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How to Test a Transistor Using a Digital Multimeter
Basically a transistor is nothing but two pn-junctions connected back to back. By examining both the junctions (Emitter-Base junction and Collector-Base junction) with the help of a digital multimeter, we can comment on the functionality of the transistor.The test of the transistor is based on the principle of pn-junction biasing, i.e., when a forward bias is applied to the pn-junction (by connecting positive terminal to the p-region and negative terminal to the n-region), the junction allows current to through it. When the reverse bias applied to the junction, it behaves as an open circuit.NPN Transistors are widely used. We can ...
Read MoreEnhancement Mode MOSFET
The Enhancement Mode Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (EMOSFET) is a three-terminal Device viz. Source (S), Gate (G) and Drain (D). The EMOSFET is a voltage controlled device.The EMOSFET can be operated in the enhancement mode only. The EMOSFET has no physical channel from source to drain since the substrate extends completely to the SiO2 layer.By the application of gate–source voltage (VGS) of proper magnitude and polarity the device can be made operating. The use of VGS induces an n-channel just below the gate terminal and this made the device operating.The minimum value of VGS of proper polarity that ...
Read MoreDigital Circuits and Their Applications
Digital electronics is branch of electronics which deals with digital signals to accomplish the tasks. The digital signals are the signals which are represented using the binary language, i.e., 0’s and 1’s.The digital circuits are implemented using logic gates like AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR and XNOR which can perform logical operations.Digital Circuit DefinitionA circuit implemented using a number of logic gate and takes the input in the binary form (0’s and 1’s) is called as Digital Circuit.Types of Digital CircuitsCombinational Digital CircuitsSequential Digital CircuitsDigital Logic GatesA logic gate is an electronic component that is implemented using a Boolean ...
Read MoreDiac Operations and Applications
A diac is a two-terminal, three-layer, bidirectional device which can be switched from OFF state to ON state for both positive and negative polarity of the supply voltage.Constructional Details of the DiacThe basic structure of a Diac is similar to a BJT transistor. The only difference is that there is no base terminal in case of Diac.The terminals of the diac are taken from the two p-regions of silicon that are separated by an n-region. The concentrations are identical in all layers to give the device symmetrical properties.V – Characteristics of DiacFrom I-V Characteristics of a Diac, for the applied ...
Read MoreDC Power Supply Filter Types
In practice, a rectifier is used to produce pure DC supply in electronic circuits. But the output of a rectifier is not pure DC, it has pulsations, i.e., it contains AC and DC components. The AC component is undesirable and must be removed. For this, a filter circuit is used."A Filter Circuit is a circuit which removes the ac component from the output of rectifier and produces the pure dc output across the load."The filter circuit should be placed between the rectifier and the load.A filter circuit is basically a combination capacitors (C) and inductors (L). A capacitor allows the ...
Read MoreDigital Integrated Circuits
A microprocessor is digital is a digital circuit which is built using a combination logic functions. The microprocessor package contains an integrated circuit.Integrated CircuitAn integrated circuit is electronic circuit or device that has electronic components on a small semiconductor chip. It has functionality of logic AND or amplifying of a signal. These are mainly two types of circuits: Digital or Analog. Analog ICs handle continuous signals such as audio signals and Digital ICs handle discrete signals such as binary values.Types of Integrated CircuitsThere are different types of integrated circuits based various criteria. Based on intended application, the Integrated Circuit (IC) ...
Read MoreLight Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Light can be obtained from various sources like candles, lamp and sunrays etc. Light bulb had invented by Thomas Edison in 1879. An electric current is passed through a filament inside bulb, it gets heated up and emits light when sufficient current is passed through the filament. That means it converts electrical energy into heat energy in the bulb. Where in Light Emitting Diodes (LED), electronic electrical energy can directly converted into light energy.Light is a energy which is released by atoms. Particles of light are photons which have no mass. Atoms are basic building blocks which are made of small ...
Read MoreMicroprocessor Basics
The processor on a single chip is called a Microprocessor which can process micro-instructions. Instructions in the form of 0s and 1s are called micro-instructions. The microprocessor is the CPU part of a microcomputer, and it is also available as a single integrated circuit. Thus as main components, the microprocessor will have the Control Unit (CU) and the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) of a microcomputer. An example is Intel 8085 microprocessor. In addition to the microprocessor features, a microcomputer will have the following additional features −ROM / PROM / EPROM / EEPROM for storing programRAM for storing data, intermediate results, ...
Read MoreComputers Input/Output Ports
CPU and the main memory are having speed faster compared to the electromechanical input or output devices like printers, mouse etc. In such a case it is essential that the data lines of the computer should not kept engaged for a long time during communication with input/output (I/O) devices. Otherwise as an effect, the overall speed of the computer system comes down drastically. So I/O devices are connected to a computer through I/O ports.For example, to get a document printed by the printer, phase wise printer will get required information from the CPU to carry out the printing process. After ...
Read MoreMicrocomputer Basics
A microcomputer can be defined as a small sized, inexpensive, and limited capability computer. It has the same architectural block structure that is present in a computer. Present-day microcomputers are having smaller sizes. Nowadays, they are of the size of a notebook. But in coming days also their sizes will get more reduced as well. Due to their lower costs, individuals can possess them as their personal computers. Because of mass production they are becoming still cheaper. Initially in the earlier days they were not very much powerful. Their internal operations and instructions were very much limited and restricted. But ...
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