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triode-for-alternating-current
Anything about TRIACs (TRIodes for Alternating Current). A TRIAC is a kind of 3-terminal thyristor often used as ...
transistors
Anything related to transistors, a broad category of active electronic components based on semiconductors (they are ...
bipolar-junction-transistor bipolar-transistor bipolar-junction-transistors bipolar-transistors
Anything related to BJTs (Bipolar Junction Transistors). A BJT is an active electronic component based on semiconductors ...
FET
Anything related to FETs, i.e. Field Effect Transistors, a category of active electronic components. The most common kind ...
junction-field-effect-transistor junction-FET
Anything related to JFETs (Junction Field Effect Transistors) semiconductor devices, a particular type of field effect ...
IGFET insulated-gate-FET insulated-gate-field-effect-transistor
Anything related to MOSFETs (a.k.a. IGFETs) semiconductor devices, a particular type of field effect transistor. They ...
current-sources
Anything related to current source circuits, i.e. circuits whose output is a current which is either constant or whose ...
current-mirrors
Anything related to current mirror circuits. A current mirror is a particular kind of current source whose output is ...
Anything about Wilson current mirror circuits (also known just as Wilson mirrors), a particular type of ...
digital-to-analog-converter digital-analog-converter
Anything related to DACs (Digital to Analog Converters), electronic devices that can convert a series of numbers into an ...
datasheets
Anything related to the reading, interpretation and finding of datasheets. A datasheet is the technical term used to ...
debouncing
Anything related to debouncing techniques, both hardware and software. Debouncing denotes a set of techniques to prevent ...
direct-memory-access DMA-controller direct-memory-access-controller
Anything about DMA (Direct Memory Access) techniques. DMA is a set of techniques to access the memory of a digital ...
electric electrical electronic LC CL RC CR RL LR RLC LCR tank diode
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circuits electronics computer PN
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NPN PNP NPN-transistor NPN-transistors PNP-transistor PNP-transistors N-channel P-channel NMOS PMOS N-channel-MOSFET P-channel-MOSFET
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differential-resistance incremental-resistance
Anything about the dynamic resistance (a.k.a. incremental resistance or also differential resistance) of a non-linear ...
Anything about the general laws of electromagnetism and related phenomena as applied to electrical engineering.
electrostatic-discharge
[Electrostatic Discharge on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_discharge).
electron-tubes vacuum-tube vacuum-tubes thermionic-tube thermionic-tubes thermionic-valve thermionic-valves
Anything about electron tubes (a.k.a. vacuum tubes), an old class of electronic devices which are largely obsolete today. ...
This tag is an umbrella tag used as a parent for more specific tags that describe the basic building blocks used in ...
Sziklai-pair Sziklai-connection Sziklai-configuration complementary-Darlington-connection complementary-Darlington-configuration
Anything related to a Sziklai-connected pair of BJTs (a.k.a. Sziklai pair or complementary Darlington configuration). The ...
Darlington-pair Darlington-connection Darlington-configuration Darlington-transistor
Anything related to a Darlington-connected pair of BJTs (a.k.a. Darlington pair), both as a discrete pair or as a ...
long-tailed-pair
Anything about BJTs or FETs differential pairs (a.k.a. long tailed pairs), a particular configuration of two transistors ...
filters
Anything about filters, i.e. linear circuits whose purpose is to limit or shape the spectrum of a signal. This tag is ...
active-filters
Anything about active filters, i.e. filters which have active components (e.g. opamps) as part of their circuits. Active ...
band-pass-filters BPF bandpass-filter bandpass-filters
A band-pass filter (BPF) is a filter whose pass-band is a range of frequencies between two given cut-off frequency (lower ...
Anything about digital filters, i.e. filters that work on digital signals or on the samples of an analog signal. Digital ...
LPF low-pass-filters
A low-pass filter (LPF) is a filter whose pass-band extends from 0Hz to a given cut-off frequency. A signal applied to ...
pi-filters
A particular type of passive filter consisting of three reactive elements of different kind (two capacitors and one ...
field-programmable-gate-array
[FPGA on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array).
integrated-circuit integrated-circuits
Anything about integrated circuits (ICs) design, fabrication and testing. An integrated circuit is a circuit made of ...
555-IC 555-timer 555-timer-IC
Anything about the NE555 timer IC and other equivalent integrated circuits. The NE555 timer is a very popular IC that ...
