Basic Concepts

In this chapter, symbols, units, and prefixes with an example are firstly given. Afterward, some of the fundamental functions called as constant, sine wave, full-wave rectified, positive half-wave rectified, square wave, triangular wave, sawtooth wave, exponential, delta, unit step, and unit ramp functions with respect to time are given in which 1 MHz frequency is taken for all the periodical signals. Finally, sensitivity analysis with several examples is treated. Three examples in the sensitivity analysis are presented, where an arbitrary function, an RLC circuit, and two bipolar junction transistor (BJT)-based structures are utilized. Sensitivities of the angular resonance frequency of the RLC topology to the passive elements are given. In addition, sensitivities of collector currents of the BJT-based circuits to the current gain are investigated.