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Electronics
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...
– branch of physics, engineering and technology dealing with electrical circuits that involve active semiconductor components and associated passive interconnection technologies.
Branches
Classical electronics
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Analog electronics
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Digital electronics
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Electronic instrumentation
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Electronic engineering
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Microelectronics
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Optoelectronics
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Power electronics
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Printed electronics
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Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. Its conductivity can be modified by adding impurities (" doping") to its crystal structure. When two regions with different doping level ...
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Schematic capture
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Thermal management
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Automation Electronics
Advanced topics
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Atomtronics
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Bioelectronics
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Failure modes of electronics
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Flexible electronics
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Low-power electronics
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Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
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Molecular electronics
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Nanoelectronics
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Organic electronics
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Photonics
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Piezotronics
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Quantum electronics
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Spintronics
History of electronics
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History of electronic engineering
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History of radar
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History of radio
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History of television
General concepts
Data converters
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Analog-to-digital converters (ADC)
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Aliasing
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Successive approximation ADC
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Dual-slope ADC
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Quantization
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Sensor resolution
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Sampling
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Delta-sigma ADC
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Digital-to-analog converters (DAC)
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Digital potentiometer
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Binary weighted resistor converter
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Charge distribution DAC
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Pulse width modulator
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Reconstruction filter
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The R2R ladder
Digital electronics
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Binary decision diagrams
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Boolean algebra
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Combinational logic
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Counters (digital)
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De Morgan's laws
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Digital circuit
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Formal verification
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Karnaugh maps
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Logic families
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Logic gate
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Logic minimization
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Logic simulation
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Logic synthesis
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Registers
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Sequential logic
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State machines
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Truth tables
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Transparent latch
Electrical element/discretes
* Passive elements:
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Capacitor
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Inductor
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Memristor
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Resistor
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Transformer
* Active elements:
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Diode
A diode is a two-Terminal (electronics), terminal electronic component that conducts electric current primarily in One-way traffic, one direction (asymmetric electrical conductance, conductance). It has low (ideally zero) Electrical resistance ...
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Zener diode
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Light-emitting diode
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PIN diode
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Schottky diode
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Avalanche diode
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Laser diode
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Microcontroller
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Operational amplifier
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Thyristor
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DIAC
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TRIAC
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IGBT
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Transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to Electronic amplifier, amplify or electronic switch, switch electrical signals and electric power, power. It is one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics. It is composed of semicondu ...
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Bipolar transistor (BJT)
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Field effect transistor (FET)
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Darlington transistor
* Other components
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Aural devices
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Battery (electricity)
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Crystal oscillator
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Electromechanical devices
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Sensors
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Surface acoustic wave (SAW)
Electronics analysis
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Electronic packaging
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Electronic circuit simulation
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Electronic design automation
Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing Electronics, electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. The tools wo ...
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Electronic noise
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Mathematical methods in electronics
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Thermal management of electronic devices and systems
Electronic circuits
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Amplifiers
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Differential amplifiers
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Feedback amplifiers
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Power amplifiers
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Comparators
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Converters
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Filters
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Active filters
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Passive filters
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Digital filters
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Oscillators
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Phase-locked loops
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Timers
Electronic equipment
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Air conditioner
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Central heating
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Clothes dryer
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Computer/
Notebook
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Dishwasher
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Freezer
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Home robot
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Home entertainment system
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Information technologies
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Cooker
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Microwave oven
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Refrigerator
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Robotic vacuum cleaner
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Tablet
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Telephone
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Television
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Water heater
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Washing machine
Electronic instrumentation
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Ammeter
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Capacitance meter
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Distortionmeter
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Electric energy meter
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LCR meter
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Microwave power meter
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Multimeter
A multimeter (also known as a multi-tester, volt-ohm-milliammeter, volt-ohmmeter or VOM, avometer or ampere-volt-ohmmeter) is a measuring instrument that can measure multiple electrical properties. A typical multimeter can measure voltage, elec ...
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Network analyzer
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Ohmmeter
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Oscilloscope
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Psophometer
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Q meter
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Signal analyzer
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Signal generator
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Spectrum analyzer
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Transistor tester
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Tube tester
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Wattmeter
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Vectorscope
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Video signal generator
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Voltmeter
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VU meter
Memory technology
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Flash memory
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Hard drive systems
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Optical storage
** Probe Storage
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Programmable read-only memory
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Read-only memory
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Solid-state drive (SSD)
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Volatile memory
Microcontrollers
* Features
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Analog-to-digital converter
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Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the primary Processor (computing), processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes Instruction (computing), instructions ...
