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A lecture note from docsity.com, dated 02/12/2008, covering the topic of electronics overview. The lecture discusses the basics of circuits, power supplies, diodes, and impedances. It explains ohm's law, power, resistors and inductors in series and parallel, voltage dividers, real batteries and their output impedance, diodes, leds, getting dc from ac, smoothing out the bumps, zener regulators, voltage regulator ics, and transistors. It also touches upon impedance phasor diagrams, transmission line models, and typical transmission lines.
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1
2
3
Voltage
dividers
are
a
classic
way
to
set
a
voltage
Works
on
the
principle
that
all
charge
flowing
through
the
first
resistor
goes
through
the
second
so
value
provided
any
load
at
output
is
negligible:
otherwise
some
current
goes
there
too
So
out
2
1
2
2
here
is
a
variable
resistor,
or
potentiometer
or
“pot”
typically
three
terminals:
12
is
fixed,
tap
slides
along
to
vary
13
and
23
though
13
23
12
always
1 2
3
R
1
2
out
power
supply
(battery)
is
characterized
by
a
voltage
and
an
output
impedance
sometimes
called
source
impedance
Hooking
up
to
load:
load
we
form
a
voltage
divider,
so
that
the
voltage
applied
by
the
battery
terminal
is
actually
out
load
load
thus
the
smaller
is,
the
“stiffer”
the
power
supply
when
out
sags
with
higher
load
current,
we
call
this
“droop”
Example:
If
power
supply
droops
by
when
loaded
to
Amp
load):
internal
resistance
is
called
output
impedance
or
source
impedance
may
vary
with
load,
though
(not
a
real
resistor)
D-cell example: 6Aout of 1.5 V batteryindicates 0.
output
impedance
power
supply
typically
starts
with
a
transformer
to
knock
down
the
peak
to
peak
to
something
reasonable/manageable
We
will
be
using
a
center
tap
transformer
(winding
ratio)
when
A
B,
so
is
A’
B’
geometry
of
center
tap
guarantees
it
is
midway
between
and
(frequently
tie
this
to
ground
so
that
note
that
secondary
side
floats:
no
ground
reference
built
in
AC input
AC output
V
I
V
I
V
I
V
I
0.6 V
plain resistor
diode
idealized diode
WAY idealized diode
no current flows
current flows
the direction thearrow points in thediode symbol is thedirection that current will
flow
acts just like a wire(will support arbitrarycurrent) provided thatvoltage is positive
AC source
load capacitor
1 2
3
1
2
in
out
R
load
Zener
diodes
break
down
at
some
reverse
voltage
can
buy
at
specific
breakdown
voltages
as
long
as
some
current
goes
through
zener,
it’ll
work
good
for
rough
regulation
Conditions
for
working:
let’s
maintain
some
minimal
current,
z
through
zener
(say
a
few
mA)
then
in
out
1
z
out
load
sets
the
requirement
on
1
because
presumably
all
else
is
known
if
load
current
increases
too
much,
zener
shuts
off
(node
drops
below
breakdown)
and
you
just
have
a
voltage
divider
with
the
load
1
Z
in
out
z
load
zener voltage
high slope is what makes thezener a decent voltage regulator
Can
trim
down
ripply
voltage
to
precise,
rock
steady
value
Now
things
get
complicated!
We
are
now
in
the
realm
of
integrated
circuits
(ICs)
ICs
are
whole
circuits
in
small
packages
ICs
contain
resistors,
capacitors,
diodes,
transistors,
etc.
note zeners
beware that housing is not always ground
B
C E
B
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npn
pnp
ce
b
fe
b
in
b
ce
b
in
b
out
cc
ce
c
cc
in
c
b
in
c
b
out
R
c
R
b
in
V
cc
B
C E
from: http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/
The FET switch is turned off or on in a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) scheme,
the duty cycle of which determines the ratio of
out
to
in
out
in
Shown
here
is
an
example
of
the
step
down
with
the
duty
cycle
around
The
average
inductor
current
(dashed)
is
the
current
delivered
to
the
load
the
balance
goes
to
the
capacitor
The
ripple
(parabolic
sections)
has
peak
to
peak
fractional
amplitude
of
2
so
win
by
small
large
kHz
at
mH,
yields
ripple
means
mV
on
FET
Inductor Current Supply Current
Capacitor
Current
Output Voltage
(ripple exag.)
Impedances
can
be
drawn
on
a
complex
plane,
with
pure
resistive,
inductive,
and
capacitive
impedances
represented
by
the
three
cardinal
arrows
An
arbitrary
combination
of
components
may
have
a
complex
impedance,
which
can
be
broken
into
real
and
imaginary
parts
Note
that
a
system’s
impedance
is
frequency
dependent
r
i
real axis
imag. axis
The
cable
has
a
finite
capacitance
per
unit
length
property
of
geometry
and
dielectric
separating
conductors
l
πε
/ln(
b
a
where
b
and
a
are
radii
of
cylinders
Also
has
an
inductance
per
unit
length
l
μ
π
)ln(
b
a
When
a
voltage
is
applied,
capacitors
charge
up
thus
draw
current;
propagates
down
the
line
near
speed
of
light
Question:
what
is
the
ratio
of
voltage
to
current?
because
this
is
the
characteristic
impedance
Answer:
0
sqrt(
sqrt(
π
)sqrt(
μ
ε
)ln(
b
a
note
that
0
is
frequency
independent
input
output