E7: Practical Circuits
Digital circuits, amplifiers, filters, matching networks, power supplies, modulation, demodulation, DSP and active filters, op-amp circuits, and oscillators
8 Topics
117 Questions in this pool
8 Questions from these topics will be on your exam
E7A: Digital Circuits
Digital circuits: digital circuit principles and logic circuits: classes of logic elements; positive and negative logic; frequency dividers; truth tables.
12 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam
E7B: Amplifiers
Amplifiers: Class of operation; vacuum tube and solid-state circuits; distortion and intermodulation; spurious and parasitic suppression; microwave amplifiers; switching-type amplifiers.
18 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam
E7C: Filters and Matching Networks
Filters and matching networks: types of networks; types of filters; filter applications; filter characteristics; impedance matching; DSP filtering.
15 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam
E7D: Power Supplies and Voltage Regulators
Power supplies and voltage regulators; Solar array charge controllers.
16 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam
E7E: Modulation and Demodulation
Modulation and demodulation: reactance, phase and balanced modulators; detectors; mixer stages.
12 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam
E7F: DSP Filtering
DSP filtering and other operations; Software Defined Radio Fundamentals; DSP modulation and demodulation.
17 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam
E7G: Active Filters and Op-Amp Circuits
Active filters and op-amp circuits: active audio filters; characteristics; basic circuit design; operational amplifiers.
12 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam
E7H: Oscillators and Signal Sources
Oscillators and signal sources: types of oscillators; synthesizers and phase-locked loops; direct digital synthesizers; stabilizing thermal drift; microphonics; high accuracy oscillators.
15 Questions in this topic
1 Question on your exam