ELEX 1-5

BOOK REVIEW IN ELECTRONICS Electronics Principle By Malvino

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CHAPTER 01 INTRODUCTION

# DEFINITIONS TERMS

1)

A rule that relates quantities.

Formula

2)

Are formulas that a researcher creates and based on

scientific observation.

Definitions

3)

It summarizes a relationship that already exists in

nature.

Law

4)

A formula that we can get other formulas.

Derivation

5)

Sometimes called the first approximation, is the

simplest approximation equivalent circuit for a

device.

First Approximation

6)

Adds one or more components to the ideal

approximation.

Second Approximation

7)

Produces a load that is constant.

Ideal dc Voltage Source

8)

Produces a constant load current for different load

resistances.

dc Current Source

9)

A current source whose internal resistance is at least

100 times larger than the load resistance.

Stiff Current Source

10)

A statement that we can prove mathematically.

Theorem

11)

Defined as the resistance that an ohmmeter

measures across the load terminals.

Thevenin Resistance


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12)

Defined as the load current when the load resistor is

shorted.

Norton Current IN

13)

It states that for any theorem in electrical circuit

analysis there is a dual (opposite) theorem in which.

Duality Principle

14)

Means finding out why a circuit is not doing what is

supposed to do.

Troubleshooting

15)

Two facts about an open devices:

1. the current through an

open device is zero.

2. the voltage across it is

unknown

16)

Two facts about a shorted devices:

1. the voltage across a

shorted device is zero.

2. the current through it is

unknown


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CHAPTER 2 SEMICONDUCTORS

# DEFINITIONS TERMS

1)

The reason why electrons are not pulled into the

nucleus.

Centrifugal

2)

It controls the electrical properties of the atom.

Valence Orbit

3)

An element with electrical properties between those

of a conductor and those of an insulator.

Semiconductors

4)

An example of a semiconductor and has four

electrons in the valence orbit.

Germanium

5)

Another example of semiconductor and became

the most practical in most electronics applications.

Silicon

6)

An orderly pattern formed when silicon atoms

combined their self to form a solid.

Crystal

7)

A bond between the opposite cores.

Covalent Bond

8)

One way to increase conductivity of a

semiconductor by adding impurity atoms.

Doping

9)

A doped semiconductor.

Extrinsic Semiconductor

10)

It is added to molten silicon to increase the number

of free electrons.

Pentavalent Atom

11)

Atom with five electrons in valence orbit and also

called donor impurities.

Pentavalent Atom


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12)

Atom with three valence electrons and also called

acceptor atom.

Trivalent

13)

Silicon that has been doped with a pentavalent

impurity.

N-Type Semiconductor

14)

Silicon that has been doped with a trivalent impurity.

P-Type Semiconductor

15)

It is the border where the p-type and n-type regions

meet.

Junction

16)

Another name for pn crystal.

Junction Diode

17)

The pair of positive and negative ions at the junction.

Dipole

18)

Charge empty region.

Depletion Region

19)

The electric field between the ions is equivalent to

difference of potential.

Barrier Potential

20)

It is when the negative source terminal is connected

to the n-type material and the positive is connected

to the p-type material.

Forward Bias

21)

The negative battery terminal is connected to the p

side and the positive battery terminal to the n side.

Reverse Bias

22)

The reverse current caused by the thermally

produced minority carriers.

Saturation Current

23)

The temperature of the surrounding air.

Ambient Temperature


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24)

The departure of the electron creates a vacancy in

the valance orbit.

Hole

25)

The merging of a free electron and a hole.

Recombination

26)

The amount of time between the creation and

disappearance of a free electrons.

Lifetime

27)

It means that we cannot get more minority-carrier

current than is produced by the thermal energy.

Saturation

28)

A small current flows on the surface of the crystal.

Surface-Leakage Current

29)

The temperature inside a diode, right at the pn

junction.

