Category : Glossary

Active Components

Posted on: 13. January 2020 /
Categories: Glossary

An active component is a crucial device that functions to produce power gain or amplify a signal both of which are made possible by the analogue electronic filter that is contained in the device. The two significant types of active components are solid state devices and electron tubes and semiconductors. However, a typical active component

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What is a Transistor?

Posted on: 6. January 2020 /
Categories: Glossary

A transistor is like a switch. This is because the semiconductor device has all the features of a traditional switch, including blocking and allowing the electrons to flow around the circuit. There are three terminals in the device. One is for the power input, and the other terminal is for the output while the last

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What does Integrated Circuit (IC) mean?

Posted on: 20. December 2019 /
Categories: Glossary

Integrated Circuits What is an Integrated Circuit (IC)? An integrated circuit (IC) is basically s small-sized semiconductor-based electronic device that mostly consists of capacitors, resistors and transistors and they are essentially the building blocks of most of the electronic equipment and devices out there. It is also referred to as microchip or just a chip.

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What does semiconductor mean?

Posted on: 20. December 2019 /
Categories: Glossary

What is a Semiconductor? A semiconductor is not a man-made object but is a name given to natural substances such as silicon and germanium. If a material has semiconducting properties it will allow an electric current to flow through it, but in a way that can be controlled. And it is this ability to control

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