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Circuits
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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(PD) Diagram: John R. Brews
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Thermostatic control of house temperature
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(PD) Diagram: John R. Brews
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Negative feedback as a model for homeostasis
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(PD) Diagram: John R. Brews
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Feedback control to set system status at a set point
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(PD) Diagram: John R. Brews
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Keeping a car at the speed limit using negative feedback
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Current sources
Current sources
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(CC) Image: John R. Brews
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Widlar current source using bipolar transistors
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(CC) Image: John R. Brews
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Small-signal circuit for finding output resistance of the Widlar source
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(CC) Image: John R. Brews
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Design trade-off between output resistance and output current in Widlar source
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A current mirror implemented with npn bipolar transistors using a resistor to set the reference current IREF; VCC = supply voltage.
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An n-channel MOSFET current mirror with a resistor to set the reference current
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Gain-boosted current mirror with op amp feedback to increase output resistance.
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MOSFET version of wide-swing current mirror; M1 and M2 are in active mode
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Operational-amplifier based current sink. Because the op amp is modeled as a nullor, op amp input variables are zero regardless of the values for its output variables.
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A digital inverter circuit using a bipolar transistor.
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(PD) Image: John R. Brews
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Transfer characteristic of bipolar inverter showing modes.
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Collector current vs. input voltage for a bipolar inverter with VCC=5V and RC=1kΩ.
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(PD) Image: John R. Brews
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Input and output signals for bipolar inverter used as an amplifier.
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Two-port network with symbol definitions.
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Z-equivalent two port showing independent variables I1 and I2.
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Y-equivalent two port showing independent variables
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H-equivalent two-port showing independent variables
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G-equivalent two-port showing independent variables
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Block diagram for asymptotic gain model
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Possible signal-flow graph for the asymptotic gain model
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MOSFET transresistance feedback amplifier.
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Collector-to-base biased bipolar amplifier.
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Two-transistor feedback amplifier; any source impedance RS is lumped in with the base resistor RB.
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Small-signal circuits
Small-signal circuits
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(PD) Image: John R. Brews
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Small-signal circuit for pn-diode driven by a current signal represented as a Norton source.
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Bipolar current mirror with emitter resistors
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Small-signal circuit for bipolar current mirror
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Common base circuit with active load and current drive.
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Common-base amplifier with AC current source I1 as signal input
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Bipolar transistor with base grounded and signal applied to emitter.
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Common-base amplifier with AC voltage source V1 as signal input
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The result of applying Norton's theorem.
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Bipolar current buffer.
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Small-signal circuit to find output current.
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Small-signal circuit with test current iX to find Norton resistance.
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The result of applying Thévenin's theorem.
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Bipolar buffer.
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Small-signal circuit for voltage follower.
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Determination of the small-signal output resistance.
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Simplified, low-frequency hybrid-pi BJT model.
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Bipolar hybrid-pi model with parasitic capacitances.
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Simplified, low-frequency hybrid-pi BJT model.
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Bipolar hybrid-pi model with parasitic capacitances.
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Simplified, three-terminal MOSFET hybrid-pi model.
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Four-terminal small-signal MOSFET circuit.
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Miller effect: These two circuits are equivalent.
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Small-signal circuit for transresistance amplifier
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Small-signal circuit with return path broken and test current it driving amplifier at the break.
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Three small-signal schematics used to discuss the asymptotic gain model
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Return ratio
Return ratio
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Left - small-signal circuit corresponding to bipolar amplifier; Center - inserting independent source and marking leads to be cut; Right - cutting the dependent source free and short-circuiting broken leads.
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Amplifiers
Amplifiers
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(PD) Image: John R. Brews
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Some terms used to describe step response in time domain.
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Ideal negative feedback model; open loop gain is AOL and feedback factor is β.
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Conjugate pole locations for step response of two-pole feedback amplifier.
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Step-response of a linear two-pole feedback amplifier.
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Step response for three values of time constant ratio.
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Bode gain plot to find phase margin of two-pole amplifier.
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Bode magnitude plot for zero and for low-pass pole
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Bode phase plot for zero and for low-pass pole
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Bode magnitude plot for pole-zero combination; the location of the zero is ten times higher than in above figures
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Bode phase plot for pole-zero combination; the location of the zero is ten times higher than in above figures
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Gain of feedback amplifier AFB in dB and corresponding open-loop amplifier AOL.
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Phase of feedback amplifier °AFB in degrees and corresponding open-loop amplifier °AOL.
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Gain of feedback amplifier AFB in dB and corresponding open-loop amplifier AOL.
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Phase of feedback amplifier AFB in degrees and corresponding open-loop amplifier AOL.
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Operational amplifier with compensation capacitor CC between input and output to cause pole splitting.
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Operational amplifier with compensation capacitor transformed using Miller's theorem to replace the compensation capacitor with a Miller capacitor at the input and a frequency-dependent current source at the output.
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Idealized Bode plot for a two pole amplifier design.
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Miller capacitance at low frequencies CM (top) and compensation capacitor CC (bottom) as a function of gain
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