Junction Temperature

30)

The nucleus of a copper atom contains how many

protons?

29

31)

The net charge of a neutral copper atom.

+1

32)

How many valence electrons does a silicon atom

have?

4

33)

How many protons does the nucleus of a silicon atom

contain?

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CHAPTER 3 DIODE THEORY

# DEFINITIONS TERMS

1)

A device where the graph of its current versus

voltage is a straight line.

Linear Device

2)

A device where the graph of its current versus

voltage is not straight line.

Nonlinear Device

3)

In the forward region, the voltage at which the

current starts to increase rapidly.

Knee Voltage

4)

The knee voltage of a silicon diode.

0.7 V

5)

The ohmic resistance of a semiconductor material.

Bulk Resistance

6)

The maximum power the diode can safely dissipate

without shortening its life or degrading its properties.

Power Rating

7)

A diode acts like a switch that closes when forward-

biased and opens when reverse-biased.

Ideal Diode

8)

It is a region where either avalanche or zener effects

occurs.

Breakdown Region

9)

The maximum reverse voltage a diode can withstand

before avalanche or the zener effect occurs.

Breakdown Voltage

10)

The maximum rating specified in the data sheet.

Safety Factor

11)

A tool used to find the exact value of a diode current

and voltage.

Load Line


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12)

In load line, this point represents maximum current.

Saturation

13)

This point represents the minimum current minimum

current.

Cut-Off

14)

It represents a simultaneous solution between the

diode curve and load line.

Q Point

15)

The knee voltage of a diode is approximately equal

to the.

Barrier Potential


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CHAPTER 4 DIODE CIRCUIT

# DEFINITIONS TERMS

1)

Electronic device that converts the ac input voltage

to an almost perfect dc output voltage.

Power Supply Rectifiers

2)

A rectifier with only one diode in series with the load

resistor.

Half-Wave Rectifier

3)

A transformer thatwill produce a secondary voltage

that is higher than a primary.

Step-Up

4)

A transformer that will produce a secondary voltage

that is smaller than the primary.

Step-Down

5)

A rectifier that is equivalent to two half-wave

rectifiers.

Full-Wave Rectifier

6)

Type of rectifier circuit that has four diode, two of

which are conducting at the same time.

Bridge Rectifer

7)

Used to filter the output of a rectifier.

Choke-Input Filter

8)

It states that, if you have two or more sources, you

can analyze the circuit for each source separately

and then add the individual voltages to get the total

voltage.

Super Position Theorem

9)

The fluctuation in load voltage caused by the

charging and the discharging of capacitor input

filter.

Ripple

10)

A regulator that uses a transistor that switches

between saturation and cut-off.

Switching Regulator


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11)

A filter that produce a dc output voltage equal to

the peak value of the rectified voltage.

Capacitor-Input Filter

12)

The maximum voltage across the non-conducting

diode of a rectifier.

Peak Inverse Voltage

13)

The initial rush of current when the power is turned on.

Surge Current

14)

This device not only reduces the ripple, it also holds

the output voltage constant.

IC Voltage Regulator

15)

The diodes used in low-frequency power supplies.

Rectifier Diodes

16)

This diodes are optimized for use at high frequencies

and have power ratings less than 0.5W.

Small-Signal Diodes

17)

A circuit that removes either positive or negative

parts of a wave form.

Clipper

18)

The circuit removes all the positive parts of the input

signal.

Positive Clipper

19)

The series resistance must be 100 times greater than

bulk resistance and 100 times smaller than the load

resistance.

Stiff Clipper

20)

The circuit removes all the negative parts of the input

signal.

Negative Clipper

21)

It means, applying an external voltage to change the

reference level of a circuit.

Bias

22)

The output signal when the input voltage is very large

compared to the bias level.

Square Wave


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23)

It adds a dc voltage to the signal.

Clamper

24)

The same as a rectifier with a capacitor input filter

used for output voltage of the peak detector.

