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Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

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The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem is not so much a means of analysis…

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

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

Other Diode Technologies

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

What Is the Skin Effect?

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The Skin Depth of Copper in Electrical Engineering As previously…

Mixed-Frequency Signals

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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…

Signal Modulation

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A modern method of electrical power control involves inserting a…

Design Project: Radio Transmitter

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Research the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) guidelines on…

BJT Quirks

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

Principles of Radio

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One of the more fascinating applications of electricity is in the…

Passive Filter Circuits

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In very simple, qualitative terms, rate the impedance of capacitors…

Special Transformers and Applications

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Impedance Matching Because transformers can step voltage and current…

Phase-Locked Loops

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This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…

Radio Circuits

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

Mutual Inductance

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

Data Flow

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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

Inductance, Reactance, and Admittance Calculator

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This calculator gives the reactance and admittance of an inductor or the inductance given the reactance of an inductor

EIRP Calculator

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A helpful tool for computing the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of an antenna

Introduction to Mixed-Frequency AC Signals

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In our study of AC circuits thus far, we’ve explored circuits…

Microstrip Inductance Calculator

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

What is Network Analysis?

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The basic application of Ohm’s law to combinations of series and…

RF Power Ratio Conversion Calculator

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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel

Microstrip Max Current Calculator

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A calculator for solving the maximum current a microstrip can handle.

Fundamentals of Radio Communication

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

Frequency and Phase Measurement

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

“Long’’ and “Short’’ Transmission Lines

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

Analog and Digital Signals

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Instrumentation is a field of study and work centering on measurement…

Band-pass Filters

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How to Create Band-pass Filter There are applications where a…

Square Wave Signals

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

Basic Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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When lightning strikes, nearby magnetic compass needles may be seen to…

Resonant Filters

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

Noise Figure and Noise Temperature Calculator

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This calculator computes the noise figure and noise temperature in a system

Parallel Wire Inductance Calculator

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This tool is designed to calculate the inductance of two parallel wires

Wavelength (TEM) Calculator

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This calculator determines the wavelength of a signal given the frequency and dielectric constant.

Summer and Subtractor OpAmp Circuits

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

The Common-source Amplifier (IGFET)

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Connectors

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An electrical connector, is an electro-mechanical device used to join…

The Common-drain Amplifier (IGFET)

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AC Lab - Variable Inductor

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In this hands-on AC electronics experiment, build a variable conductor and learn the impact of a metal core placed inside an inductor coil has on the inductance.

Mixed-Frequency Signals

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What is a harmonic frequency? If an oscillator circuit outputs a…

Junction Diodes

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There was some historic crude, but usable were some historic crude,…

The Common-gate Amplifier (IGFET)

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Contributors (14)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Instrumentation Amplifier Gain Calculator

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The instrumentation amplifier calculator will assist in the design and analysis of a conventional instrumentation amplifier circuit by calculating the required resistor values and gain.

Introduction to Network Theorems for Circuit Analysis

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

DIY EE Lab - Setting Up a Home Electronics Lab

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To build the DIY electronics projects described in this textbook, you will need a small work area, a few tools, and some basic electronics supplies. This page describes the setup of a low-cost home electronics laboratory.

Decibel Measurements

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During the early development of telephone technology, a unit was…

Parallel Resistor-Inductor Circuits

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Let’s take the same components for our series example circuit…

Electrical Transients

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This chapter explores the response of capacitors and inductors to…

Thermocouples

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Seebeck Effect An interesting phenomenon applied in the field of…

Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes

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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…

Scientific Notation

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In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…

Decimal versus Binary Numeration

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Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of…

Latch Circuits

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What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…