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| x Battery isolator |
A battery isolator is an electrical device allowing DC current to flow in one direction, but not flow in reverse. They are commonly used on vehicles where multiple batteries or battery banks are used, including recreational vehicles, boats, utility...
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| x Ceramic resonator |
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A ceramic resonator is an electronic component that when combined with other appropriate components, can produce oscillations at a specific frequency. It consists of a voltage-variable capacitor that acts in some ways like a quartz crystal. Ceramic...
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| x Commutator |
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A commutator is a rotary electrical switch in certain types of electric motors or electrical generators that periodically reverses the current direction between the rotor and the external circuit. In a motor, it applies power to the best location on...
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A contactor is an electrically controlled switch (a relay) used for switching a power or control circuit. A contactor is controlled by a circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched circuit. Contactors come in many forms with...
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A crystal oscillator is an electronic circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of a vibrating crystal of piezoelectric material to create an electrical signal with a very precise frequency. This frequency is commonly used to keep track of time (as...
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| x Current sensor |
A current sensor is a device that detects electrical current (AC or DC) in a wire, and generates a signal proportional to it.
The sensed current and the output signal can be:
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| x Cutout |
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In the electrical distribution utility industry a cutout is a combination fuse and switch used in primary overhead feeder lines and taps to protect stepdown transformers from current surges and overloads.
A cutout consists of three major components:...
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| x Electrical element |
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The concept of electrical elements is used in the analysis of electrical networks. Any electrical network can be modeled by decomposing it down to multiple, interconnected electrical elements in a schematic diagram or circuit diagram. Each...
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In electronics, a switch is an electrical component that can break an electrical circuit, interrupting the current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most familiar form of switch is a manually operated electromechanical device with...
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| x Inrush current limiter |
An inrush current limiter is a component used to limit inrush current. Negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistors and fixed resistors are often used for this. Less often, other components are also used.
The inrush current limiter is placed...
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| x Insulated staple |
Insulated staples are used by electricians for securing wires; they can be installed with either hammer or staple gun. The insulation is a dielectric, and also a pneumatic buffer to prevent physical damage to the wire's insulation. Specialized...
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| x Memristor |
A memristor /ˈmɛmrɨstər/ ("memory resistor") is any of various kinds of passive two-terminal circuit elements that maintain a functional relationship between the time integrals of current and voltage. This function, called memristance, is similar to...
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| x Norator |
In electronics, a norator is a theoretical linear, time-invariant one-port which can have an arbitrary current and voltage between its terminals. A norator represents a controlled voltage or current source with infinite gain.
Inserting a norator in...
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| x Nullator |
In electronics, a nullator is a theoretical linear, time-invariant one-port defined as having zero current and voltage across its terminals. Nullators are strange in the sense that they simultaneously have properties of both a short (zero voltage)...
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A nullor is a theoretical two-port network composed of a nullator at its input and a norator at its output. Nullors represent an ideal amplifier, having infinite current, voltage, transconductance and transimpedance gain. Its transmission parameters...
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| x Photodetector |
Photosensors or photodetectors are sensors of light or other electromagnetic energy. There are several varieties:
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| x Planar Hall sensor |
The planar Hall sensor is based on the planar Hall effect of ferromagnetic materials.
It measures the change in anisotropic magnetoresistance caused by an external magnetic field in the Hall geometry. The sensor responds to magnetic field...
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| x Rectiformer |
A Rectiformer is a rectifier and transformer designed and built as a single entity for converting alternating current into direct current.It is used for supplying power to different field of ESP(electrostatic precipitator).
Rectiformers are commonly...
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A relay is an electrically operated switch. Many relays use an electromagnet to operate a switching mechanism, but other operating principles are also used. Relays find applications where it is necessary to control a circuit by a low-power signal,...
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| x Resistor |
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A resistor is a two-terminal electronic component that produces a voltage across its terminals that is proportional to the electric current through it in accordance with Ohm's law:
Resistors are elements of electrical networks and electronic...
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| x Terminal |
A terminal is a the point at which a conductor from an electrical component, device or network comes to an end and provides a point of connection to external circuits. A terminal may simply be the end of a wire or it may be fitted with a connector...