Peak Detector

25)

Connecting two or more stages so that the output of

one stage is the input to the next.

Cascaded Stage

26)

A redesign of the peak-to-peak detector, it uses

rectifier diodes instead of small-signal diodes.

Voltage Doubler


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CHAPTER 5 SPECIAL – PURPOSE DIODE

# DEFINITIONS TERMS

1)

A diode designed to operate in reverse break over

with a very stable voltage drop.

Zener Diode

2)

Three regions where a zener diode can operate:

Forward;

Leakage;

Break-Down

3)

As long as the reverse current is less than _________

the diode is operating with the safe range.

IZM

4)

Referred as bulk resistance in the reverse region.

Zener Resistance

5)

Also called voltage regulator diode.

Zener Diode

6)

Circuit used when you want a dc output voltage that

is less than the output of a the power supply.

Zener Regulator

7)

Sometimes called high-field emission, this occurs

when the intensity of the electric field becomes high

enough to dislodge valence electrons in reverse

biased diode.

Zener Effect

8)

The breakdown voltage of a zener diode.

Zener Voltage

9)

It is defined as the change in breakdown voltage per

degree of increase of temperature.

Temperature Coefficient

10)

The zener regulation is approaching a dropout or

failure condition when zener current is.

Near Zero

11)

The power rating usually include in the data sheet

where diode can handle without exceeding.

Maximum Current


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12)

Also include in the data sheet tells you how much

you have to reduce the power rating of a device.

Derating Factor

13)

The technology that combines optics and

electronics.

Optoelectronics

14)

Resistor that prevents the current from exceeding the

maximum current rating of the diode.

Current-Limiting Resistor

15)

The brightness of an LED depends on the _________.

Current

16)

It contains seven rectangular LED’s.

Seven-Segment Display

17)

The seven-segment indicator were all anode are

connected together.

Common-Anode Type

18)

The seven-segment indicator were all cathode are

connected together.

Common-Cathode Type

19)

A reversed-biased diode that is sensitive to incoming

light.

Photodiode

20)

A combination of LED and photo-diode, an input

signal to the LED is converted to varying light which is

detected by the photodiode.

Opto-Coupler

21)

Light that has many different phases.

Non-coherent Light

22)

A diode that produce a coherent light.

Laser Diode

23)

This means that all the light wave is in-phase with

each other.

Coherent Light


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24)

Analogous to a stranded wire cable, except that the

strands are thin flexible fibers of glass or plastic that

transmit light beams instead of free electrons.

Fiber-Optic Cable

25)

The temporary storage of free electrons in the upper

energy band and holes n the lower energy band.

Charge Storage

26)

The time it takes to turn off a forward-biased diode.

Reverse Recovery Time

27)

A special-purpose diode with no depletion layer,

extremely short reverse recovery time, and ability to

rectify high-frequency signals.

Schottky Diode

28)

A diode optimized for a reverse capacitance, the

larger the reverse voltage, the smaller the

capacitance.

Varactor

29)

The frequency of a lead-lag circuit or the frequency

of an LC tank circuit where the voltage gain and

phase shift are suitable for oscillation.

Resonant Frequency

30)

A device acts like two back-to-back zener diodes,

used across he primary winding of a power

transformer to prevent line spikes from entering the

equipment.

Varistor

31)

These device keep the current through them fixed

when the voltage changes.

Current-Regulator Diodes

32)

A diode conducts reverse current for a while and

then suddenly snaps open.

Snap Diode

33)

Multiple input frequency.

Harmonics


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34)

A diode that conducts better in the reverse than in

the forward directions.

Back Diode

35)

This type of diode exhibits a phenomenon known as

negative resistance.

Tunnel Diode

36)

This means that an increase in forward voltage

produces a decrease in forward current.

Negative Resistance

37)

The negative resistance of a tunnel diode is useful in

high-frequency circuits called.

Oscillators

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