Electrical Engineering Training Series.

• Book1 Matter Energy and Electricity
  • Matter, Energy, and Electricity
  • Matter
  • Energy Levels
  • Valence
  • Nature of Charges
  • Magnetism
  • Magnetic Poles
  • Theories of magnetism, Webers Theory
  • Lines of Force
  • Magnetic Shielding
  • Electrical Charges
  • Voltage Produced by Friction
  • Voltage Produced by Chemical Action
  • Electric Current
  • Measurement of Current
  • Conductance
  • Wattage Rating
  • Chapter 1 Summary
  • Chapter 1 Answers
  • Chapter 2 - Batteries
  • Primary Cell
  • Polarization of the cell
  • Other Types of Cells
  • Series-Connected Cells
  • Battery Construction
  • Safety Precautions With Batteries
  • Chapter 2 Summary
  • Chapter 2 Answers
  • Direct Current
  • The basic electric circuit
  • Ohm's law
  • Application of ohm's law
  • Graphical analysis of the basic circuit
  • Power
  • Power rating
  • Power conversion and efficiency
  • Series DC circuits
  • Current in a Series Circuit
  • Voltage in a Series Circuit
  • Power in a Series Circuit
  • Rules for Series DC Circuits
  • Kirchhoff's voltage law
  • Application of Kirchhoff's voltage law
  • Series Aiding and Opposing Sources
  • Circuit terms and characteristics
  • Open circuit
  • Short circuit
  • Source resistance
  • Power transfer and efficiency
  • Parallel DC circuits
  • Voltage in a Parallel Circuit
  • Current in a Parallel Circuit
  • Resistance in a Parallel Circuit
  • Power in a Parallel Circuit
  • Equivalent Circuits
  • Rules for Parallel DC Circuits
  • Series-parallel DC circuits
  • Practice Circuit Problem
  • Redrawing circuits for clarity
  • Redrawing a Complex Circuit
  • Effects of open and short circuits
  • Voltage dividers
  • Multiple-load voltage dividers
  • Power in the voltage divider
  • Voltage divider with positive and negative voltage requirements
  • Practical application of voltage dividers
  • Equivalent circuit techniques
  • Danger signals
  • Electrical fires
  • Summary
  • Rules for series DC circuits
  • Rules for parallel DC circuits
• Book 2
  • CONCEPTS OF ALTERNATING CURRENT
  • Voltage Waveform
  • Magnetic Field of a Coil
  • Basic AC Generation
  • Frequency
  • Alternating Current Values
  • Effective Value of a Sine Wave
  • Sine Waves in Phase
  • Ohm's law in AC Circuits
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • INDUCTANCE
  • Self-Inductance
  • Inductance
  • Unit of Inductance
  • L/R Time Constant
  • Power Loss in an Inductor
  • Series Inductors without Magnetic Coupling
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • CAPACITANCE
  • The Farad
  • Charging and Discharging a Capacitor
  • Charge and discharge of an RC Series Circuit
  • RC Time Constant
  • Capacitors in series and parallel
  • Fixed Capacitor
  • Color codes for Capacitors
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • INDUCTIVE AND CAPACITIVE REACTANCE
  • Inductive Reactance
  • Capacitors and Alternating Current
  • Capacitive Reactance
  • Reactance, Impedance, and Power Relationships in AC Circuits
  • Impedance
  • Ohms law for AC
  • Power in AC Circuits
  • Calculating Reactive Power in AC Circuits
  • Calculating Apparent Power in AC Circuits.
  • Power Factor
  • Power Factor Correction
  • Series RLC Circuits
  • Chapter 2 Summary
  • Chapter 2 Answers
  • TRANSFORMERS
  • Basic Operation of a Transformer
  • Hollow-Core Transformers
  • Transformer Windings
  • Schematic symols for transformers
  • Producing a counter EMF
  • Coefficient of coupling
  • Effect of a load
  • Power Relationship between primary and secondary windings
  • Transformer Ratings
  • Safety Effects of Current on the Body
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Useful AC Formulas
• Book 3
  • CIRCUIT MEASUREMENT
  • Basic Meter Movements
  • Permanent-Magnet Moving-Coil movement
  • Compass and alternating current
  • D'Arsonval meter movement
  • Indicating Alternating Current
  • Ammeters
  • Ammeter Sensitivity
  • Range Selection
  • Voltmeters
  • Making a voltmeter from a current sensitive meter movement
  • Electrostatic Meter Movement
  • Ohmmeters
  • Ohmmeter Ranges
  • Shunt Ohmmeter
  • Ohmmeter safety precautions
  • Multimeter
  • Multimeter Movements
  • Other Meters
  • Wattmeter
  • Frequency Meters
  • Meter Reognition
  • Frequency Meter Reading
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICES
  • Introduction
  • Circuit protection devices
  • Schematic Symbols
  • Fuse Recognition
  • Identification of fuses
  • Fuseholders
  • Replacement of fuses.