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| x Thermopile |
A thermopile is an electronic device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy. It is composed of thermocouples connected usually in series or less commonly in parallel. Thermopiles do not measure the absolute temperature, but generate an...
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| x Thin film bulk acoustic resonator |
Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FBAR or TFBAR) is a device consisting of a piezoelectric material sandwiched between two electrodes and acoustically isolated from the surrounding medium. FBAR devices using piezoelectric films with thicknesses...
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| x Time switch |
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A time switch ( also called timer switch) is an electric switch with a built-in clock that plugs into an electric socket, between the socket itself and a power plug. This physical arrangement allows the connected device(s) to automatically receive...
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A varistor is an electronic component with a significant non-ohmic current–voltage characteristic. The name is a portmanteau of variable resistor. Varistors are often used to protect circuits against excessive transient voltages by incorporating...
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| x Voltage detector |
A voltage detector is a sensor used to detect the presence of electricity in a wire.
The simplest type is a light bulb, or neon lamp and resistor, placed in series with the power supply or mains electricity. There are two bare metal probe s used to...
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| x Capacitor |
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A capacitor or condenser is a passive electronic component consisting of a pair of conductors separated by a dielectric. When a potential difference exists across the conductors, an electric field is present in the dielectric. This field stores...
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| x Ceramic capacitor |
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In electronics ceramic capacitor is a capacitor constructed of alternating layers of metal and ceramic, with the ceramic material acting as the dielectric. The temperature coefficient depends on whether the dielectric is Class 1 or Class 2. A...
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| x EEstor |
EEStor is a company based in Cedar Park, Texas, United States that claims to have developed a revolutionary new type of capacitor for electricity storage, which EEStor calls the 'Electrical Energy Storage Unit' (EESU). EEStor claims the EESU can...
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| x EIA Class 1 dielectric |
The EIA Class 1 dielectric materials are ceramic dielectric materials used in ceramic capacitors of small values (typically
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| x EIA Class 2 dielectric |
The EIA Class 2 dielectric materials are ceramic dielectric materials used in ceramic capacitors. In comparison with the EIA Class 1 dielectrics they tend to have severe temperature drift, high dependence of capacitance on applied voltage, high...
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| x Electrolytic capacitor |
An electrolytic capacitor is a type of capacitor that uses an ionic conducting liquid as one of its plates with a larger capacitance per unit volume than other types. They are valuable in relatively high-current and low-frequency electrical circuits...
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| x Ferroelectric capacitor |
Ferroelectric capacitor is a capacitor based on a ferroelectric material. In contrast, traditional capactors are based on dielectric materials. Ferroelectric devices are used in digital electronics as part of ferroelectric RAM, or in analog...
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| x Filter capacitor |
Filter capacitors are any capacitors used for filtering. Filter capacitors are common in electrical and electronic work, and cover a number of applications, such as:
Filter capacitors are not the same as reservoir capacitors, the tasks the two...
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The Leyden jar, or Leiden jar, is a device that "stores" static electricity between two electrodes on the inside and outside of a jar. It was invented independently by Ewald Georg von Kleist in 11 October 1744 and by Pieter van Musschenbroek in 1745...
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| x Light emitting capacitor |
Light emitting capacitor, or LEC, is a term used by CeeLite, a manufacturer of flat panel lighting products.
LECs are derived from and similar to electroluminescent panels. The company has put considerable effort into improving electroluminescent ...
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| x Lithium ion capacitor |
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A Lithium Ion Capacitor (LIC) is a hybrid type of capacitor. Activated carbon is used as cathode. The anode of the LIC consists of carbon material which is pre-doped with lithium ion. This pre-doping process lowers the potential of the anode and...
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| x Motor capacitor |
A motor capacitor, such as a start capacitor or run capacitor, including a dual run capacitor, is an electrical capacitor that boosts the current to an electric motor, such as in air conditioners, hot tub/jacuzzi spa pumps, or forced air heat...
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| x Photoflash capacitor |
A photoflash capacitor is a capacitor used in flash cameras, professional flashes, and solid-state laser power supplies. Their typical purpose is to power a high voltage flash tube, which then illuminates a photographic target or optically pumps a...
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| x Reservoir capacitor |
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A reservoir capacitor is a capacitor that is used to smooth the pulsating DC from an AC rectifier.
