A common topology for DC-AC power converter circuits uses a pair of…
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The single-transistor inverter circuit illustrated earlier is actually…
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Write an equation describing the precise mathematical relationship…
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Explain the difference between a balanced polyphase system and an…
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What Is a R/2nR DAC Circuit? The R/2nR DAC circuit, otherwise known as…
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In this circuit, three resistors receive the same amount of voltage…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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Calculate the voltage output by the secondary winding of a transformer…
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Diodes can perform switching and digital logic operations. Forward and…
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Define what noise means, in the electrical sense of the word. How does…
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A common class of operation used in radio-frequency (RF) amplifier…
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So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…
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A special type of relay is one that monitors the current, voltage,…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build and test an automated circuit that sequentially flashes 10 LED, and learn about counters, frequency dividers, and switch debouncing.
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Input Voltages for Logic Gates Logic gate circuits are designed to…
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∫f(x) dx Calculus alert! One of the fundamental principles of…
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A three-phase motor may be run from a single-phase power source.…
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The circuits in the figure below are known as clampers or DC…
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Certain substances are known to physically deform (shorten or…
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Voltage is commonly defined as “electrical pressure.” The unit of…
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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a 12 V alternating current (AC) power supply using a step-down transformer and learn about transformer operation and the purpose of tapped windings.
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This calculator shows the peak-to-peak voltage (VP-P) value from the peak voltage, RMS voltage, or average voltage.
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In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a battery-operated circuit with a light and learn about open and short circuit failures.
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Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
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The Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistor (IGFET), also known as…
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In instrumentation circuitry, DC signals are often used as analog…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple DC voltage regulator circuit and learn how to use reverse-biased Zener diodes as voltage clamps.
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to analyze relay…
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Mercury Standard Cell Back in the early days of electrical measurement…
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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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This calculator determines the bias and feedback of resistors for an inverting op-amp.
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So far in our discussions on electricity and electric circuits, we…
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Generally speaking, how many “time constants” worth of time does…
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Because of their insulated gates, IGFETs of all types have extremely…
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Example Derivatives of e Proportionality Constant When we say that a…
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Research and describe what the Hall effect is, and list some practical…
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If a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal is sent to a passive…
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What is the purpose of the switch shown in this schematic diagram?
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.
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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…
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Power in an electric circuit is the product (multiplication) of…
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Perhaps the most important consideration of an ADC is its resolution.…
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The term “combinational” comes to us from mathematics. In…
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Shockley Diodes and Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) Shockley…
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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
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Complementary Output Gates It is sometimes desirable to have a logic…
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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…
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When calculating the power dissipation of resistive components, we can…
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When inductors are connected in series, the total inductance is the…
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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…
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What is an Encoder? An encoder is a circuit that changes a set of…
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Over the course of the next few chapters, you will learn that AC…
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What is Attenuators? Attenuators are passive devices. It is…
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Ladder diagrams are specialized schematics commonly used to document…
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A peak detector is a series connection of a diode and a…
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