The Art of Electronics

Index (partial: "F" entries only)

F connector, 56
F logic, 568f.
failure, pattern sensitive, 555
failure modes, CMOS, 973ff.
fall time, 907ff.
false, 472
fan (see blower)
fanout, 487, 570f.
farad, 20
fast edges, increase coupling, 973f.
  undershoot and ringing, 815
fast Fourier transform (FFT), 1037f.
fast-recovery rectifier (see also diode, Schottky), 330f.
Fastbus, 711
feedback, 86f.,  94, 175ff.
  at dc, 183
  effect on input impedance, 87
  effects on amplifier, 233ff.
  emitter resistor as, 84
  with finite loop gain, 232
  gain equation, 232
  negative, 175ff.
  positive, 230ff.
  in regulated supply, 105
  series, 234
  shunt, 157, 234
feedback amplifier, noise, 445ff.
  stability in, 245ff.
ferrite bead, 457ff., 887
FET (field-effect transistor) (see also transistor, MOSFET), 104,
    113ff., 125t, 126t, 128t, 164t
  active load for, 132f.
  amplifier, 129ff.
  analog switch, 124
  applications of, 116ff.
  basic circuits, 124ff.
  buffer, 124
  capacitance in, 142, 146ff.
  charge injection, 638
  CMOS linear switch, 142ff.
  comparator, 582
  current-regulator diode, 125ff., 129t, 288, 379
  current source, 124ff.
  demultiplexer, 143
  depletion, 114
  differential amplifier, 132
  drain, as effective source, 120
  dual-gate, 883, 886
  dynamic gate current in, 137f.
  enhancement-mode, 114
  follower, 133ff.
  GaAs, 119, 873ff., 904
  gate conduction in, 118
  gate current of, 135ff.
  high-impedance amplifier, 1013
  I_DSS, 120
  insulated gate (see MOSFET)
  junction (see also JFET), 113ff., 125t, 128t
  leakage cancellation, 223f., 394
  linear region, 121
  linearization of resistance, 139f.
  load line, 1060
  logic switch, 124
  manufacturing spread, 122f.
  matched, 123, 128t, 139
  matched pair as follower, 135
  microphone preamp, 1003f.
  Miller effect in, 133, 883
  MOSFET (see MOSFET)
  multiplexer, 143f.
  noise, 441ff.
  opto, 598
  oscillator, 132, 297, 300, 653
  output impedance, 134
  peak detector, 133
  pinch-off voltage, 120
  polarities, 114
  poorer performance of p-channel, 117
  power switch, 124, 158, 939f., 964, 980
  replacement for BJT, 125
  as resistor, 138ff.
  R_OFF, 142
  R_ON, 140ff.
  sample-and-hold, 133
  ``saturation'' region, 121
  self-biasing, 127
  subthreshold region, 122
  switch, 116ff., 140ff., 148, 151, 219, 222, 241, 393, 939
  thermal runaway absent in, 122
  threshold voltage, 114, 120
  transconductance, 114, 130ff.
  types, 117
  universal characteristics, 119
  variable resistor, 124
  VI curves, 114
FFT, 1037f.
fiber optics, 612, 999f.
fiberglass, 833, 840
field-effect transistor (see FET)
FIFO, 541
file, 717
filter, 273t, 274t
  ac line, 326f., 327t, 456, 858
  active, 41, 263ff., 548
  all-pass, 266
  anti-aliasing, 776
  bandpass, 59, 277f.
  Bessel, 269ff., 306
  biquad, 276, 278f.
  breakpoint, 36
  brickwall, 264, 453f.
  bridged differentiator, 280
  Butterworth, 269ff., 548, 1064ff., 1064t
  cascaded RC, 264f.
