ELECTRONICS

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ELMAN JOHN
CABACANG
• THE SPEED WITH WHICH
CHARGE DRIFTS IN A
CONDUCTOR IS CALLED
VELOCITY OF CHARGE
• THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE
EFFECT OF E.M.F. IS EXPERIENCED AT
ALL PARTS OF THE CONDUCTOR
RESULTING IN THE FLOW OF
CURRENT IS CALLED
VELOCITY OF PROPAGATION OF ELECTRIC
FIELD
• IT MAY BE DEFINED AS THE
PROPERTY OF A SUBSTANCE DUE TO
WHICH IT OPPOSES THE FLOW OF
ELECTRICITY THROUGH IT.
RESISTANCE
• THE RESISTANCE BETWEEN
THE OPPOSITE FACES OF A
METER CUBE OF THAT
MATERIAL.
SPECIFIC RESISTANCE OR RESISTIVITY
• IT IS STATED THAT THE RATIO OF POTENTIAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANY TWO POINTS ON
A CONDUCTOR TO THE CURRENT FLOWING
BETWEEN THEM, IS CONSTANT, PROVIDED
THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONDUCTOR
DOES NOT CHANGE.
OHM’S LAW
• THESE RESISTORS CONSIST OF A
CERAMIC BASE ON WHICH A SPECIAL
RESISTIVE INK IS LAID DOWN IN A
HELICAL BAND.
HIGH-VOLTAGE INK FILM
• THESE RESISTORS CONSISTS OF A
METAL GLASS MIXTURE WHICH IS
APPLIED AS A THICK FILM TO A
CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND THEN
FIRED TO FORM A FILM.
METAL GLAZE RESISTOR
• A CIRCUIT PHENOMENON WHEREIN
THE CIRCUIT POWER FACTOR
BECOMES UNITY
RESONANCE
• IT IS CONSIDERED MORE ACCURATE
BUT DIFFICULT TO VISUALIZE MODEL
OF AN ATOM
QUANTUM MODEL
• AFTER THE INVENTION OF THE LIGHT
BULB, EDISON CONTINUED TO
EXPERIMENT AND IN 1883 FOUND THAT
HE COULD DETECT ELECTRONS
FLOWING THROUGH THE VACUUM FROM
THE LIGHTED FILAMENT TO A METAL
PLATE MOUNTED INSIDE THE BULB. THIS
DISCOVERY BECAME KNOWN AS THE
EDISON EFFECT
• AN ENGLISH PHYSICIST, JOHN
FLEMING, TOOK UP WHERE EDISON
LEFT OFF AND FOUND THAT THE
EDISON EFFECT COULD ALSO BE
USED TO DETECT RADIO WAVES AND
CONVERT THEM TO ELECTRICAL
SIGNALS. HE WENT ON TO DEVELOP
A TWO-ELEMENT VACUUM TUBE
CALLED THE FLEMING VALVE, LATER
DIODE
• RUSSEL OHL WAS WORKING WITH A
SILICON SAMPLE THAT HAD AN
ACCIDENTAL CRACK DOWN ITS MIDDLE.
HE WAS USING AN OHMMETER TO TEST
THE ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF THE
SAMPLE WHEN HE NOTED THAT WHEN
THE SAMPLE WAS EXPOSED TO LIGHT,
THE CURRENT THAT FLOWED BETWEEN
THE TWO SIDES OF THE CRACK MADE A
SIGNIFICANT JUMP. THIS DISCOVERY WAS
TRANSISTOR
• SUBSHELL IN THE QUANTUM
MODEL OF AN ATOM.
ORBITAL
• RELATED TO THE OUTER
SHELL OF AN ATOM.
