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Power Supplies And Amplifiers Flashcards

0
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How many sections do power supplies usually have?

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5

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What is the purpose of a power supply?

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To convert AC power to DC power

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What is the purpose of a power supplies input circuit?

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To step up or step down to AC input power

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True or false a transformer is used in a power supplies and input circuit?

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True

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What is the purpose of a power supplies rectifier circuit?

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To convert AC to pulsating DC

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What is the purpose of a power supplies filter circuit?

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To change pulsating AC to smooth DC

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6
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What is the purpose of a power supplies regulator circuit?

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To maintain a constant output voltage

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What is the purpose of a power supplies protection circuit?

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To prevent damage to the power supply

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8
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What are used in a power supply filter circuit?

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Reactive components

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9
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How many diodes are used in a half wave rectifier circuit?

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One

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10
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How many diodes does a full wave rectifier use?

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Two

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How many diodes are used in a bridge rectifier circuit?

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Four

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What is the purpose of a half/full wave rectifier circuit?

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To convert AC to pulsating DC

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13
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In a half wave rectifier diode performs rectification and load resistor develops what?

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Output

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14
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In a full and a half wave rectifier a continuous AC produces what?

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It continuous pulsating output at the same frequency

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15
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In a half wave rectifier a continuous AC input produces a pulsating output frequency at how many times the input frequency?

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Twice

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16
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What is the purpose of a bridge rectifier circuit?

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To convert AC to pulsating DC

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17
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What is the purpose of the diodes D1- D4 in a bridge rectifier?

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Reification

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18
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In a bridge rectifier what develops the output signal?

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RL

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19
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What is the purpose of a series voltage regulator?

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Adjust it voltage drop to maintain a constant eat out

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20
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In a voltage regulator what Adjust voltage drop under varying conditions?

21
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What is the purpose of a parallel voltage regulator?

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It adjust its current flow to maintain a constant Eout

22
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When Ford biased a Zener dido acts like a junction diode having a voltage drop of how many volts?

23
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When reverse biased Zener diode acts like what?

A

Open switch

24
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When reverse biased above the breakdown (Vz) Zener diode has a voltage drop equal to what?

25
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What is the purpose of a Zener diode regulator circuits?

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To maintain a constant Vout

26
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In a Zener diode regulator Q1 maintains a constant emitter voltage by effectively doing what?

A

Changing its internal emitter to collector resistance

27
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What are the five sections of a power supply?

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Input, rectifier, filter, regulator, protection.

28
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What section of the power supply uses a transformer to step up or step down the AC voltage?

29
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What section of the power supply turns AC into pulsating DC?

30
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What section of the power supply turns pulsating DC into smooth unregulated DC?

31
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What section of the power supply maintains a constant DC voltage?

32
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What section of the power supply the text to circuit from overload?

A

Protection

33
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What is the purpose of the half wave rectifier, full wave rectifier, and the bridge rectifier?

A

Turn AC into pulsating DC

34
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What is the purpose of a series voltage regulator, Parallel voltage regulator, and a Zener voltage regulator is?

A

Maintain a constant DC voltage

35
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In an IC voltage regulator 78 means you have what type of voltage?

36
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IC voltage regulator 79 means you have what type of voltage?

37
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What is the purpose of a general multistate transistor amplifier?

A

To increase gain

38
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In a general multistage transistor amplifier cascade refers to what?

A

How the output of the amplifier is applied to the input of another

39
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When several amplifiers are connected together each amp is called what?

40
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Most stages are designed to have a gain of what?

41
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What are the four methods of cascading?

A

RC coupling, LC coupling, transformer coupling, and direct couple

42
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True or false, FETs are a normally off device

43
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In an FET with a P channel, which way does current flow?

A

From drain to source

44
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In an FET with a N channel, which way does current flow?

A

From source to drain

45
Q

Current carries enter the FET through what?

46
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Current carriers leave the FET through what?

A

Drain (Id)

47
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Flow of current carriers through the FET are controlled by what?

48
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What do FETs operate on?

A

Small reverse bias

49
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What refers to the voltage difference between the gate and the source?

50
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Is Vgs increases, what happens to ID?

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