistance and capacitance. Given two of the three values—resistance, capacitance, or RC time constant—this tool will calculate the missing third variable.

The Shockley Diode

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Our exploration of thyristors begins with a device called the…

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

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

Active Loads in Amplifier Circuits

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We know that the current in a series circuit may be calculated with…

Inductor Sizing Equation

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The Inductance Formula     Wheeler’s formulas for…

Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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

BJT Amplifier Troubleshooting

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

Example Circuits and Netlists

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The following circuits are pre-tested netlists for SPICE 2g6, complete…

Combination Tubes

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Similar in thought to the idea of the integrated circuit, tube…

Linear Computational Circuitry

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Permissive and Interlock Circuits

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A practical application of switch and relay logic is in control…

Open-Loop OpAmp Circuits

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

Synchronous Counters

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

Karnaugh Mapping

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

Thyristor Application Circuits

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Three-phase Power Systems

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

Vol III. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

The NOT Gate

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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…

Trigonometric Equivalencies

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Design Project: DC Motor

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The armature windings of your DC motor will have very low resistance.…

Superconductivity

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Conductors lose all of their electrical resistance when cooled to…

Clamper Circuits

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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…

Contributors (11)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Power Density Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna

Simple Parallel (Tank Circuit) Resonance

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Resonance in a Tank Circuit A condition of resonance will be…

Contributors (4)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Full-Adder

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

Attenuators

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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…