When first learning about and building electronic circuits, the first things all of us come across are passive components such as resistors, capacitors, and inductors. These have easily-understandable ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. While semiconductors and software continue to expand the capabilities of electronics products, a new kind of passive ...

When we started talking about “passives” in previous articles, we stirred up a hornet’s nest. 1 Several engineers 2 inside Maxim Integrated and in the larger engineering community immediately ...

Sometimes, it’s a worthwhile thought experiment to speculate with a “what if?” question, as it broadens your thinking and perspective. Moore’s law—actually not a law in the physics sense, but rather a ...

Author’s note: This article shows how to derive circuit gain equations via a signal flow graph. With practice you may be able to write a gain equation by locating signal paths and loops in the ...