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Table of Contents
Unit 1 – Circuit Board Familiarization........................................................................................1
Exercise 1 – Circuit Location and Identification ........................................................................3
Exercise 2 – Unijunction Oscillator Operation ...........................................................................5
Unit 2 – Junction FETS .................................................................................................................7
Exercise 1 – JFET Operating Characteristics............................................................................10
Exercise 2 – JFET Characteristic Curves..................................................................................11
Unit 3 – JFET Amplifier..............................................................................................................13
Exercise 1 – DC Operation .......................................................................................................16
Exercise 2 – AC Operation .......................................................................................................17
Unit 4 – JFET Current Source ................................................................................................... 19
Exercise 1 – JFET Current Source Operation ...........................................................................22
Exercise 2 – JFET Voltage and Power Distribution .................................................................23
Unit 5 – Dual Gate MOSFET...................................................................................................... 25
Exercise 1 – MOSFET Modes Of Operation ............................................................................28
Exercise 2 – MOSFET Voltage Amplifier................................................................................29
Unit 6 – Unijunction Transistors ................................................................................................31
Exercise 1 – UJT Operating Characteristics .............................................................................35
Exercise 2 – UJT Waveform Generation ..................................................................................37
Unit 7 – Hartley and Colpitts Oscillators ..................................................................................39
Exercise 1 – Hartley Oscillator Operation ................................................................................43
Exercise 2 – Colpitts Oscillator Operation................................................................................45
Unit 8 – Transducers ...................................................................................................................47
Exercise 1 – Thermistor Operation ...........................................................................................50
Exercise 2 – Photoconductive Cell Operation ..........................................................................52
Exercise 3 – Fiber Optic Light Transmission ...........................................................................54
Appendix A – Safety ................................................................................................................. A-ii