TRIAC Operation and Characteristics

TRIAC Operation and Characteristics: The basic construction, equivalent circuit, graphic symbol and TRIAC Operation and Characteristics are shown in Fig. 19-21. The TRIAC behaves as two inverse-parallel connected SCRs with…

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Bridge Tied Load Amplifier

Bridge Tied Load Amplifier: All of the power amplifiers already discussed have been single-ended (SE): meaning that they provide power to a load that has one terminal grounded and the…

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Amplifiers with Negative Feedback Articles

Amplifiers with Negative Feedback Articles: Voltage Series Negative Feedback Amplifier: In a negative feedback amplifier, a small portion of the output voltage is fed back to the input. When the…

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Diode Applications Articles

Diode Applications Articles: Half Wave Rectifier Circuit: A basic diode Half Wave Rectifier Circuit is shown in Fig. 3-1(a). An alternating input voltage is applied to a single diode connected…

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Complementary MOSFET Common Source Power Amplifier

Complementary MOSFET Common Source Power Amplifier: Advantages of MOSFETs: Complementary MOSFET Common Source Power Amplifier have several advantages over power BJTs for large signal amplifier applications. One of the most…

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Power Supply Decoupling

Power Supply Decoupling: Power Supply Decoupling - High-power amplifiers require high supply current levels, so unregulated power supplies are often employed to avoid the power wasted in a series regulator.…

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Colpitts Oscillator using Op Amp

Colpitts Oscillator using Op Amp: The Colpitts Oscillator using Op Amp circuit show in Fig. 16-4 is similar to the op-amp phase shift oscillator, except that an LC network is…

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