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IC designer here. Most people struggle to grasp semiconductor circuits because they think about them in terms of voltage drops when in fact they should be think
by twiddlethingy 7y ago
IC designer here. Most people struggle to grasp semiconductor circuits because they think about them in terms of voltage drops when in fact they should be thinking about them in terms of current loops. With this approach, the scales are lifted from your eyes.
- alexhutcheson 7y agoThis is a great insight. It's hard to break the habit of defaulting to the node voltage method when it's been beaten into your head via practice in EE labs. In the lab I used in college, something like ~90% of the ammeters were broken or wrong (mostly due to blown fuses by other clueless undergrads), but the voltmeters were always reliable. Defaulting to the voltmeter also meant you didn't have to move things around on the breadboard. I think this hands-on experience influenced the way I approach circuits even if they are on paper or a computer screen.