The Art of Electronics

Index (partial: "R" entries only)

race, logic, 515, 525, 552
rack, 854
radiofrequency (see RF)
rail-to-rail output swing, 967, 969f., 978
RAM  (see also memory), 523, 675, 718, 765ff., 812ff.
  nonvolatile, 819f.
  as shift register, 527
ramdisk, 676, 718
ramp, 17
ramp generator, 27
random-access memory (see RAM), 523
random walk, 661ff.
RAS, 813ff.
rat race, 887
rate multiplier, 541f., 618f.
ratio detector, 899
ratiometric, 105, 619
RC discharge, 23f.
RC filter, noise bandwidth, 453f.
RC snubber, 53
reactance, 29ff.
read-only memory (see also ROM), 501f., 816ff.
read/write port, 755
real-time clock (RTC), 690
real-time I/O, 677
receiver powered during shut-down, 983
rectification, 44ff.
rectifier, 330f., 331t
  active, 187f., 221f., 469, 888f.
  bridge, 45, 46f., 330
  center-tapped, 47
  fast recovery, 330f.
  full-wave, 45
  half-wave, 45
  Schottky, 331
  signal, 48f.
  synchronous, 889, 896
reference (see also voltage reference), 309, 331ff.
reference terminal, 426
reflow soldering, 834
refresh, 761
  clock, 812ff.
  display, 778, 791f.
  dynamic memory, 704, 813ff.
register (see also latch), 512, 523f., 675
  buried, 535
  CPU, 679f.
  flag, 694
  general-purpose, 680
  ICs (see also latch), 562t
  shift, 525ff., 564t, 764
  status, 691, 804f.
registers, in CPU 
  address, 744
  data, 744
  dynamic, 761, 975
  segment, 745
regulated supply (see also power supply)
  discrete, 104, 187
  emitter follower as output, 68
  feedback in, 105
  with regulator IC (see regulator)
regulator (see also power supply), 48, 259, 342t, 346t, 942t
  connection paths, 320
  current limit, 309
  data sheet, 1086
  headroom, 311
  high-current, 311
  low-dropout, 343, 983
  723 IC, 307ff.
  three-terminal, 325, 341ff., 342t, 346t
reject rate, 861
relabeler, 861
relative address, 675, 750
relaxation oscillator, 284ff., 304, 967
relay, 55, 937, 940
  ac, solid state, 588, 595, 761, 768
  current, 934
relay rack, 854
removal time, 554
repeating memory, 766, 768
request, interrupt, 693
reset, 509, 534f.
  at power-on, 551, 764, 771
resist, 834
resistance (see also impedance; resistor)
  base spreading, 436, 445, 872, 905
  dark, 996
  dynamic, 13f.
  of FET, 139f.
  incremental, 13f.
  internal, 13
  load for FET switch, 142
  negative (see also tunnel diode), 14f., 367, 1060
  noise, 440f.
  ON, 145, 158
  on, 941
  small signal, 13f.
  source, 13
  standard, 1025
  thermal, 313
  thermometer, 993
  Thevenin, 13
resistor (see also impedance; resistance), 4ff.
  active, 257
  array, 593
  bleeder, 330, 366, 370
  built-in, 768
  carbon, 1053
  color code, 1053
  composition, 1053
  current-sensing, 971, 974
  damping, 815
  emitter-ballasting, 122, 159
  FET as, 124, 138ff.
  metal-film, 1054f.
    characteristics, 395
  parallel, 6
  positive tempco types, 216
  power in, 7
  precision, 57f., 1054f.
  programmable array, 638
  pulldown, 548, 575
  pullup, 75, 160, 230, 487ff., 497, 572, 575, 964
  series, 6
  shortcuts, 6
  specifications, 4f.
  as temperature sensor, 995f.
  ``T-network,'' 223, 395, 424
  types, 1055t
  variable, 8, 57
  voltage coefficient, 372
resistors (box), 4
resonant circuit, 41
retriggerable monostable, 517f.
return difference, 233
RF (radiofrequency)
  circuit elements, 884ff.
  filters, 858
  interference (RFI), 853
  level measurement, 888ff.
  quadrature, 296
  tricks, 902f.
  VCO, 297
RFI, 853
RIAA amplifier, 185
ribbon cable, 712, 837
right justification, 810
ring detect, 983f.
ringer equivalence number (REN), 936
ringing, 268, 409
  in DRAM circuits, 815
ripple, 46, 329f.
  passband, 267ff.
  rejection, 68
rise time, 268, 906ff.
  slow, causes failure, 974
RLC filter noise bandwidth, 453f.
rms amplitude, 16, 327, 452, 454
roach wires, 849
R_OFF, 142
rollover display, 792
ROM  (see also memory), 501f., 674, 675, 718, 743ff., 765, 812, 816ff.
  emulator, 823f.
  fusible-link, 817f.
  masked, 817
ROM-BIOS, 816
R_ON compensation, 241
R_ON, 140ff., 145, 158
rosin, 840
rotary encoder, 799
row address strobe (RAS), 813ff.
RS-232, 379, 603f., 713f., 720, 723ff., 724t, 803, 934, 938, 943
  breakout box, 726
  cable diagrams, 726
  detecting input connection, 981
  driver, 771, 803f., 978
  genius, 726
  handshaking, 724ff.
  interface chips, 803f.
  micropower design example, 981
  signals, 724t
  supplies, flying capacitor, 804f.
  timing waveform, 723
  unlike, 730
RS-422, 605ff., 712, 726, 736
RS-423, 726
RS-485, 726
RTC (see also clock, calendar), 690
RTL, 565
R-2R ladder, 614f.
rubber mirror, 169
rubidium frequency standard, 303, 885, 1017
rule, unspecified, 553
runaway, thermal, 159
runt pulse (see also glitch), 553
RVDT, 1001