ELECTRONICS 2 – OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS & CIRCUITS

Introduction to Op-Amps                         

·          Voltage Follower                         

·          Noninverting Amplifier                               

·          Inside the Op-Amp and Negative Feedback                         

·          The Inverting Amplifier                               

·          Comparators                               

·          Basic Op-Amp Circuits                              

·          Op-Amp Limitations   

 

Op-Amp Biasing

·          Input Bias Current                      

·          Input Offset Current                    

·          Input Offset Voltage                    

·          Output Voltage Swing                

·          Output Short-Circuit Current                     

·          Frequency Response                

·          Working with Logarithmic Scales                           

·          Slew Rate (SR)                           

·          Troubleshooting IC Op-Amp Circuits                     

 

Op-Amp Applications                               

·          High Input Impedance Circuits                

·          Basic Arithmetic Circuits                           

·          Mixers and Periodic Signals                    

·          Integration                    

·          Differentiation                              

·          Single Supply Op-Amp Circuits                               

·          Precision Rectifier Circuits                       

·          Peak Detector                             

·          Comparator Circuits                  

 

Filter Circuits                              

·          Introduction to Filter Circuits                    

·          Passive RC Filter Circuits                        

·          Roll-Off                         

·          First-Order Active Filters                            

·          Higher-Order Active Filters                       

·          Bandpass Filters                        

·          Bandstop Filters                         

·          State-Variable Filters                 

·          Switched Capacitor Filters                       

·          LC Tuned Amplifier                    

·          Crystal and Other Piezoelectric Filters                   

·          Troubleshooting Filter Circuits                

·          Active RC Filters                         

 

Sine Wave Oscillator Circuits                

·          Introduction to Basic Oscillator Theory                  

·          RC Sine Wave Oscillator Circuits                           

·          Oscillations in Amplifier Circuits                             

·          LC Oscillator Circuits                

·          Crystal Oscillator Circuits                         

·          Sine Wave Oscillators               

·          The Barkhausen Criterion

·          The RC Phase-shift Oscillator

·          The Wien-bridge Oscillator

·          The Colpitts Oscillator

·          The Hartley Oscillator

·          Non-sinusoidal Oscillators                      

 

Other Oscillators

·          Schmitt Trigger RC Oscillators                

·          Crystal Controlled Oscillators                  

·          Triangular Wave Oscillators                     

·          Wave Shaping a Triangular Wave into a Sine Wave                           

·          Sawtooth Oscillators                 

·          Periodic Waveform Oscillators                

 

Special Amplifier ICs                

·          Waveshaping

·          Differential Amplifiers                

·          Instrumentation Amplifiers                       

·          Operational Transconductance Amplifiers (OTAs)                              

·          Opto-isolators                             

·          Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs)                  

·          Phase-Locked Loop (PLL)                       

·          PLL Applications                        

·          Differential Amplifier and PLL Circuit

 

Power Amplifiers

·          Definitions, Applications, and Types of Power Amplifiers

·          Large-Signal Operation

·          Transistor Power Dissipation

·          Heat Transfer in Semiconductor Devices

·          Conduction, Radiation, and Convection

·          Thermal Resistance

·          Derating

·          Power Dissipation in Integrated Circuits

·          Amplifier Classes and Efficiency

·          Class-A Amplifiers

·          Efficiency

·          Transformer-Coupled Class-A Amplifiers

·          Class-B Amplifiers

·          Push-Pull-Amplifier Principles

·          Push-Pull Amplifiers with Output Transformers

·          Class-B Efficiency

·          Push-Pull Drivers

·          Harmonic Distortion and Feedback

·          Harmonic Distortion

·          Using Negative Feedback to Reduce Distortion

·          Distortion in Push-Pull Amplifiers

·          Cancellation of Even Harmonics

·          Crossover Distortion

·          Class-AB Operation

·          Transformerless Push-Pull Amplifiers

·          Complementary Push-Pull Amplifiers

·          Quasi-Complementary Push-Pull Amplifiers

·          Integrated-Circuit Power Amplifiers

·          Class-C Amplifiers

·          Amplitude Modulation

·          MOSFET and Class-D Power Amplifiers               

       

Power Circuits: Switching and Amplifying                          

·          Introduction to Power Circuits                  

·          Power MOSFETs Versus Power Bipolar Transistors                         

·          Power Switching Circuits                          

·          Classes of Amplifiers                

·          Class-C Power Amplifiers                        

·          Class-B Power Amplifiers                        

·          Class-D Power Amplifiers                        

·          Power Amplifiers