856 INDEX
Angle modulation, 693
Antenna impedance, 681
Antenna resistance, 681
Antenna temperature, 683
Antennas, communication systems,
676–85
Antinoise system, 658–59
Aperture antennas, 680
Apparent power, 114
Application layer, OSI model, 322
Arc drop, 608
Arithmetic logic unit (ALU), 318
Armature circuit-resistance control,
604
Armature current, 597
Armature reaction reactance, 583
Armature terminal-voltage control,
604
Armature winding copper loss,
synchronous generators, 587
ARPANET, 320
Array antennas, 680, 682–83
ASK.SeeAmplitude-shift keying
Assembler, 318
Assembly-language programming,
318
Asymptotic Bode diagram, 156,
158, 232
Asynchronous counter, 298, 299,
300
Asynchronous data communication,
324
Asynchronous machine, 560
Asynchronous modems, 324
Asynchronous torque, 560
Atmospheric noise, 669
Attenuation coefficient, 675
Automatic gain control (AGC), 701
Automatic volume control (AVC),
701
Automobiles:
ignition system, 178–79
jump starting, 92–94
odometer, 269
power steering, 257–58
speedometer, 269
Autopilot control system, 807–8,
809
Autotransformers, 480, 492–94, 575
Available power, 227
AVC.SeeAutomatic volume control
Average noise figure, 683
Average noise power, 653
Average value, of periodic
waveform, 14B
B-Hcharacteristic, 472
Back emf, 507
Backward-rotating wave, 561
Balanced discriminator, 695
Balanced modulator, 690Balanced three-phase loads:
delta-connected load, 204–6
power and, 206–8
power measurement, 210, 211
wye-connected load, 203–4
Bandpass channels, 722
Bandpass filter, 175–76, 254
Bandwidth, 410
Bandwidth region, 155
Base speed, 604
Base-emitter junction (BEJ), 358
Baseband channels, 722
Baseband coaxial cable, 323
BCD number system.SeeBinary-
coded-decimal number
system
BEJ.SeeBase-emitter junction
Bias, 341
Bias currents, op amp, 238
Biasing, transistors, 394–99
Biasing network, 235
Bidirectional shift registers, 298
Binary digital signal, 710
Binary number system, 271, 272,
284
Binary numbers, 274
addition of, 281
converting decimal number to,
272
converting to hexadecimal form,
273
four-digit, 281, 282
Binary signals, 269
Binary-coded-decimal (BCD)
number system, 273, 274
Biot-Savart law, 10
Bipolar junction transistors (BJT),
358–67
biasing, 394–95
BJT amplifiers, 399–405
Bistable sequential blocks, 290
Bit robbing (bit stealing), 719
Bit-error probability, 718
BJT.SeeBipolar junction transistors
BJT amplifiers, 399–405
BJT inverter, 431
BJT inverter switch, 424
BJT switch, 425
Block diagrams, 166–68, 784
Bode diagram, 156
Boltzmann diode equation, 342
Boolean algebra, 273
Bounded media, 322–23
Braking mode, rotating machines,
554
Branch, 12
Break frequency, 157
Breakdown voltage, 370
Breakpoint analysis, diodes, 355–57
Breakpoints, diodes, 353
Broad-band coaxial cable, 323
Brushless machines, 563
Bus, 318Bus topology, 322, 323
Butterworth bandpass filter, 176C
Canonical product of sums, 284
Canonical sum of products, 283
Capacitance, 24–26
Capacitive coupling, 649
Capacitive reactance, 109, 114
Capacitive susceptance, 109
Capacitor motors, 579, 581
Capacitors, 16, 24–26
Cardiac pacemaker, 438–39
Carrier modulation, 626
Carrier signal, 685
Carrier wave, 640
Carson’s rule, 693
Case studies:
antinoise system, 658–59
automobiles
ignition system, 178–79
jump starting, 92–94
power steering, 257–58
cardiac pacemaker, 438–39
digital process control, 815–16
electronic photo flash, 380
global positioning system (GPS),
731–32
Great Blackout of 1965, 466–68
magnetic bearings for space
technology, 494–95
mechatronics, 414–15
microcomputer-controlled
breadmaking machine,
326–27
physiological effects of electric
current, 216–17
resistance strain gauge, 53–54
sensors, 541–42
transducers, 541–42
wind-energy-conversion systems,
610–12
Cassegrain antenna, 683
Cathode-ray tube.SeeCRT
CB BJT amplifier.SeeCommon-
base BJT amplifier
CBJ.SeeCollector-base junction
CC BJT amplifier.SeeCommon-
collector BJT amplifier
CD JFET amplifier.SeeCommon-
drain JFET amplifier
CD player, 722, 723
CDMA.SeeCode Division Multiple
Access
CE BJT amplifier.SeeCommon-
emitter BJT amplifier
Cellular telephone system, 707,
709–10
Central-processor unit.SeeCPU
CG JFET amplifier.SeeCommon-
gate JFET amplifier
Channel decoder, 629