Fundamentals of Microelectronics, 2nd Edition

A

Ac analysis, 879–880

Acceptor, 26–27, 38, 42

Ac-coupled, 215, 834

Ac-dc converter, 89

Ac ground, 144, 251

Ac voltage, converting to dc quantity, 59

Active inductors, 541

Active load, 437, 479–487

Active mode, 155, 156

Adjacent channel, 707, 709

Amplification, 3–5, 7, 9–10, 122, 123, 128, 144

Amplifiers, 5–7, 10–11, 13–17, 160, 170, 172, 374, 437

analysis, 149, 175

cascode, 402–410, 474

design, 145, 176, 247

gain, 148, 149, 402

impedance, 171

low-power, 7

performance, 10, 170–171

resistance, 674

simple, 123

topology, 14–15, 144, 170, 177, 195, 223, 247, 576–579

voltage, 10, 170

Amplitude, 9, 370, 381–383

limiting, 101–102

measure of input strength, 67

peak-to-peak ripple, 90–91

Amplitude modulation, 3

Analog, 7, 9, 10, 11

Analog computers, 354, 363

Analog filters, 363, 707, 711

Analog functions, 7–8, 10, 11

Analog memories. See Capacitors

Analog-to-digital conversion, 7, 9

Analog-to-digital converter (ADC), 7, 170, 354

Analysis, 876–881

Analysis by inspection, 214, 825, 832

Anode, 36, 61, 882

Antenna, 228

Antiparallel, 63, 102

Approximation problem, 743–753

Aspect ratio, 281, 287, 423, 820, 831

minimum and large, 284, 461

of the switch, 284

transistor, 466, 775

Attenuation, 275, 708–709

Avalanche breakdown, 54

Avalanche effect, 53–54

B

Band-reject, 711–712

Bandgap energy, 22, 24–25, 55

Bandgap reference circuit, 411

Bandpass filter, 711, 720, 728–729

Bandwidth, 3, 11, 379–384 ...