The Art of Electronics

Index (partial: "S" entries only)

S logic, 568
safe operating area (SOA), 74, 159f., 321, 368
Sallen and Key filter, 267
sample-and-hold (S/H), 133, 152f., 220f., 637f.
SASI, 713
saturation, 63, 1062f.
  FET, 121
  op-amp, 182
  in oscillators, 296f.
sawtooth oscillator (see also triangle wave), 288
scaler, multichannel, 774ff.
schematic
  capture (CAD), 835, 842, 848
  diagram, 1056ff.
Schmitt trigger, 229ff., 231, 240, 259, 285, 576f., 579, 596, 764, 1019
  CMOS, 971
  precision, 669
Schottky diode, 49, 365, 886, 888f., 904, 908, 973f.
 protection with, 973
 rectifier, 331
Schottky logic families, 568f.
Schottky output, 815
scintillation chamber, 1012
scintillator, 1009f.
SCR, 312, 318, 365
  latchup, 138, 150, 555, 572, 636, 964, 969, 973f.
  opto-, 596ff.
screen display, 793f.
scroll, 825
SCSI, 712ff., 733f.
  bus, 720
SDLC, 761, 802
  format, 735f.
seat-belt circuit, 107
second breakdown, 159, 321
second-order loop, 646f.
Seebeck effect, 417f.
segment registers, 745
  address, 681
select, 494
sense terminal, 320, 376, 426
sensitivity, 273
sensor (see also transducer)
  power, same as reference voltage, 982
  temperature (see temperature sensor)
  velocity, 965
sequential logic, 490, 504ff.
serial communication, 804ff.
serial data port (see also ASCII), 379, 677, 760f.
  8530 block diagram, 770
  8530 IC, 769ff.
  interface, 802ff.
  standards, 726, 727t
  timing waveform, 723
series circuit, 3
series damping resistors, 815
series-feedback pair, 238, 872f., 950f.
set, 509
SETI, 1038
settling time, 151, 268, 409, 467
  op-amp, 409
  RC low-pass, 409
  relation to bandwidth, 409
setup time, 510, 552, 753, 755
723 IC, 307ff.
S/H, 133, 152f., 220f., 637f.
shadow memory, 766
  EEPROM, 820
Shannon theorem, 901
shielding, 455ff.
  magnetic, 456f.
shift register, 525ff., 564t, 764
  bidirectional, 526
  maximal-length, 656ff.
  noise generator, 655ff.
  RAM as, 527
  variable length, 664
shock hazard, 328
short circuit, 9
  protection, 69
  from SCR latchup, 973
shot noise, 431f., 438
shunt feedback, 157
shunt-series pair, 238, 872f., 950f.
shutdown, 820, 940, 978
sidereal synthesizer, 548
sign extend, 794
sign magnitude, 476
  number, 741
signal
  amplitude, 16
  averaging, 760, 774ff., 1026ff.
  common-mode, 98
  coupling from fast edges, 973f.
  diode, 48f.
  generator, 19
  handshake, 707, 720, 723f., 799, 934
  normal-mode, 98
  regeneration, 652f.
signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), 434ff., 1027
signals, 15
  low-level analog, 853
  RF, 853
signed number (see also number), 476
  integer, 739
Si(Li), 1010
silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), 312, 318
silicon-gate CMOS logic, 554, 969
silkscreen, 844, 855
SIMM, 814
sinewave, 15f.
  arbitrary phase, 296
  digital generation of, 667
  oscillator, 296, 646
  quadrature, 291ff.
single-chip microprocessors, 821
single sideband (SSB), 295, 897f.
single-slope ADC, 625f., 1035
single-supply
  comparator, 580f.
  op-amp, 191, 224ff., 953
68000, 673f., 700, 744ff., 746t, 748t, 788t
  addressing modes, 748t, 749t
  instruction set, 746t
  interrupt, 756
  interrupt handler, 792ff.
  number storage, 741
  vectors, 788t
68008, 674, 744ff., 753
  bus signals, 753t
  clock, 759, 761
  dedicated, 756ff.
  read/write timing, 754
68020, 675
skew, 552f.
  clock, 974
skinny-DIP, 801
skirt, 263
slew rate, 192, 403ff.
  and active rectifier, 188
  box on, 407
slope detector, 899
slow-blow fuse, 327, 860
SMA connector, 56
small signal, 66
SmartFan, 857
SMD (Surface Mount Devices), 733, 850
snubber, 53, 328
SOA, 74, 159f., 321, 368
sockets, IC, 829f., 838
sodium ion migration, 400
soft start, 367
software
  breakpoint, 823
  circuit as, 537
  control structures, 715
  debouncing, 775
  driver, 719
  flag, 789, 798
  handshake, 720, 804
  interrupt, 701, 792ff.
  loop, 789
  modules, 760
  pulse, 731, 779, 798
  system, 714
  timing performance, 796f.
