A relay is an electrically operated switch. It consists of a set of input terminals for a single or multiple control signals, and a set of operating contact terminals.
Read MoreAn inductor, also called a coil, choke, or reactor, is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when electric current flows through it.
Read MoreA dielectric (or dielectric material) is an electrical insulator that can be polarized by an applied electric field.
Read MoreA transducer is a device that converts energy from one form to another. Usually a transducer converts a signal in one form of energy to a signal in another
Read MoreA thyristor (/θaɪˈrɪstər/) is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials. It acts exclusively as a bistable switch, conducting when the gate receives a current trigger, and continuing to conduct until the voltage across the device is reversed biased, or until the voltage is removed (by some other means).
Read MoreElectronic elements that make up a circuit are connected together by conductors to form a complete circuit.
Active components
Passive components
The analogue (or analog) switch, also called the bilateral switch, is an electronic component that behaves in a similar way to a relay, but has no moving parts.
Read MoreMicroelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture (or microfabrication) of very small electronic designs and components.
Read MoreA basic PCB consists of a flat sheet of insulating material and a layer of copper foil, laminated to the substrate. Chemical etching divides the copper into separate conducting lines called tracks or circuit traces, pads for connections, vias to pass connections between layers of copper, and features such as solid conductive areas for EM shielding or other purposes.
Read MoreThe world market for bare PCBs exceeded $60.2 billion in 2014
Read MoreResearchers at the Vienna University of Technology developed ultra-thin transistors, with novel insulators, from 2D materials
Read MoreA resistance decade box or resistor substitution box is a unit containing resistors of many values.
Read MoreA potentiometer (colloquially, pot) is a three-terminal resistor with a continuously adjustable tapping point controlled by rotation of a shaft or knob or by a linear slider
Read MoreIn heavy-duty industrial high-current applications, a grid resistor is a large convection-cooled lattice of stamped metal alloy strips connected in rows between two electrodes
Read MoreIn 1960 Felix Zandman and Sidney J. Stein presented a development of resistor film of very high stability.
Read MoreWirewound resistors are commonly made by winding a metal wire, usually nichrome, around a ceramic, plastic, or fiberglass core.
Read MoreA common type of axial-leaded resistor today is the metal-film resistor. Metal Electrode Leadless Face (MELF) resistors often use the same technology.
Read MoreThick film resistors became popular during the 1970s, and most SMD (surface mount device) resistors today are of this type
Read MoreA carbon film is deposited on an insulating substrate, and a helix is cut in it to create a long, narrow resistive path.
Read MoreA carbon pile resistor is made of a stack of carbon disks compressed between two metal contact plates.
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