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3S - Supplementary Notes and Jargon: Diode Circuits

from Part I - Analog: Operational Amplifiers and their Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2025

Thomas C. Hayes ,
David Abrams  and
Paul Horowitz
Thomas C. Hayes
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
David Abrams
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Paul Horowitz
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
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A student asked a good, hard question, recently. I was stumped, till the answer struck me – more or less the way the apple is said to have bonked Newton on the head – next morning as I cycled to work.

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Learning the Art of Electronics
A Hands-On Lab Course
 , pp. 146 - 148
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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