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Waveguides

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

Band-stop Filters

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How to Create a Band-stop Filter? Also called band-elimination,…

Harmonic Phase Sequences

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In the last section, we saw how the 3rd harmonic and all of its…

Permanent Magnets

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Centuries ago, it was discovered that certain types of mineral rock…

Op-Amp Practical Considerations

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Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…

Harmonics in Polyphase Power Systems

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

Free Space Path Loss Calculator

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This calculator calculates the free space loss, given the distance, frequency, and gain, between two antennas.

RF Power Ratio Conversion Calculator

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This tool is designed to convert power ratios to decibel

Impedance Matching With Transformers

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Suppose you were to take a 3 kW electric heater rated for 240 VAC and…

Electromagnetism

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The discovery of the relationship between magnetism and electricity…

Data Flow

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Buses and networks are designed to allow communication to occur…

Practical considerations - Digital Communication

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A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…

Radio Circuits

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

Noise Figure Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate the noise figure of cascaded amplifiers

Skin Depth Calculator

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A tool designed to calculate skin depth based on the conductive material being used and the frequency of the signal.

Waveguide Calculator (Rectangular)

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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a rectangular waveguide

What is Network Analysis?

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

More on Spectrum Analysis

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Computerized Fourier analysis, particularly in the form of the FFT…

Analog and Digital Signals

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

Other Waveshapes

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

Conversion From Decimal Numeration

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Because octal and hexadecimal numeration systems have bases that are…

Hand Calculator Use

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To enter numbers in scientific notation into a hand calculator, there…

Series and Parallel Capacitors

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When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…

Junction field-effect transistors (JFET)

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

The Quadratic Formula

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Solving for x in a given polynomial equation “ax2 + bx + c…

Example Circuits and Netlists

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

Superconducting Devices

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Superconducting devices, though not widely used, have some unique…

Superposition Theorem

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

Design Project: Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Signal Generator

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What shape of voltage waveform would you expect to measure (using an…

Creating Custom Calibration Resistances

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Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…

Logarithms

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Definition of a Logarithm     “log” denotes a…

Power Conversion Circuits

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

Digital Lab - S-R Latch With Enable Input using NAND Gates

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an S-R latch with an enabled input using four NAND gates and learn more about digital circuit functionality.

Tesla Polyphase Induction Motors

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

Magnetic Units of Measurement

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If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…

Wiring Color Codes Infographic

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Wiring Color Codes Infographic. Released under the Creative Commons…

Circuits and the Speed of Light

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Suppose we had a simple one-battery, one-lamp circuit controlled by a…

From Electric to Electronic

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Introduction This third volume of the book series Lessons In Electric…

Programmable Logic Technology

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Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…

An Analogy for Ohm’s Law

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Ohm’s Law also makes intuitive sense if you apply it to the…

Single-ended and Differential Amplifiers

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For ease of drawing complex circuit diagrams, electronic amplifiers…

Unit Conversion Calculator

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Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque

Transistors, Insulated-gate Field-effect (IGFET or MOSFET)

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We have the symbols for depletion mode and enhancement mode MOSFETs -…

Transistors, junction field-effect (JFET)

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Note that the direction of the arrow at the gate indicates the…

Rectangle Loop Inductance Calculator

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This calculator helps you compute the inductance of a rectangle loop.

Boolean Rules for Simplification

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Boolean algebra finds its most practical use in the simplification of…

Contributors (8)

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Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…

Beam Power Tubes

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In the beam power tube, the basic four-element structure of the…

555 Lab - Introduction to the 555 Timer IC

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In this collection of hands-on electronics experiments, build and test mixed-signal analog and digital circuits using the versatile 555 timer IC. These projects will teach you about RC time constants, duty cycle, transistor current drive, LEDs, voltage doublers, and more.

Biasing Techniques (IGFET)

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Resonance

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

Rectifier Circuits

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What is Rectification? Now we come to the most popular application of…

Derivative of a Constant

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    (“c” being a constant)   RELATED…

Coax Inductance Calculator

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A calculator for computing the inductance of a coaxial cable.

Digital Lab - Digital Combination Lock

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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a digital combination lock with LED output indicators and learn about XOR gate functionality and how to implement NOR logic functionality using diodes.

Impedance Transformation

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Standing waves at the resonant frequency points of an open- or…

Negative Binary Numbers

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With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…

Vol III. Credits

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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…

AC phase

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If we were to express the series-connected DC voltages as phasors…

Passive Filter Circuits

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