  • Circuit Breakers
  • Magnetic trip element
  • Trip-Free/Nontrip-Free Circuit Breakers
  • The thermal-magnetic trip element
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • CIRCUIT CONTROL DEVICES
  • Schematic symbol recognition.
  • Schematic symbols of switches
  • Rotary switch in automobile ignition system
  • Switch schematic symbols.
  • Snap-Acting Switches
  • Switch Rating
  • Replacement Switches and Their Characteristics
  • Relays
  • Maintenance of Relays
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • GLOSSARY
• Book 4
  • ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS
  • Circular Mil
  • Circular Mil-Foot
  • Wire Sizes
  • Stranded Wires and Cables
  • Copper-Versus-Aluminum Conductors
  • Coaxial Cable
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Noninsulated Terminal and Splice Insulation
  • Aluminum Terminals and Splices
  • Improper crimping procedures eventually cause terminal failure
  • Soldering Process
  • Alternative Dip-Tinning Procedure
  • Soldering Tools
  • Soldering Gun
  • Resistance Soldering Set
  • Solder
  • Flux
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • SCHEMATIC READING
  • Test Equipment Cable-Marking Systems
  • Shipboard Electronic Equipment Wire-Marking Systems
  • Electrical Diagrams
  • Schematic Diagram
  • Wiring Diagram
  • Safety
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 5
  • DIRECT CURRENT GENERATORS
  • The elementary dc generator
  • Effects of adding additional coils and poles
  • Electromagnetic Poles
  • Armature Reaction
  • Motor reaction in a generator
  • Armature Losses
  • Hysteresis Losses
  • Field Excitation
  • Generator Construction
  • Voltage Control
  • Amplidynes
  • Safety Precautions
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • DIRECT CURRENT MOTORS
  • Counter EMF
  • Practical DC Motors
  • Shunt Motor
  • Direction of Rotation
  • Armature Reaction
  • Manual and Automatic Starters
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • ALTERNATING CURRENT GENERATORS
  • Practical Alternators
  • Single-phase alternators
  • Three-phase alternators
  • Frequency
  • Principles of AC voltage control
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTORS
  • Rotating magnetic fields
  • Three-phase rotating fields
  • Induction Motors
  • Single-phase induction motors
  • Shaded-pole induction motors
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 6
  • The cathode-ray tube (CRT)
  • Electrostatic Deflection
  • Summary of the CRT
  • Safety
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • POWER SUPPLIES
  • Rectifiers
  • The Conventional Full-Wave Rectifier
  • The Bridge Rectifier
  • Filters
  • The Capacitor Filter
  • The LC choke input filter
  • Half-wave rectifier with an LC choke-input filter.
  • Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Filters
  • LC Capacitor-Input Filter
  • Voltage Regulation
  • Regulators
  • Current Regulation
  • Troubleshooting power supplies
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 7
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
  • Semiconductor applications
  • Semiconductor theory
  • Energy bands
  • Covalent bonding
  • Doping process
  • Semiconductor diode
  • PN Junction operation
  • Junction Barrier
  • PN Junction application
  • Diode characteristics
  • Diode identification
  • Diode maintenance
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • TRANSISTORS
  • Transistor theory
  • PNP Transistor Operation
  • The basic transistor amplifier
  • Types of bias
  • Amplifier classes of operation
  • Transistor configurations
  • Transistor specifications
  • Precautions
  • Microelectronics
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • SPECIAL DEVICES
  • The tunnel diode
  • Tunnel diode energy diagram
  • Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR)
  • SCR Structure
  • TRIAC
  • Optoelectronic Devices
  • Photodiode
  • Transistors
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • JFET symbols and bias voltages
  • Effects of bias on N-channel depletion MOSFET
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Solid-state power supplies
  • The power transformer
  • The conventional full-wave rectifier
  • The bridge rectifier
  • Filters
  • The capacitor filter
  • LC Choke-Input Filter
  • Ac component in an LC choke-input filter.
  • Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Filters
  • FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE RESISTOR-CAPACITOR (RC) FILTER
  • Voltage regulation
  • Series voltage regulator
  • Current regulators
  • Voltage multipliers
  • Short Circuit Protection
  • summary
  • Answers
• Book 8
  • AMPLIFIERS
  • Classification of amplifiers
  • Transistor Amplifiers
  • Amplifier coupling
  • Impedance considerations for amplifiers
  • Amplifier feedback
  • Positive feedback
  • Audio amplifiers
  • Push-pull amplifiers
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • VIDEO AND RF AMPLIFIERS
  • Reading amplifier Frequency response curves
  • Frequency-response curves
  • Video amplifiers
  • Low-frequency compensation for video amplifiers
  • Radio-frequency amplifiers
  • RF amplifier coupling
  • Typical RF amplifier circuits
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • SPECIAL AMPLIFIERS
  • Input signals in phase
  • Single-input, single-output differential amplifier
  • Operational amplifiers
  • Operational amplifier
  • Current flow in the operational circuit
  • Bandwidth limitations
  • Applications of operational amplifiers
  • Scaling amplifier
  • Difference amplifier
  • Circuit for Q31 through Q33
  • Circuit for Q36 through Q38
  • Magnetic amplifiers
  • Methods of changing inductance
  • Flux paths in a saturable-core reactor. FLUX AIDING
  • Simplified magnetic amplifier circuitry
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 9
  • TUNED CIRCUITS
  • Effect of Frequency on Inductive Reactance
  • Resonance
  • The ideal series-resonant circuit
  • How the Parallel-LC Circuit Stores Energy
  • Parallel resonance
  • Resonant circuits as filter circuits
  • Bandwidth
  • Filters
  • High-pass filter
  • Multisection filters
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • OSCILLATORS
  • LC Network
  • Solid-state LC Oscillators
  • Oscillator circuits
  • Tuned-base Armstrong oscillator
  • Colpitts oscillator
  • Crystal oscillators
  • Pulsed oscillators
  • Harmonics
  • Summary
  • Answer
  • WAVEFORMS AND WAVE GENERATORS
  • Astable Multivibrator
  • Monostable multivibrator block diagram
  • Bistable Multivibrator
  • Bistable multivibrator (flip-flop)
  • Blocking oscillator
  • Circuit damping
  • Time-base generators
  • Relationship of gate to linearity
  • Improved unijunction sawtooth generator
  • Series LR circuit.
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • WAVE SHAPING
  • Series-positive limiter with positive bias
  • Parallel Limiters
  • Parallel-negative limiter with negative bias
  • Dual-diode limiter
  • Positive-diode clampers
  • Negative diode clampers
  • Common-base transistor clamper
  • Nonsinusoidal Voltages Applied to an RC Circuit
  • RL Integrators
  • Integrator waveform analysis
  • Differentiators
  • Counters
  • Negative counters
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 10
  • WAVE PROPAGATION
  • Transverse waves
  • Terms used in wave motion
  • Characteristics of wave motion
  • Refraction
  • Sound waves
  • Elasticity and density and velocity of transmission
  • Light waves
  • Speed of Light
  • Electric Field
  • Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Principles of transmission lines
  • Types of transmission mediums
  • Losses in transmission lines
  • Length of a transmission line
  • Leakage Current
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Antennas
  • Radiation of electromagnetic energy
  • Antenna characteristics
  • Polarization Requirements for Various Frequencies
  • Radiation resistance
  • Polar-coordinate graph for anisotropic radiator
  • Methods of Feeding Energy to an Antenna
  • Folded dipole
  • Array antennas
  • Directional arrays
  • Broadside arrays
  • End-Fire arrays
  • Parasitic arrays
  • Multielement Parasitic Array
  • Special Antennas
  • Rhombic antennas
  • RF safety precautions
  • RF Burns
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 11
  • Ferrite Devices
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Microwave components and circuits
  • Velocity Modulation
  • Microwave tubes
  • The Multicavity Power Klystron
  • The Reflex Klystron
  • The Decibel Measurement System
