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Special Diodes

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The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) as a Switch

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Bipolar junction transistors (Also known as BJTs) can be used as an…

Biasing Techniques (BJT)

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

Kirchhoff’s Laws

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Many electronic circuits use what is called a split or a dual power…

Switched Capacitor Circuitry

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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…

Optoelectronic Devices

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In this circuit, the electric motor is supposed to turn on whenever…

Introduction to Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)

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The invention of the bipolar transistor in 1948 ushered in a…

Digital-to-Analog Conversion

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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…

Series-Parallel DC Circuits

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Electric Fields and Capacitance

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Introduction Whenever an electric voltage exists between two separated…

Series DC Circuits Practice Worksheet with Answers

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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of current (4…

Ammeter Design

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Ammeters Measure Electrical Current A meter designed to measure…

Characteristic Impedance

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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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Most AC motors are induction motors. Induction motors are favored due…

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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In the chapter on mixed-frequency signals, we explored the concept of…

An Electric Pendulum

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Capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, and…

ElectroStatic Discharge

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

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) theory

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Safe Meter Usage

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Using an electrical meter safely and efficiently is perhaps the most…

High Voltage Ohmmeters

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

Analog Lab - Precision Voltage Follower Using an Op Amp

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an op amp voltage follower and learn about negative feedback in operational amplifier circuits.

Rectifier Circuits

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Basic Operational Amplifiers

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Determine the output voltage polarity of this op-amp (with reference…

Multiplexers and Demultiplexers

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Other Waveshapes

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As strange as it may seem, any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform is…

Design Project: Voltmeter

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The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…

Regulated Power Sources

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Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and Maximum Power Transfer Theorems

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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…

Performance-Based Assessments for AC Circuit Competencies

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Oscilloscope Trigger Controls

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A very useful tool for observing rotating objects is a strobe light.…

Introduction to Diodes And Rectifiers

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

Advanced Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! Electronic power conversion circuits known…

Electromechanical Relay Logic

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In ladder logic symbolism, an electromechanical relay coil is shown as…

Derivatives of Power Functions of e

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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…

Negative Feedback

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If we connect the output of an op-amp to its inverting input and apply…

Stepper Motors

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Stepper Motor vs Servo Motor A stepper motor is a…

Sum-of-Products and Product-of-Sums Expressions

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

Power Quality Measurement

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It used to be with large AC power systems that “power…

Static Electricity

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What does it mean for an object to have an electric charge? Give an…

Trigonometry for AC Circuits

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Identify which trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, or tangent) are…

Design Project: Event Counter

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If your event sensing switch is mechanical in nature, you will likely…

Contributors (7)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Flip-Flop 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…

Solving Simultaneous Equations: The Substitution Method and the Addition Method

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What are Simultaneous Equations and Systems of Equations? The terms…

Si Lab - JFET Switching Circuit and Static Electricity Sensor

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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use a junction field-effect transistor (JFET) to build a sensitive switching circuit and learn about JFET current gain.

Half-Adder

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As a first example of useful combinational logic, let’s build a…

Positive Feedback

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As we’ve seen, negative feedback is an incredibly useful…

Synchronous Motors

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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…

Non-Inverting Op-Amp Resistor Calculator

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

Analysis Options

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AC ANALYSIS: General form: .ac [curve] [points] [start] [final]…

Standing Waves and Resonance

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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…

The Junction Field-effect Transistor (JFET) as a Switch

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Like its bipolar cousin, the field-effect transistor may be used as an…

Network Protocols

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

The Thyristor

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A thyristor is a device that has a number of unusual characteristics.…

Zener Diodes

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Digital Codes

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

Microstrip Trace Width Calculator

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This tool is designed to compute for the trace width of a microstrip

Binary Overflow

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One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…

Larger 5 & 6-variable Karnaugh Maps

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Larger Karnaugh maps reduce larger logic designs. How large is large…