Special Transformers and Applications

Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

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BJT Quirks

An ideal transistor would show 0% distortion in amplifying a signal.…

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Radar Maximum Range Calculator

This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect

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Selsyn (Synchro) Motors

Normally, the rotor windings of a wound rotor induction motor are…

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Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator

This tool calculates the dimensions of the microstrip patch antenna given the desired operating frequency.

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Waveguides

A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

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Noise Figure Calculator

A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers

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Introduction to Digital Communication

In the design of large and complex digital systems, it is often…

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Capacitance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

A calculator for solving the capacitance, reactance, and admittance of a capacitor.

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Waveguides

A waveguide is a special form of transmission line consisting of a…

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Magnetic Fields and Inductance

Whenever electrons flow through a conductor, a magnetic field will…

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Finite-length Transmission Lines

A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…

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Antenna Downtilt and Coverage Calculator

This calculator will determine the correct antenna downtilt angle given the heights of the antennas and distance between them.

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Polar Form and Rectangular Form Notation for Complex Numbers

In order to work with complex numbers without drawing vectors, we…

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Electromagnetism

The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…

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Amplifier Gain

The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…

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Square Wave Signals

It has been found that any repeating, non-sinusoidal waveform can be…

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ElectroStatic Discharge

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

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Other Waveshapes

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

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Bandpass Filter Calculator

This calculates values of the inductance, capacitance of an inductor and capacitor used in a Butterworth LC bandpass filter.

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Microstrip Wavelength Calculator

A tool designed to calculate the guided wavelength inside a microstrip.

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Other Diode Technologies

Varicap or varactor diodes A variable capacitance diode is known as a…

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Standing Waves and Resonance

Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…

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Frequency and Phase Measurement

An important electrical quantity with no equivalent in DC circuits is…

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Band Theory of Solids

Quantum physics describes the states of electrons in an atom according…

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Microstrip Inductance Calculator

This calculator computes the inductance of a microstrip etched on a PCB.

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Si Lab - Commutating Diode

In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a simple circuit that will teach you how to use a commutating diode to reduce inductive kickback.

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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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Transistors, Bipolar

There are not too many circuit symbols for bipolar transistors. There…

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Practical Considerations - Batteries

When connecting batteries together to form larger “banks”…

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Trigonometric Equivalencies

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Converting Between Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…

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AC Network Analysis

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

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Time Constant Calculations

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

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Input and Output Coupling

To overcome the challenge of creating necessary DC bias voltage for an…

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Introduction to AC Motors

After the introduction of the DC electrical distribution system by…

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AC Lab - Frequency Analysis

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use the frequency spectrum display from an oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn about spectral analysis.

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Op-amp Circuits

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

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Practical Considerations - Transformers

Power Capacity As has already been observed, transformers must be well…

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Resonant Filters

So far, the filter designs we’ve concentrated on have employed…

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Power in Electric Circuits

In addition to voltage and current, there is another important…

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DC Lab - Parallel Batteries

In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will connect batteries in parallel to power a light and learn the relationship between the individual battery currents and the total system current.

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Design Project: Radio Transmitter

Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

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Microwave Tubes

For extremely high-frequency applications (above 1 GHz), the…

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Introduction to Network Theorems for Circuit Analysis

Anyone who’s studied geometry should be familiar with the…

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AC Lab - PC Oscilloscope

In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, use a PC-based oscilloscope program to observe waveforms from a musical keyboard and learn basic oscilloscope operation.

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