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Signal transmission

Type of external power supply

Component of a machine that is responsible for moving and controlling a mechanism or system

Adder (electronics)

Digital circuit that performs addition of numbers

All-pass filter

Filter that passes signals of all frequencies with same gain, but changes the phase relationship among various frequencies

Electronic device/component that increases the strength of a signal

Analog-to-digital converter

System that converts an analog signal into a digital signal

Analogue electronics

Electronic systems with a continuously variable signal

Digital logic gate type

Antenna (radio)

Electrical device

Set of multiple antennas which work together as a single antenna

Application-specific integrated circuit

Integrated circuit customized (typically optimized) for a specific task

Asynchronous circuit

Digital circuit without clock cycles

Avalanche photodiode

Highly sensitive semiconductor electronic device

Band-pass filter

Filter that rejects signals outside a certain range

Binary multiplier

Electronic circuit used to multiply binary numbers

Bipolar junction transistor

Transistor that uses both electrons and holes as charge carriers

Electrical circuit in which two circuit branches are bridged by a third branch connected between the first two branches at some intermediate point along them

Passive two-terminal electronic component that stores electrical energy in an electric field

Ceramic capacitor

Fixed-value capacitor using ceramic

Charge-coupled device

Device for the movement of electrical charge

Engineering process

Clock domain crossing

Signal that crosses between different clock domains of a system

Clock generator

Device used to synchronize a circuit

In electronics, oscillating signal to coordinate circuits

Electrical cable with concentric construction

Consumer electronics

Electronic products for everyday use

Crystal oscillator

Electronic oscillator circuit

Electrical component that conducts a fixed current, independent of the voltage across it

Isolating electronic circuit

Digital electronics

Electronic circuits that utilize digital signals

Signal used to represent data as a sequence of discrete values

Digital-to-analog converter

Device that converts a digital signal into an analog signal

Electronic component that only allows current to flow in one direction

Circuit arrangement of four diodes

Electrical connector

Device used to join electrical conductors

Electrolytic capacitor

Polarized capacitor whose anode is made of a metal that forms an insulating oxide layer through anodization

Electromagnetic shielding

Using conductive or magnetic materials to reduce electromagnetic field intensity

Electronic circuit

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

Electronic component

Discrete device in an electronic system

Electronic design automation

Software assisting the design of electronics systems such as integrated circuits and computer hardware

Electronic oscillator

Electronic circuit that produces a repetitive, oscillating electronic signal

Branch of physics and electrical engineering

Enclosure of conductive mesh used to block electric fields

Field-effect transistor

Type of transistor

Field-programmable gate array

Array of logic gates that are reprogrammable

Construction of electrical capacitors

Filter (signal processing)

Device or process that removes unwanted components or features from a signal, or enhances wanted ones, or both

Flip-flop (electronics)

Circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information

Frequency mixer

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

Globally asynchronous locally synchronous

Model of computation

Two-port electrical network element

High-pass filter

Filter that passes signals with a frequency higher than a certain cutoff frequency, and attenuates signals with lower frequencies

Passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in its magnetic field

Integrated circuit

Electronic circuit formed on a small, flat piece of semiconductor material

Inverter (logic gate)

Logic gate implementing negation

Electrical device

Lattice phase equaliser

Type of signal processing filter

Antique electrical device which stores a high-voltage electric charge

Light-emitting diode

Semiconductor and solid state light source

Computational equipment, physical or theoretical, that performs a boolean logic function

Low-pass filter

Type of signal filter

Mechanical filter

Type of signal processing filter

Transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals

Electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions in one unit

Method of combining multiple signals into one signal over a shared medium

Inverse of the AND gate, outputs if both inputs are not on simultaneously

Negative impedance converter

Configuration of an operational amplifier which acts as a negative load

Network on a chip

Communication subsystem on an integrated circuit

Noise (electronics)

Random fluctuation in an electrical signal

Digital logic gate

Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem

Sufficiency theorem for reconstructing signals from samples

Operational amplifier

High-gain voltage amplifier with a differential input

Digital logic gate type

Instrument for displaying time-varying signals

Converts light into current

Photomultiplier tube

Fast, high sensitivty, low noise electronic photon detector

Light-sensitive gas-filled or vacuum tube

Type of resistor, usually with three terminals

Device that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC)

Electronic device that converts or regulates electric energy and supplies it to a load

Printed circuit board

Board to support and connect electronic components

Electrical device that converts AC to DC

Electrically operated switch

Remote control (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Passive electrical component providing electrical resistance

Type of mechanical device

Sampling (signal processing)

Measurement of a signal

Semiconductor device

Electronic component that exploits the electronic properties of semiconductor materials

Converter that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal

Signal processing

Academic subfield of electrical engineering

Signal-to-noise ratio

Ratio of the desired signal to the background noise

Type of electromagnet with cylindrical conductor

Sensor measuring deformation and stretching

Digital circuit that performs subtraction of numbers

Electrochemical capacitor that bridges the gap between electrolytic capacitors and rechargeable batteries

Switch (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Synchronous circuit

Digital circuit synchronized by clock signal

System on a chip

Integrated circuit that incorporates the components of a computer

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Academic style guide by University of Chicago Press

Type of resistor whose resistance varies with temperature

Electrical device for measuring temperature via two dissimilar metals connected at two points

Device that converts energy from one form to another.

Passive electrical device that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another, or multiple circuits

Solid-state electrically operated switch also used as an amplifier

Transistor–transistor logic

Class of digital circuits built from bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and resistors; transistors perform both the logic function (e.g., AND) and the amplifying function

Transmission line

Specialized cable or other structure designed to carry radio waves

Device that controls electric current between electrodes in an evacuated container

Variable capacitor

Capacitor whose capacitance may be intentionally and repeatedly changed mechanically or electronically

Variable-frequency oscillator

Oscillator whose frequency can be tuned over some range

Very-large-scale integration

Process of creating an integrated circuit by combining thousands of transistors into a single chip

Voltage regulator

System designed to maintain a constant voltage

Electrical element which maintains a fixed voltage across its two terminals, regardless of current

A structure that guides waves, with minimal loss of energy by restricting the transmission of energy to one direction

Wheatstone bridge

Measuring instrument in electricity