(CPU)
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Clock generator (Quartz timing crystal, resonator or RC circuit)
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Debugging support
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Digital-to-analog converters
** Discrete input and output bits
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In-circuit programming
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Non-volatile memory (ROM, EPROM, EEPROM or Flash)
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Peripherals (Timers, event counters, PWM generators, and watchdog)
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Serial interface (Input/output such as serial ports (UARTs))
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Serial communications (I²C, Serial Peripheral Interface and Controller Area Network)
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Volatile memory (RAM)
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8-bit microcontroller families:
AVR - PIC - COP8 - MCS-48 - MCS-51 - Z8 - eZ80 - HC08 - HC11 - H8 - PSoC
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ARM
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Atmel
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Cypress Semiconductor
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Freescale
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Intel
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MIPS
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Microchip Technology
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NXP Semiconductors
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Parallax Propeller
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PowerPC
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Rabbit 2000
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Renesas RX,
V850
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Silicon Laboratories
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STMicroelectronics
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Texas Instruments
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Toshiba TLCS
Optoelectronics
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Optical fiber
* Optical properties
* Optical receivers
* Optical system design
* Optical transmitters
Physical laws
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Ampère's law
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Coulomb's law
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Faraday's law of induction/Faraday-Lenz law
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Gauss's law
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Kirchhoff's circuit laws
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Current law
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Voltage law
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Maxwell's equations
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Gauss's law
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Faraday's law of induction
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Ampère's law
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Ohm's law
Power electronics
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Power Devices
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Gate turn-off thyristor
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MOS-controlled thyristor (MCT)
** Power BJT/MOSFET
** Static induction devices
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Electric power conversion
** DC to DC
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DC to DC converter
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Voltage stabiliser
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Linear regulator
** AC to DC
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Rectifier
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power supply unit (PSU)
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Switched-mode power supply
** DC to AC
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Inverter
** AC to AC
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Cycloconverter
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Transformer
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Variable frequency transformer
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Voltage converter
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Voltage regulator
* Power applications
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Automotive applications
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Capacitor charging applications
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Energy harvesting technologies
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Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS)
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High frequency inverters
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HVDC transmission
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Motor controller
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Photovoltaic system Conversion
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Power factor correction circuits
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Power supply
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Renewable energy sources
** Switching power converters
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Uninterruptible power supply
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Wind power
Programmable devices
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Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
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Complex programmable logic device (CPLD)
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Erasable programmable logic device (EPLD)
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Simple programmable logic device (SPLD)
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Macrocell array
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Programmable array logic (PAL)
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Programmable logic array (PLA)
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Programmable logic device (PLD)
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Field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
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VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
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Verilog Hardware Description Language
* Some notable suppliers:
Altera -
Atmel -
Cypress Semiconductor -
Lattice Semiconductor -
Xilinx
Semiconductors theory
* Properties
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Bipolar junction transistors
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Capacitance voltage profiling
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Charge carrier
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Charge-transfer complex
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Deep-level transient spectroscopy
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Depletion region
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Density of states
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Diode modelling
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Direct band gap
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Electronic band structure
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Energy level
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Exciton
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Field-effect transistors
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Metal–semiconductor junction
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MOSFETs
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N-type semiconductor
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Organic semiconductors
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P–n junction
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P-type semiconductor
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Photoelectric effect
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Quantum tunneling
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Semiconductor chip
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Semiconductor detector
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Solar cell
A solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell (PV cell), is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic effect.
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Transistor model
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Thin film
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Tight-binding model
* Device Fabrication
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Semiconductor device fabrication
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Semiconductor industry
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Semiconductor consolidation
Applications
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Audio electronics
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Automotive electronics
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Avionics
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Control Systems
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Consumer electronics
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Data acquisition
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E-health
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Electronic book
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Electronics industry
The electronics industry is the industry (economics), industry that produces electronic devices. It emerged in the 20th century and is today one of the largest global industries. Contemporary society uses a vast array of electronic devices that ar ...
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Electronic warfare
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Embedded systems
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Home automation
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Integrated circuits
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Marine electronics
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Microwave technology
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Military electronics
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Multimedia
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Nuclear electronics
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Open hardware
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Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), direction ( azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track ...
and Radionavigation
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Radio electronics
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Terahertz technology
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Video hardware
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Wired and
Wireless Communications
See also
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Outline of electrical engineering
References
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Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...
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Electronics
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...