VALENCE
• THE EXTREMELY SMALL CURRENT
THAT EXISTS IN REVERSE BIAS
AFTER THE TRANSITION
CURRENT DIES OUT IS CAUSED
BY THE MINORITY CARRIERS IN
THE N AND P REGIONS THAT ARE
PRODUCED BY THERMALLY
GENERATED ELECTRON-HOLE
REVERSE SATURATION CURRENT OR
LEAKAGE CURRENT
• THE RECTIFIER CONVERTS THE
AC INPUT VOLTAGE TO A
PULSATING DC VOLTAGE, CALLED
A
HALF-WAVE RECTIFIED VOLTAGE
• A CIRCUIT THAT MAINTAINS A
CONSTANT DC VOLTAGE FOR
VARIATIONS IN THE INPUT LINE
VOLTAGE OR IN THE LOAD.
REGULATOR
• IS A TYPE OF FULL-WAVE RECTIFIER
THAT USES TWO DIODES
CONNECTED TO THE SECONDARY OF
A CENTER-TAPPED TRANSFORMER
CENTER-TAPPED RECTIFIER
• THE SMALL AMOUNT OF
FLUCTUATION IN THE FILTER
OUTPUT VOLTAGE IS CALLED
RIPPLE
• THE VARIATION IN THE CAPACITOR
VOLTAGE DUE TO THE CHARGING
AND DISCHARGING IS CALLED
RIPPLE VOLTAGE
• SPECIFIES HOW MUCH CHANGE OCCURS IN THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE OVER
A CERTAIN RANGE OF LOAD CURRENT VALUES, USUALLY FROM MINIMUM
CURRENT (NO LOAD, NL) TO MAXIMUM CURRENT (FULL LOAD, FL)
LINE REGULATION
• THE LEVEL TO WHICH AN AC
VOLTAGE IS LIMITED CAN BE
ADJUSTED BY ADDING A BIAS
VOLTAGE, VBIAS, IN SERIES WITH
THE DIODE
BIASED LIMITERS
• IS THE APPLICATION OF LOGICAL
THINKING COMBINED WITH A
THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF
CIRCUIT OR SYSTEM OPERATION TO
IDENTIFY AND CORRECT A
MALFUNCTION.
TROUBLESHOOTING
• A DIODE CIRCUIT THAT CLIPS OFF
OR REMOVES PART OF A WAVEFORM
ABOVE AND/OR BELOW A SPECIFIED
LEVEL.
LIMITER
• IN A POWER SUPPLY, THE
CAPACITOR USED TO REDUCE THE
VARIATION OF THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE
FROM A RECTIFIER.
FILTER
• THE CONDITION IN WHICH A
DIODE PREVENTS CURRENT.
REVERSE BIAS
• A CURVE SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP OF DIODE VOLTAGE AND
CURRENT.
V-I CHARACTERISTIC
• WHO WAS THE FIRST TO
DESCRIBE THE PROPERTIES OF
REVERSE BREAKDOWN THAT ARE
EXPLOITED BY A ZENER DIODE.
CLARENCE MELVIN ZENER
• IS A DIODE THAT ALWAYS
OPERATES IN REVERSE
BIAS AND IS DOPED TO
MAXIMIZE THE INHERENT
CAPACITANCE OF THE
DEPLETION REGION.
VARACTOR DIODE
• THE POWER FACTOR (PF) OF A
SERIES LC CIRCUIT IS
10
• NODAL ANALYSIS IS BEST USED
TOGETHER WITH
KCL
• FOR A SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER ACCORDING TO THE EIA 598-A FIBER
COLOR CHART, WHAT IS THE COLOR OF FIBER NUMBER 6
WHITE
• THE _______ DOMAIN SECTION USES
TWO-CHARACTER ABBREVIATIONS
COUNTRY
• IN EUROPEAN TDM STANDARD, HOW
MANY TIME SLOTS PER FRAME ARE
THERE IN LEVEL 4 DIGITAL SIGNAL?
2176 CHANNELS
• ERROR THAT ARISES BECAUSE THE
MARKING OF THE METER FACE IS NOT
CORRECT
PARALLAX ERROR
ONE ANGSTROM IS EQUAL TO?
10^-10 M
 A MEASURE OF THE ABILITY OF A
DEVICE TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED
EFFECT.
EFFICACY
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