  • The magnetron
  • Split-anode magnetron
  • Probable electron paths in an electron-resonance magnetron oscillator
  • Magnetron coupling methods
  • Solid-state microwave devices
  • Varactor Devices
  • Energy transfer from pump signal to input signal
  • Bulk-Effect Semiconductors
  • The Point-Contact Diode
  • Microwave Transistors
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Microwave antennas
  • Reflector antennas
  • Horn radiators
  • Antenna arrays
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 12
  • Amplitude modulation
  • Sine wave characteristics
  • Amplitude
  • Heterodyning
  • Nonlinear impedance
  • Two sine wave generators in linear circuits
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Amplitude-modulated systems
  • Blocked-grid keying
  • Single-Stage Transmitters
  • Amplitude modulation
  • AM transmitter principles
  • Analysis of an AM wave
  • The amplitude of the audio-modulating voltage
  • Modulation systems
  • Control-Grid Modulator
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Angle and pulse modulation
  • Comparison of AM and fm receiver response to an AM signal
  • Frequency Modulation
  • Frequency spectra of fm waves under various conditions
  • Methods of frequency modulation
  • Phase modulation
  • Basic Modulator
  • Simulated phase-shift keying. TIMING
  • Pulse Timing
  • Radar modulation
  • Communications pulse modulators
  • Pulse-Time Modulation
  • Pulse-Code Modulation
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Demodulation
  • Regenerative detector
  • Shunt-Diode Detector
  • FM Demodulation
  • Ratio detector
  • Gated-Beam detector
  • Phase demodulation
  • Low-pass filter
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 13
  • Number systems
  • Carry and Borrow Principles
  • Addition of Binary Numbers
  • Subtraction of Binary Numbers
  • Complementary Subtraction
  • Octal number system
  • Subtraction of Octal Numbers
  • Hexadecmial (HEX) number system
  • Subtraction of Hex Numbers
  • Conversion of bases
  • Decimal to Octal
  • Decimal to Hex
  • Binary conversion
  • Binary to Hex
  • Octal to Binary
  • Octal to Hex
  • Binary to Decimal
  • Octal to Decimal
  • Hex to Decimal
  • Binary-coded decimal
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Fundamental logic circuits
  • Logic Symbol
  • The or gate
  • The inverter
  • The nand gate
  • The nor gate
  • Variations of fundamental gates
  • Logic gates in combination
  • Boolean algebra
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Special logic circuits
  • A quarter adder is a circuit
  • Subtraction is accomplished in computers
  • Flip-flops
  • Toggle flip-flops
  • J-K Flip-Flop
  • Clocks and counters
  • Counters
  • Decade Counter
  • Down Counters
  • Shift registers
  • Logic families
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 14
  • Microelectronics
  • Solid-State devices
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Fabrication of microelectronic devices
  • Fabrication of IC devices
  • Thin Film
  • Packaging Techniques
  • Dual Inline Package
  • Equivalent circuits
  • Microelectronic system design concepts
  • System packaging
  • Interconnections in printed circuit boards
  • Environmental considerations
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Miniature/microminiature (2M) repair program and high-reliability
  • Test Equipment
  • Repair Stations
  • High-Intensity Light
  • Safety Equipment
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Miniature and microminature repair procedures
  • Removal and replacement of discrete components
  • Above-the-board termination
  • Component Desoldering
  • Installation and soldering of printed circuit components
  • Soldering of PCB Components
  • Removal and replacement of dips
  • Repair of printed circuit boards and cards
  • Safety
  • Grounded Work Benches
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 15
  • Synchros
  • Synchro classification
  • Schematic Symbols
  • Synchro Characteristics
  • Operation of three electromagnets spaced 120° apart.
  • Synchro Torque Transmitter
  • Torque synchro system
  • Torque differential synchro systems
  • TX-TDX-TR system operation (subtraction).
