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electrical engineering
field of engineering that deals with electricity (its control and processing as information in electronic form, or during the control and generation of mechanical, magnetic, or other forms of energy; compare Q988785)
Ohm's law
relationship between voltage and current across an ideal resistor
printed circuit board
board to support and connect electronic components
flip-flop
circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information
electronics engineering
electrical engineering discipline which utilizes nonlinear and active electrical components to design electronic circuits, devices, and their systems
avionics
thumb|300px|Radar and other avionics in the nose of a Cessna Citation I|Cessna Citation I/SP thumb|right|Republic F-105 Thunderchief|F-105 Thunderchief with avionics laid out
electronic paper
paper like display technology
analog electronics
electronic systems with a continuously variable signal
radio-frequency engineering
specialty of electronic engineering
Johnson–Nyquist noise
Thermal noise present in all electrical circuits
thermal resistance
objects' resistance to heat transfer; reciprocal of thermal conductance
chamfer
thumb|upright|A chamfer with a "lark's tongue" finish
electronic symbol
pictogram used to represent various components in a schematic diagram of an electrical or electronic circuit
circuit design
branch of electronics that solves tasks by combining preexisting electronic components into electronic circuits
current–voltage characteristic
current output as a function of applied voltage for a material or device
electronic color code
indicator for the values or ratings of electronic components, very commonly for resistors
biasing
thumb|right|A graphical representation of the current and voltage properties of a transistor; the bias is selected so that the operating point permits maximum signal amplitude without distortion.
electronic design automation
category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards
mesh analysis
circuit analysis that solves for currents
electrical terminal
connection point in electronic circuits
logic synthesis
Converting abstract operations into digital logic systems
reflection coefficient
measure of wave reflectivity
inductive coupling
electrical circuit coupling using induction
thermal runaway
loss of control of an exothermic process due to reactivity increasing with temperature
whisker
long, whisker-like projection that form from metal objects over time
high-κ dielectric
dielectric with high dielectric constant κ
electric power conversion
conversion of electric energy from one form to another
Electronic speed control
electronic circuit that control motor speed
titanium oxide
class of chemical substances
line level
standard audio signal level
memory cell
elementary data-storing circuit within an electronically addressed computer memory/storage device
integrated circuit design
engineering process for electronic hardware
electronic circuit topology
form taken by the network of interconnections of a circuit
flexible electronics
technology for assembling electronic circuits by mounting electronic devices on flexible plastic substrates
potentiostat
thumb|right|300px|Fig. 1 : Schematic of a potentiostat.
Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
communications protocol
Safe operating area
Technical specification
dark current
small current that flows through photodetectors in the absence of light
load profile
graph of the variation in the electrical load versus time
operating point
important point on a schematic diagram of a technical device
Franz–Keldysh effect
change in optical absorption by a semiconductor when an electric field is applied
EKV MOSFET Model
mathematical model
Bootstrapping
startup technique in electronics
impulse generator
electrical device designed to produce short high-voltage or high-current surges
bipolar transistor biasing
process necessary for BJT amplifiers to work correctly
analog device
combination of both analog machine and analog media
ground bounce
the gate voltage appearing less than ground during transistor switching
IEC 61131
standard for programmable controllers
Lee algorithm
algorithm based on breadth-first search to solve mazes
Highly accelerated stress screening
accelerated life test
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
tokyo-based professional association
reflectometry
Reflectometry is a general term for the use of the reflection of waves or pulses at surfaces and interfaces to detect or characterize objects, sometimes to detect anomalies as in fault detection and medical diagnosis.
virtual instrumentation
use of customizable software and modular measurement hardware to create user-defined measurement systems, called virtual instruments
Contact pad
the designated surface area for an electrical contact
footprint
Pattern used in circuit board production
electronic hardware
interconnected electronic components
Logic optimization
process in digital electronics and integrated circuit design
Alberto Diaspro
Italian engineer and physicist (born 1959)
IEEE 1451
IEEE standard
device under test
Equipment Under Test