28 terms in this category.
B
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BGA
A ball grid array (BGA) is a surface-mount IC package in which solder balls arranged in a grid on the underside of the package form the elec...
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BJT
C
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Capacitor
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Codec
A codec (coder-decoder) is a hardware block, software library, or combination of both that encodes raw data into a compressed or formatted b...
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Crystal Oscillator
A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator that uses the mechanical resonance of a piezoelectric crystal (typically quartz) to generat...
D
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Diode
A diode is a two-terminal semiconductor device that allows current to flow readily in one direction (forward bias) while blocking it in the ...
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EMI
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is unwanted electrical noise radiated or conducted by one circuit or device that degrades the performance...
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ESD
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden transfer of electric charge between two objects at different electrostatic potentials, typically...
I
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Icc
Icc (supply current, often associated with the Vcc pin name) is the quiescent or operating current drawn by a device from its positive suppl...
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Inductor
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Level Shifter
A level shifter is a circuit that translates digital (or sometimes analog) signals between two voltage domains, allowing devices that operat...
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MOSFET
A MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor) is a voltage-controlled semiconductor switch or amplifier in which a gate volta...
O
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Ohm's Law
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Op-Amp
An operational amplifier (op-amp) is a high-gain differential voltage amplifier -- most commonly realized as an IC, though discrete implemen...
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Open Drain
An open-drain (or open-collector in bipolar transistor terminology) output is a driver topology in which the output transistor can only pull...
P
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Pull-down Resistor
A pull-down resistor is a resistor connected between a signal line and ground (VSS) to establish a defined low logic level when no active dr...
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Pull-up Resistor
A pull-up resistor is a resistor connected between a signal line and a positive supply voltage (VCC or similar) that passively drives the li...
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Push-Pull
A push-pull output stage uses two complementary switching elements (typically one high-side and one low-side transistor or MOSFET) to active...
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RF
Radio frequency (RF) refers to electromagnetic oscillations in the frequency range roughly from 3 kHz to 300 GHz (boundaries vary by convent...
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Schmitt Trigger
A Schmitt trigger is a comparator circuit with hysteresis: it has two distinct switching thresholds, one for rising input signals and one fo...
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Schottky Diode
A Schottky diode is a semiconductor diode formed by a metal-semiconductor junction rather than a p-n junction, resulting in a lower forward ...
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Slew Rate
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Transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device, typically with three terminals, that uses a signal at one terminal to control a larger current flowi...
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Vcc
Vcc is the positive supply voltage rail for a circuit, historically denoting the collector supply voltage in bipolar (BJT) transistor design...
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Voltage Divider
A voltage divider is a passive circuit consisting of two or more impedances connected in series, where the output voltage is taken across on...
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Vref
Vref (voltage reference) is a stable, accurate DC voltage used as a known baseline against which other voltages are measured or converted. I...
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Zener Diode
A Zener diode is a two-terminal semiconductor device designed to conduct in reverse breakdown at a nominally stable voltage (the Zener volta...
