Coupling and Bypassing Capacitors: Coupling Capacitors - To use a transistor circuit to amplify or otherwise process an ac signal, the signal source must be connected to the circuit input.…
Biasing Transistor Switching Circuits: Direct-Coupled Switching Circuit - When a transistor is used as a Biasing Transistor Switching Circuits, it is either biased off to IC = 0, or biased…
Voltage Divider Bias Circuit: Circuit Operation - Voltage Divider Bias Circuit, also known as emitter current bias, is the most stable of the three basic transistor bias circuits. A voltage…
Clamping Circuit: Negative and Positive Voltage Clamping Circuits - A clamping circuit, also known as a dc restorer, changes the dc voltage level of a waveform, but does not affect…
Zener Diode Voltage Regulator Circuit: Regulator Circuit With No Load - The most important application of Zener Diode Voltage Regulator Circuit is dc voltage regulator circuits. These can be the…
Half Wave Rectifier with Capacitor Filter: Half Wave Rectifier with Capacitor Filter - When a sinusoidal alternating voltage is rectified, the resultant waveform is a series of positive (or negative)…
Diode Approximations: Diode Approximations - As we know already that, a diode is essentially a one-way device, offering a low resistance when forward biased, and a high resistance when biased…
Forward and Reverse Bias Characteristics of Diode: Figures 2-4 and 2-5 show typical Forward and Reverse Bias Characteristics of Diode for low-current silicon and germanium diodes. From the silicon diode…