  Cauer, 271
  ceramic, 888
  Chebyshev, 269ff.
  circuits, 272ff.
  comb, 666
  commutating, 666ff.
  component tolerance, 270
  constant bandwidth, 278
  constant-Q,, 277f.
  crystal, 888, 895
  dc-accurate, 283f., 667
  as differentiator, 39
  digital, 660ff., 664
  digital low pass, 665f., 776
  elliptic, 271
  finite impulse response (FIR), 665
  Gaussian, 272
  high pass, 35f., 40, 71, 1064ff.
  high-Q, 275f.
  inductorless, 266
  infinite impulse response (IIR), 665
  integrating, 776
  as integrator, 39
  LC, 265f., 1064ff., 1064t
  linear-phase, 268, 271f.
  low-pass, 37ff., 40, 274t, 548, 665f., 776, 864, 1064ff., 1064t
  mechanical, 888
  multistage, 41
  noise bandwidth, 453f.
  nonrecursive, 665
  notch, 279ff., 666
  parameters of, 267f.
  phase shift in,  38, 40
  phase-sequence, 295
  piezoelectric, 888
  pi-section, 365f.
  power supply, 45f.
  RC, 263ff.
  recursive, 665
  RF (radiofrequency), 858, 887f.
  rumble, 59
  Sallen and Key, 267
  scratch, 59
  sensitivity, 273
  state-variable, 276ff.
  surface acoustic wave (SAW), 888
  switched-capacitor, 281ff., 666f.
  Thomson, 271
  time-domain comparison, 271f., 273t
  trap, 42
  tunable, 282
  twin-T, 279f.
  VCVS, 273ff., 274t, 548
filter capacitor, 42, 329f.
finite impulse response filter (FIR), 498f.
firmware, 743ff.
first-in/first-out (FIFO), 541
first-order loop, 646f.
555 IC, 286ff., 289t
  CMOS equivalent, 939, 967
  CMOS higher frequency than, 967
flag, 675, 691, 714
  with interrupt handler, 798
  power-on, 977
  register, 694
  software, 789, 798
  status, 693f, 806f.
  stop, 796
flash ADC (see also ADC), 621f.
flash EEPROM, 819
flat ribbon cable, 837
flicker, 778
flicker noise, 432f.
flip-flop (FF), 478, 504ff.
  boot, 765
  clocked, 507
  D-type, 508f.
  edge-triggered, 508f.
  JK, 509f., 556
  master-slave, 508f.
  multiple input, 507
  one's catching, 509f.
  SR (set/reset), 506
floating gate, 817f.
floating input, 556, 579f., 977
floating-point
  format table, 740
  number, 739f.
  processor (FPU), 499, 822
floppy disk, 676, 701f., 717
flow chart, 780
fluctuation-dissipation theorem, 431
fluid level, 965
flux-gate magnetometer, 1007
flyback, 357f., 374
flying capacitor, 153, 359, 377ff., 420, 943, 983
  RS-232 supplies, 804
FM, demodulation, 651f.
  PLL demodulation, 647
foldback current limiting, 316f.
folded architecture, 504
follower
  active load for, 134
  bootstrapped, 183f.
  dc offset of, 134
  emitter (see also emitter follower), 65ff.
  FET, 133, 254
  FET-BJT hybrid, 134
  FET matched pair, 135
  op-amp, 179
  oscillation in, 298ff.
  output impedance, 134
form feed, 720
format, number, 738ff.
FORTRAN language, 678, 714f.
4000 series CMOS logic, 969
FPU, 499
frame ground, 724
free-running oscillator, 968
frequency 
  agility, 897
  angular, 16
  compensation, 242ff., 946, 965
  compression, 894
  counter, 512, 542, 556, 558, 1019ff.
  cutoff, 267
  deviation, 898f.
  domain, 23, 29ff., 1036
  doubler, 887
  image, 896, 1036
  modulation (FM), 898ff.
  multiplexing, 893
  multiplier, 886f.
  Nyquist, 901
  resonant, 41
  response, 16
  shift keying (FSK), 727ff., 896, 900
  standards, 303, 885, 1016ff.
  synthesizer, 19, 653
  translation, 898
  unity-gain, 104, 866
  to voltage converter (F/V), 618
frequency, minimum clock, 975
frequency-shift keying, 727
FR-4 epoxy-fiberglass laminate, 833, 840
from-to list, 849
FSK, 727ff., 896, 900
f_T, 104
full duplex modem, 729
full-wave rectifier, 45, 221f., 888ff.
function code, 756
function generator, 20
fuse, 47, 326ff., 860
  rating of, 327f.
  slow-blow, 327, 860
fusible-link ROM, 817f.
Futurebus, 711
fuzz, 853