Microelectronic Circuits (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) 7th edition
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.91P
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To plot: The transfer characteristics of circuit for different values of voltage.
To state whether the circuit is hard limiter or soft limiter. Also, the value of K ,
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