Electronic circuits

basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields

system that converts an analog signal, such as a sound picked up by a microphone or light entering a digital camera, into a digital signal; device converting a physical quantity to a digital number

thumb|A McIntosh Laboratory|McIntosh stereo audio amplifier with output power of 50 watts per channel used in home component audio systems in the 1970s.

electrical circuit containing active components such as transistors, valves or integrated circuits

electronic device that converts a digital signal into an analog signal (mixed signal device), mostly realized as part of an integrated circuit (IC)

electronic circuit that removes unwanted components from the signal, or enhances wanted ones, or both

electronic comparator circuit with hysteresis

nonlinear electrical circuit that creates new frequencies from two signals applied to it

isolation of functional sections of electrical systems by avoiding a direct conductive path

thumb|LM393 dual comparator, a common comparator integrated circuit chip, shown on a circuit board

method in electric circuits analysis

circuit analysis that solves for currents

occurs in an electric circuit at a particular resonant frequency when the imaginary parts of impedances or admittances of circuit elements cancel each other

floating state

electromechanical device

frequency mixer, analog multiplier or logic circuit that generates a voltage signal which represents the difference in phase between two signal inputs; part of a phase-locked loop

A duplexer is an electronic device that allows bi-directional (duplex) communication over a single path. In radar and radio communications systems, it isolates the receiver from the transmitter while permitting them to share a common antenna. Most radio repeater systems include a duplexer. Duplexers can be based on frequency (often a waveguide filter), polarization (such as an orthomode transducer), or timing (as is typical in radar).

miniaturized electronic circuit combining different semiconductor devices and passive components on a substrate

A snubber is a device used to suppress ("snub") a phenomenon such as voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems (caused by for example water hammer) or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems.

thumb|alt=Comparison of soft and hard clipping.|Comparison of soft and hard clipping.

ending a transmission line

locking device which operates by means of electric current

circuit in electronics that allows a signal to be amplified many times

circuit scaling a signal's frequency to be ''n'' times slower, for integer ''n''

electromechanical line selector for automatic telephone exchanges

modeling of a highly complex system as multiple interconnected, simple components

type of electronic circuit in which a pair of active devices alternately supply current to the load, or absorb current from it

digital control system

model of electrical circuits that represents attributes as distributed continuously rather than in discrete components

device converting an AC waveform to another AC waveform

thumb|Topology of blocking mode cycloconverter A cycloconverter (CCV) or a cycloinverter converts a constant amplitude, constant frequency AC waveform to another AC waveform of a lower frequency by synthesizing the output waveform from segments of the AC supply without an intermediate DC link ( and ). There are two main types of CCVs, circulating current type and blocking mode type, most commercial high power products being of the blocking mode type.

mathematical condition to determine when a linear electronic circuit will oscillate

reference voltage independent of temperature

type of analog-to-digital converter

a pulse signal generating circuit

electronic circuit that fixes voltage

electrical engineering standard

combination of both analog machine and analog media

measurement of electric current

A prescaler is an electronic counting circuit used to reduce a high frequency electrical signal to a lower frequency by integer division. The prescaler takes the basic timer clock frequency (which may be the CPU clock frequency or may be some higher or lower frequency) and divides it by some value before feeding it to the timer, according to how the prescaler register(s) are configured. The prescaler values, referred to as prescales, that may be configured might be limited to a few fixed values (powers of 2), or they may be any integer value from 1 to 2^P, where P is the number of prescaler bi

electronic circuit that clips a voltage signal

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electrical circuit component with constant phase shift

frequency dependent circuit

active electronic circuit controlling the current through a load

voltage reference circuit widely used in integrated circuits, with an output voltage around 1.25 V

analog signal conditioning circuitry

process of simplifying a circuit solution

Circuit that makes capacitor act like a larger capacitor

pulse-width modulation rectifie

device connected to another device in parallel but with their polarities reversed