Index 457 Software, 365 Solar cells, 210 Soldering, 10–12, 10, 12, 97–101 Soldering Iron Controller Project, 289–292, 290 Soldering Iron Power Control Project, 292–293, 292 Solderless breadboards, 216, 217 Solid-state devices, 116–127 Sound, 58 Sound genera<strong>to</strong>rs, Light-Controlled Sound Genera<strong>to</strong>r Project, 313–314, 313 Source, field-effect transis<strong>to</strong>rs and, 301 Source time constants, 141, 144 Source voltages, transis<strong>to</strong>rs and, 162–163 Source, for power, 45 Speaker load rating, audio amplifiers, 236–237 Speaker Protection Circuit Project, 277–281, 278 Speech amplifiers, 409 Splicing wires, 106–107 Split-bobbin power transformers, 35 Square waves, 17, 396 Square-wave frequency genera<strong>to</strong>r, 218, 400–401, 400 Square-Wave Oscilla<strong>to</strong>r Project, 397, 398 Stability in amplifiers, 249 Stability in circuits, 178–179 Stabilization, 184 Static electricity damage, field-effect transis<strong>to</strong>rs and, 307–308 Step-down/step-up transformers, 376 Stick-on transfers for printed circuits boards, 258 Stud-mount diodes, 36 Subassemblies, recycled/reused, 21 Substituting parts (See cross-referencing parts) Substrates, FETs, 304 Sum frequency, 407 Superheterodyne receiver, 411, 412 Suppliers, 434–435 Suppression diodes, 266 Surge clamping diodes, 209 Surge current, 120, 143 Surplus parts and supplies, 24–25, 435–436 Susceptance, 430 Sweep genera<strong>to</strong>rs, 17, 18 Switches, 39–40, 106, 229 bounce in, bounceless, 353 Bounceless Switch Project, 358, 359 Switching diodes, recycled/reused, 23 Switching dis<strong>to</strong>rtion, 266 Synthesizer, Percussion Synthesizer Project, 401–404, 401, 403, 404 12-watt RMS Amplifier Project, 247, 251, 252 Tangent, 430 Tank circuits, 409, 410 Tantalum capaci<strong>to</strong>rs, 136 Tape of potentiometers, 32 Television (See radio and television) Temperature coefficient capaci<strong>to</strong>rs and, 135 resis<strong>to</strong>rs, 30–31 transis<strong>to</strong>rs and, 162 Temperature conversion, 431 Test equipment, 14–18, 437 Textbooks on electronics, 5 Thermal runaway, 162, 234–235 Thick film resis<strong>to</strong>rs, 29 Third-order filters, 389 Three–Light Flasher Project, 218–219, 219 Thyris<strong>to</strong>rs, 287–288, 288 Time constants, 90–91 capaci<strong>to</strong>rs and, 139 desired time constant, 147 discharge time constant in, 144 load time constant, 144 RC time constant, 139 source time constants, 141, 144 Time-off Delay Relay (TDR) Project, 222–224, 223 Timebase, Crystal-Based Oscilla<strong>to</strong>r Timebase Project, 358, 359 Tolerance, in capaci<strong>to</strong>rs, 34 Tone Control and Preamplifier Project, 339–341, 340 Tone controls, 244–245, 246 Tone Genera<strong>to</strong>r Project, 398, 399 Tools and equipment, 8–14, 368–369, 436 Transconductance, 304–305 Transducers, 182, 408 Transformer action, 81, 94 Transformers (See also alternating current), 34–35, 36, 94–97 bucking, 112 center-tapped, 95, 95, 124–126, 126 chokes and coils in, 88–94 filament, 95 inductance and induc<strong>to</strong>rs in, 88–94 inversion of voltage in, 112
458 Index Transformers (Cont.): Isolation Circuit Project, 293–295, 293 isolation type, 13–14, 14 Lab Power Supply Project and, 107–108 Ohm’s law and, 96 polarity of voltages in, 112 power, 95 power transfer ability (volt-amp rating), 96, 146 primary and secondary coils in, 95, 95 ratio of, 431 recycled/reused, 23 step-down/step-up, 376 turns ratios in, 95 volt-amp rating in, 96, 146 Transient-suppression diodes, 209 Transis<strong>to</strong>r action, 154 Transis<strong>to</strong>r-transis<strong>to</strong>r logic (TTL), 345 Transis<strong>to</strong>rs, 36–37, 37, 153–200, 155, 156 ac circuit using, 175–176, 175 amplifier comparisons for, 167–168 base bias, 163 base current in, 158, 192 base of, 155 base-<strong>to</strong>-collec<strong>to</strong>r junction in, 156 base-<strong>to</strong>-emitter junction in, 156 beta-enhanced pairs, 191–192, 192 bias in, 163, 176, 176, 192, 230–235 bias voltage divider using, 163–164 bipolar, calculations for, 155, 430 collec<strong>to</strong>r current in, 158 collec<strong>to</strong>r of, 155, 156 common-base type, 166–167, 167 common-collec<strong>to</strong>r type, 165–166, 166, 177 common-emitter type, 162–165, 163, 177 current amplification fac<strong>to</strong>r (beta) in, 171–173 current flow through, 192 current gain in, 160 cu<strong>to</strong>ff values in, 174 Darling<strong>to</strong>n pairs, 191–192, 192 depletion area in, 157 diodes vs., 155 DVM testing of, 169–170, 200 dynamic settings for, 176 emitter of, 155, 156 emitter resis<strong>to</strong>r in, 164 emitter voltage in, 192 emitter-follower type, 177 field-effect transis<strong>to</strong>rs, 301–316, 430 forward bias in, 156 impedance in, 179–184, Transis<strong>to</strong>rs (Cont.): impedance matching in, 168, 169, 182–183 invention of, 154–155 Lab Power Supply Project using, 193–200 leakage current in, 162 load balancing in,230–235 matched (complementary) pair sets of, 236 negative feedback in, 164 NPN type, 155, 170, 170, 193 pho<strong>to</strong>transis<strong>to</strong>rs, 213 PNP type, 155, 170, 171, 193 quiescent settings for, 176 recycled/reused, 23 repeatability in, 178–179 saturation values in, 174 series-pass, 186 source voltages in, 162–163 stability in, 178–179 temperature coefficient in, 162 thermal runaway in, 162, 234–235 voltage drop in, 158–159 voltage gain in, 177–178 Transitional change in multivibra<strong>to</strong>rs, 349–350 Transorbers, 209 Triacs, 287–288, 288 Triangular waveshapes, 396, 400–401, 400 Trigger pulse timing, 288 Trigger voltages in schottky diodes, 207 Trigonometry, 429 Trim-pots, 32 Trimmer capaci<strong>to</strong>rs, 34 Trip Point Relay Driver Project, 337–338, 337 Trivalent impurities in semiconduc<strong>to</strong>rs, 117 Troubleshooting tips, 110–111 True power, 93 Truth tables, 345–348, 346, 348 Tunnel diodes, 207, 208 Turn-on pulses in diacs, 209 Turn-on transients in amplifiers, 277 Turns ratio, transformer, 95 Twin-T notch filter, 386, 392–393, 401–404, 401, 403, 404 UJT Audio Oscilla<strong>to</strong>r Project, 296–298, 297 Ultiboard, 369 Ultraviolet ROM (UVROM), 366 Unidirectional surge clamping diodes, 209
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To my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
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