After studying the material in this chapter, you should be able to:

1. State the purposes served by clippers, clampers, and voltage multipliers.
2. Describe the operation of series clippers.
3. Describe and analyze the operation of shunt clippers.
4. Describe and analyze the operation of biased shunt clippers.
5. Describe the effects of negative clampers and positive clampers on an input waveform.
6. Describe the circuit operation of a clamper.
7. Describe and analyze the operation of the half-wave voltage doubler.
8. Describe and analyze the operation of the full-wave voltage doubler.
9. Describe the use of the LED as a power-level indicator.
10. Describe the use of the LED in multisegment displays.
11. Describe the common fault symptoms that occur in clippers and clampers.
12. Describe the procedure for troubleshooting voltage multipliers.

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