  UART, 983
solar cell, 919, 932ff.
solder 
  breadboard, 829
  bridge, 834
  mask, 844
  reflow, 834
  side, 833
  wave, 834
solenoid driver, 669
solid-state particle detector, 1010ff.
solid-state relay, 588, 595, 761, 768
solvent, 840
source, FET, 104, 114f.
source code, 684
source follower, 133ff.
source impedance (see also impedance), 12
space, ASCII, 723ff., 729
spectrum analyzer, 1024, 1035ff.
speech synthesis, 542
speed/power tradeoff, 965
``speedup'' capacitor, 64, 231, 579, 908
SPICE, 908f.
spike, 19
  suppressor, 860
spikes
  current, 554, 599
  in digital logic, 599ff.
  in DRAM drivers, 815f.
s-plane, 40
split power supply, 47, 71, 350ff., 389, 945ff., 962
spooling, 717
spurious memory write, 977
square-law detector, 890f.
square-law nonlinearity, 886
square wave, 18
  quadrature, 296
  symmetrical, 548
SQUID, 443, 1007
SRAM (see also memory), 812f.
  nonvolatile, 819f.
  use of EEPROM in socket, 818
stability, 245
stack, 681f.
  pointer, 675, 681, 745, 765
standard
  atomic, 303, 885, 1016ff.
  frequency, 303, 885, 1016ff.
  resistance, 1025
  voltage, 1025
standard size PC board, 852
standoff ratio, intrinsic, 968
start bit, 722
start-up vector, 777
start-up time, oscillator,  975, 977
state anaylsis, 824
  diagram, 514f.
  excluded, 514
state machine, 512, 533f., 537, 764
  idiosyncrasies, 809f.
state-variable
  filter, 276ff.
  oscillator, 295
static electricity, 554, 572
static RAM (see also memory), 812f.
status bit, generalized, 692
status flag, 693f., 806f.
  register, 691, 804f.
step function, 19
stepper motor, micropower, 968
ST-506, 733
stop bit, 722
STOP mode, 979
stopband, 267
stopwatch, 556, 558
storage (see memory)
storage time, 907f.
strain gauge, 421, 425, 1001f.
strain relief, 326
streaming tape, 676
stripline, 879, 902
strobe, 684ff., 753ff., 813ff.
stub, 881
stuck-node tracer, 953ff.
submicrowatt (low) power, 970
subroutine, 691, 777ff.
substrate, 117f.
subthreshold region, 122
successive approximation ADC, 622ff.
SUHL, 565
summing amplifier, 185
summing junction, 235, 614
superbeta transistor, 95f., 397, 959
superheterodyne, 895
supply (see power supply)
support chips, 744ff.
  DRAM, 815f.
  microprocessor, 800ff.
suppressor, 860
surface-barrier detector, 1010f.
surface mount devices (SMD), 850
surge suppressor, 860
susceptance, 79
swage terminals, 837
sweep, 774ff., 793ff.
  generator, 19
  trigger, 796
switch, 53ff.
  alternative to, 799
  analog, 140
  bilateral, 495
  bounce, 506, 576f.
  break-before-make, 147
  charge transfer, 148, 396, 417, 638
  CMOS, 116ff., 140ff., 148, 151, 219, 222, 241, 393, 939, 951
  cold, 64, 494, 860
  contact material, 577
  crosstalk, 148
  debounce, 789
  debouncer, 506, 551, 558
  diode bridge, 172
  DIP, 760, 768f.
  driven by op-amp, 187
  FET, 116ff., 140ff., 148, 151, 219, 222, 241, 393, 939
  form A, 577
  glitch, 148ff.
  Hall-effect, 54, 577
  inverted inputs, 789
  JFET, 241
  limitations of FET, 143
  logic, 153ff.
  MOSFET, 116ff., 140ff., 148, 151, 219, 222, 241, 393, 939
  MOSFET and BJT compared, 165
  nonlinearity in, 147
  omitting, 962
  panel control, 776, 799
  power, 153, 158, 166ff.
  proximity, 157
  reliability of, 858
  R_ON compensation, 241
  self-wiping, 577
  series-shunt, 147
  table, 797
  thumbwheel, 522, 544, 548
  transistor, 63, 104, 116ff., 140ff., 148, 151, 219, 222, 241, 393, 939
  3-way, 54f.
  video, 143, 148, 172
switch logic, 54
switched-capacitor
  ADC, 628
  filter, 281ff.
  integrator, 282
  oscillator, 291ff.
switched power, 938ff., 962, 965, 982
switching
  cold, 64
  dry, 577
  high-speed, 904ff.
  MOSFET power, 166ff.
  speed in MOSFETs, 138
switching power supply, 355ff., 360, 372f., 943ff.
switching waveforms, digital, 853
symbolic
  label, 684
  names, 679
synchronizer, 506f., 515
synchronous, 552
  bus, 678, 707
  communication, 806
  counter, 512
  detection, 889, 896
  load, 525
  system, 512ff.
syntax, 745
synthesizer, 19
  frequency, 653
  music, 542
  sidereal, 548
  speech, 542
system, development, 751, 824
Sziklai connection, 95