The Art of Electronics

Index (partial: "V" entries only)

vacuum gauge, 1007
valley current, 968
vapor-phase degreaser, 840
varactor diode, 297ff., 865f., 883f., 887, 899, 904
variable
  capacitor, 58
  gain amplifier, 139f., 255, 257
  inductor, 58
  resistor, 57, 138ff.
  transformer, 58
Variac, 58
varistor   53, 326t
VAX, 711, 735, 740
VAXBI bus, 711
VCO (voltage controlled oscillator), 240, 257, 286, 291, 293t, 297,
    305f., 624f., 645f.
  linearity of, 646
  radiofrequency, 646
  sine wave, 646
VCVS filter, 273ff., 274t, 548
VCXO, 301f.
vector, 855
  interrupt, 694, 699, 756, 788
  68000, 788t
  start-up, 777
vellum, 836
velocity sensor, 965
vending machine, 533
ventilation, 856
venturi blower, 313, 856, 858t
vernier interpolation, 1023f.
vertical MOS, 158
very large-scale integration (VLSI), 1
V/F converter (see also VCO), 291, 305f.
VHF, 892, 902
VHS, 718
via, 844
video 
  ADC, 630
  amplifier, 449, 876, 915
  isolator, 598
  pixel clock, 647ff.
  switches, 143, 148
vidicon, 998ff.
virtual ground, 178
virtual memory, 718
VLF, 892
VME, 711, 720, 733, 852
VMOS (see also MOSFET), 158
VMS, 717
volatile, 675
voltage, defined, 2
  amplifier, 76f.
  biasing, 71
  as complex number, 31f.
  differential input, 183
  divider, 8f., 11, 35, 50, 70
  electrostatic, 170t
  multiplier, 47f.
  noise, 436ff.
  offset drift, 964
  pinch-off, 120
  reference (see voltage reference)
  regulator (see voltage regulator)
  source, 9
  standard, 1025
  thermal offset, 417f.
  threshold, 120
voltage controlled 
  amplifier, 139f., 255, 257
  capacitance, 865f.
  oscillator (see VCO)
voltage divider, 8
  in clamp circuit, 50
  generalized, 35
  Thevenin equivalent of, 11
voltage doubler, 47f.
  flying capacitor, 804
voltage inverter, 377ff.
  flying capacitor, 153, 804
voltage reference, 331ff., 336t, 338, 949t, 963
  as temperature sensor, 994f.
  bandgap, 325
  micropower, 943, 948ff.
  noise, 340
  output from ICs, 946f.
  temperature stabilized, 339f.
  use of micropower, 982
voltage regulator, 46, 307ff., 342t, 346t, 352t, 942t
  adjustable, 346t
  current mode, 360
  data sheet, 1086
  dual tracking, 344, 351f., 352t
  emitter follower as, 68
  fixed, 342t
  floating, 371
  flyback, 357f.
  high voltage, 368ff.
  low-dropout, 345ff.
  low-power, 942t
  micropower, 349f., 376f., 937, 941, 942t
  outboard pass transistor, 353f.
  processor-oriented, 344, 349
  PWM, 360
  shutdown, 940
  switching, 355ff., 360, 941
  3-terminal adjustable, 344f.
  3-terminal, as current source, 379f.
  4-terminal, 345
  zener, 68
voltage source, 9
voltage-to-frequency converter (V/F) (see also VCO), 624f.
voltmeter, digital, 542, 638ff.
VOM, 9, 10