Transistor Current Sweep Circuit: A simple transistor current sweep circuit is given in Fig. 30.143 (a). In the circuit the transistor is employed as an electronic switch and the inductor…
Sawtooth Voltage Generator Circuit Diagram and Waveforms: Figure 30.129 represents a basic sawtooth voltage generator. Switch S periodically changes its position from point 1 to point 2 (although a mechanical…
Emitter Coupled Clipper Circuit: An emitter coupled clipper using two transistors is shown in Fig. 30.71. It is a two level clipper in which the input is applied to the…
Transistor Clipper Circuit and Waveforms: Transistor Clipper Circuit - The transistor has two pronounced nonlinearities—one occurs when the transistor passes from cutin region to the active region and the second…
What is Current Conveyors (CCs)? Current conveyors (CCs) were first introduced by Smith and Sedra and have been used in a variety of electronic applications. The CC is a three-port…
Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA): The operational amplifiers considered up to this point have been voltage amplifiers. The input signal is a voltage and the output signal is a voltage. Another…
Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) or Switching Regulators: Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) - The regulated power supplies described earlier were basically linear voltage regulators. A linear voltage regulator possesses…
What is Current Boosting in Voltage Regulator? Current Boosting in Voltage Regulator - IC723 regulator is limited to provide a maximum current of 140 mA. To increase its current capacity,…