The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition

by Horowitz and Hill

  • The Book
    • Table of Contents
    • Preface
    • Sample Chapter & ToC
    • Errata
  • About the authors
  • Reviews
  • News & Updates
  • Student Manual
  • Contact
  • Fun Stuff
    • the Tart of Electronics
    • the Dude
    • Bad Circuits
    • Element14 Interview
    • Adafruit Interview
    • AoE lands in Australia
    • Unusual Uses of the Book
    • The Ultimate Nerdwear
    • Prehistory of The Art of Electronics
    • Hoist the Jolly Roger
    • Publisher’s Letterhead
    • Jason’s unboxing
Home » Bad Circuits

Bad Circuits

Learning from mistakes — on this page we link to plenty of amusing (and educational) circuit blunders.

Passive Circuits

(Chapter 1)

  • voltage divider
  • full-wave bridge rectifier
  • electrician’s 3-way light switch

Transistor Circuits

(Chapter 2)

  • ac-coupled emitter follower
  • BJT current sink
  • high-current BJT switch
  • push-pull BJT follower

FETs

(Chapter 3)

  • CMOS inverter
  • high-side power switch
  • JFET switch

Op-amps

(Chapter 4)

  • ac-coupled x10 amplifier
  • x100 audio amplifier
  • JFET hybrid current source
  • op-amp clamp circuit
  • op-amp current source – 1
  • op-amp current source – 2
  • positive 15V regulator – 1
  • positive-rail booster
  • selectable-gain dc amplifier
  • triangle-wave generator

Filters

(Chapter 6)

  • VCVS bandpass filter

Oscillators and Timers

(Chapter 7)

  • voltage-controlled 555 oscillator
  • delayed-pulse generator

Low-noise Techniques

(Chapter 8)

  • lownoise NF matching

Voltage Regulation and Power Conversion

(Chapter 9)

  • simplest 5V regulator
  • 3.3V regulator using a 317
  • split ±12V supply
  • discrete linear regulator

Digital Logic

(Chapter 10)

  • wired-OR
  • logic-level indicators
  • logic to high-power load
  • alternate-pulse remover

 

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