The above diagram shows reservoir performance from a near zero impedance source, such as a mains supply. As the rectifier voltage increases, it...
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| x Silver mica capacitor |
Silver mica capacitors are high precision high stability high reliability capacitors. They are available in small values, and are mostly used at high frequencies.
Mica capacitors, which are now obsolete, were in use in the early 20th century. They...
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| x Switched capacitor |
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A switched capacitor is an electronic circuit element used for discrete time signal processing. It works by moving charges into and out of capacitors when switches are opened and closed. Usually, non-overlapping signals are used to control the...
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A trimmer or preset is a miniature adjustable electrical component. It is meant to be set correctly when installed in some device, and never seen or adjusted by the device's user. Trimmers can be variable resistors (potentiometers) or variable...
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| x Vacuum variable capacitor |
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A vacuum variable capacitor uses a high vacuum as the dielectric instead of air or other insulating material. This allows for a higher voltage rating and/or capacitance value using a smaller total volume. In addition to the higher voltage rating a...
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A variable capacitor is a capacitor whose capacitance may be intentionally and repeatedly changed mechanically or electronically. Variable capacitors are often used in L/C circuits to set the resonance frequency, e.g. to tune a radio (therefore they...
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| x Varicap |
In electronics, a varicap diode, varactor diode, variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode which has a variable capacitance that is a function of the voltage impressed on its terminals.
Varactors are...
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| x Electrical conductor |
In science and engineering, a conductor is a material which contains movable electric charges. In metallic conductors, such as copper or aluminum, the movable charged particles are electrons (see electrical conduction). Positive charges may also be...
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| x Advanced superionic conductor |
The term of advanced superionic conductors (AdSIC) was first introduced in the paper by A.L.Despotuli, A.V.Andreeva and B.Rambaby.
AdSICs are fast ion conductors that have a crystal structure close to optimal for fast ion transport (FIT). The rigid...
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| x Conventional superconductor |
Conventional superconductors are materials that display superconductivity as described by BCS theory or its extensions.(c.f. Unconventional superconductor)
Critical temperatures of some simple metals:
Niobium and vanadium are type-II superconductors...
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| x Unconventional superconductor |
Unconventional superconductors are materials that display superconductivity which does not conform to either the conventional BCS theory or the Nikolay Bogolyubov's theory or its extensions.
The first unconventional singlet d-wave supeconductor,...
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| x Hall effect sensor |
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A Hall effect sensor is a transducer that varies its output voltage in response to changes in magnetic field. Hall sensors are used for proximity switching, positioning, speed detection, and current sensing applications.
In its simplest form, the...
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A thermocouple is a junction between two different metals that produces a voltage related to a temperature difference. Thermocouples are a widely used type of temperature sensor for measurement and control and can also be used to convert heat into...
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| x Printed circuit board |
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A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks, or traces, etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to...
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| x Flux capacitor |
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The flux capacitor is the fictitious core component of Doctor Emmett Brown's time travel De Lorean DMC-12 in the 1985 movie Back to the Future, its two sequel, and the animated series. Brown states that the flux capacitor "is what makes time travel...
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| x Bubble memory |
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Bubble memory is a type of non-volatile computer memory that uses a thin film of a magnetic material to hold small magnetized areas, known as bubbles or domains, each of which stores one bit of data. Bubble memory started out as a promising...
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Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It is a technology that is primarily used in memory cards and USB flash drives for general storage and transfer of data between computers and other...
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| x Static random access memory |
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Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) is a type of semiconductor memory where the word static indicates that, unlike dynamic RAM (DRAM), it does not need to be periodically refreshed, as SRAM uses bistable latching circuitry to store each bit. SRAM...
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| x Dynamic random access memory |
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Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a type of random access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. Since real capacitors leak charge, the information eventually fades unless the capacitor charge...
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| x CPU socket |
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A CPU socket or CPU slot is an electrical component that attaches to a printed circuit board (PCB) and is designed to house a CPU (also called a microprocessor). It is a special type of integrated circuit socket designed for very high pin counts. A...
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ZIF is an acronym for zero insertion force, a concept used in the design of IC sockets, invented to avoid problems caused by applying force upon insertion and extraction.
A normal integrated circuit (IC) socket requires the IC to be pushed into...
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