  • TX-TDR-TX System Operation (Subtraction)
  • Control Synchro system operation
  • Synchro capacitors
  • Multispeed syschro systems
  • Zeroing systems
  • Electrical lock method
  • Troubleshooting synchro systems
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Servos
  • Functional servo loops
  • Velocity Servo Loop
  • Friction Clutch Damping
  • Servo components and circuits
  • Rate Generator (Tachometer)
  • Demodulators in the servo system
  • Magnetic Amplifiers
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Gyros
  • Basic Gyro Elements
  • Precession
  • Degrees of freedom
  • Establishing and Maintaining a Fixed Position
  • Rate Gyros
  • Accelerometers
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Related Devices
  • Step-transmission systems
  • Resolvers
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 16
  • General test equipment information
  • Working on de-energized circuits
  • Resistance measurements
  • Inductance bridge.
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Miscellaneous Measurements
  • Bolometer
  • Frequency measurements
  • Strobotac
  • Absorption Wavemeter
  • Use of the oscilloscope
  • Testing Diodes with an Ohmmeter
  • Voltage Checks
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Basic meters
  • DC Ammeter
  • Ammeter Connections
  • Proper ammeter connection.
  • Extending Voltmeter Ranges
  • Voltmeter Sensitivity
  • The megohmmeter
  • Meter Accuracy
  • Continuity tests
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Common test equipment
  • Measuring dc Voltages
  • Measuring ac Voltages
  • Overload Protection
  • Meter design characteristics
  • ICO Measurements
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Special-application test equipment
  • Signal Generators
  • Control Logic
  • CRT Display
  • Min/Max Capacitance Values
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • THE OSCILLOSCOPE AND SPECTRUM ANALYZER
  • Differences of potential.
  • Vertical deflection plates
  • CRT Designation
  • Trace Rotation control
  • Attenuator Control
  • Components used to provide a stable display
  • Turning on the scope
  • Components Used to Select Vertical-Deflection Operating Mode
  • Accessories
  • IF Section
  • Normal indications upon power on
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 17
  • Transmitters
  • Radio Transmitters
  • Antenna distribution systems
  • Introduction to miscellaneous communications systems and equipment
  • Lasers - Theory of operation
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 21
  • Basic measurements
  • Oscilloscope Method
  • Multimeter Method
  • Oscilloscope method
  • RCL Bridges
  • Reactance-type measurements
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Component testing
  • Klystron Tube Tests
  • Transistor Testers
  • Metal oxide semiconductor
  • Diode testers
  • Silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCR)
  • Unijunction transistors (UJTs)
  • MOSFET (Depletion/Enhancement Type) Test
  • Logic Probes
  • Typical voltage Tolerances for Dry Cell Batteries
  • Fiber-optic testing
  • Testing Components by Comparison
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Quantitative measurements
  • Wheatstone Bridge
  • Impedance testing of antennas and transmission lines
  • Iron-core, composite-coil, and torsion-head wattmeters
  • Bolometer Power Meter
  • Frequency measurements
  • Frequency Counter Methods
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Qualitative measurements
  • SWR Meters
  • Intermodulation distortion measurements
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Introduction to waveform interpretation
  • Oscilloscope Measurement Methods
  • Spectrum waveform analysis and measurements
  • Spectrum analyzer applications
  • Frequency Modulation
  • Time-domain reflectometry
  • Swept-frequency testing equipment
  • Sweeping antennas
  • Summary
  • Answers
• Book 24
  • Background on fiber optics
  • Fiber optic data links
  • History of fiber optic technology
  • Fiber optic systems
  • Advantages and disadvantages of fiber optics
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Fiber optic concepts
  • Propagation of light
  • Properties of light
  • Reflection of light
  • Refraction of light
  • Diffusion of light
  • Absorption of light
  • Basic optical-material properties
  • Basic structure of an optical fiber
  • Propagation of light along a fiber
  • Mode Theory
  • Optical fiber types
  • Multimode Fibers
  • Properties of optical transmission
  • Optical detectors and fiber optic receivers
  • Optical detectors
  • Semiconductor material and device properties
  • Response Time
  • Avalanche photodiodes
  • Fiber optic receivers
  • Receiver noise
  • Receiver design
  • Fiber optic receiver packages
  • Summary
  • Answers
  • Fiber optic links
  • Link classification
  • Digital transmission
  • Analog transmission
  • System design
  • System installation
  • Summary