Carbon composition resistors (CCR) consist of a solid cylindrical resistive element with embedded wire leads or metal end caps to which the lead wires are attached.
Read MoreVariable capacitors may have their capacitance changed by mechanical motion. Generally two versions of variable capacitors has to be to distinguished
Read MoreSupercapacitors (SC),.comprise a family of electrochemical capacitors. Supercapacitor, sometimes called ultracapacitor is a generic term for electric double-layer capacitors (EDLC), pseudocapacitors and hybrid capacitors.
Read MoreElectrolytic capacitors have a metallic anode covered with an oxidized layer used as dielectric.
Read MoreA related type is the power film capacitor. The materials and construction techniques used for large power film capacitors mostly are similar to those of ordinary film capacitors.
Read MoreFilm capacitors or plastic film capacitors are non-polarized capacitors with an insulating plastic film as the dielectric.
Read MoreA ceramic capacitor is a non-polarized fixed capacitor made out of two or more alternating layers of ceramic and metal in which the ceramic material acts as the dielectric and the metal acts as the electrodes.
Read MoreCapacitors are divided into two mechanical groups: Fixed capacitors with fixed capacitance values and variable capacitors with variable (trimmer) or adjustable (tunable) capacitance values.
Read MoreA tantalum electrolytic capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, a passive component of electronic circuits. It consists of a pellet of tantalum metal as an anode, covered by an insulating oxide layer that forms the dielectric, surrounded by liquid or solid electrolyte as a cathode.
Read MoreVarious configurations of single transistor amplifier are possible.
Read MoreTransistors are commonly used in digital circuits as electronic switches which can be either in an "on" or "off" state, both for high-power applications such as switched-mode power supplies and for low-power applications such as logic gates.
Read MoreThe metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET), also known as the metal–oxide–silicon transistor(MOS), is a type of field-effect transistor (FET) that is fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon.
Read MoreThe field-effect transistor, sometimes called a unipolar transistor, uses either electrons (in n-channel FET) or holes (in p-channel FET) for conduction.
Read MoreBipolar transistors are so named because they conduct by using both majority and minority carriers.
Read MoreTransistors have the following limitations:
Read MoreThe key advantages that have allowed transistors to replace vacuum tubes
Read MoreA transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.
Read MoreOven-controlled oscillators (OCXOs) offer the pinnacle of performance in timing with stability around ±50 parts per billion (ppb) or better.
Read MoreThese can be made to conduct in reverse bias (backward), and are correctly termed reverse breakdown diodes.
Read MoreIn a diode formed from a direct band-gap semiconductor, such as gallium arsenide, charge carriers that cross the junction emit photons when they recombine with the majority carrier on the other side.
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