current divider
A simple electronic circuit which reduces an input current by a fixed factor using sources of impedance (such as resistors) connected in parallel.
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D-sub
an electrical connector with two or more rows of pins or sockets surrounded by a D-shaped metal shield
daisy-chain
Especially of a computer device, peripheral, or other component: to be capable of being connected with other components in sequence.
decade box
A piece of test equipment used during prototyping of circuits to vary the resistance, capacitance, or inductance by means of a knob or switch.
digital decay
The gradual process by which information online or in digital storage disappears or becomes inaccessible.
digital electronics
A field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them.
digital predistortion
A technique used to increase linearity or compensate for nonlinearity in power amplifiers.
DIN connector
A cylindrical connector consisting of circular pins protected by a circular wall.
DPCCH
Abbreviation of dedicated physical control channel.
DPRFP
Initialism of Direct Polar Radio Frequency Power.
DSP
Initialism of digital signal processing.
duty cycle
The ratio between the amount of time in which the clock's signal is high and the clock's period.
dynamic headroom
The ability of an amplifier to handle strong signals (or loud sounds) free from distortion.
ECM
Initialism of electronic control module.
EDD
Acronym of electronic device description.
eFuse
An on-chip microscopic fuse used to configure a circuit.
EIDE
Initialism of Extended Integrated Drive Electronics.
envelope detector
An electronic circuit that takes a relatively high-frequency amplitude modulated signal as input and provides as output the demodulated envelope of the original signal.
EPIC
Acronym of epitaxial integrated circuit.
ERA
Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array.
ESS
Initialism of electronic switching system.
eye pattern
An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.
feedback
The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
FICT
Initialism of Fixtureless In-Circuit Test.
field-programmable gate array
a gate array designed to be configured by the customer or designer after manufacturing in the field, i.e. after manufacturing.
first-order hold
A mathematical model of the practical reconstruction of sampled signals that could be done by a conventional digital-to-analog converter and an analog circuit called an integrator.
floating ground
A reference point for electric potential in a circuit which is not connected to the actual earth ground.
floor plan
A layout representation of where the major functional blocks of an integrated circuit will be physically placed.
frame-alignment recovery time
The amount of time that elapses between a valid frame alignment signal that is available at the receiving terminal equipment and the moment that frame alignment is established.
frequency domain
The analysis of mathematical functions or signals with respect to frequency, and possibly a phase, rather than time.
frequency multiplier
An electronic circuit that produces an output frequency that is an integral multiple of an input frequency.
full adder
A specific logic circuit that performs an addition operation on three bits.
fuzzy controller
A controller that uses a fuzzy logic ruleset.
gender changer
A coupling device that allows two male or two female connectors to be joined together.
gimmick capacitor
A capacitor consisting of two insulated wires twined together.
Gunning transceiver logic
A kind of logic signaling used to drive electronic backplane buses, having a voltage swing between 0.4 and 1.2 volts, much lower than that used in TTL and CMOS logic, and symmetrical parallel resistive termination.
half adder
A specific logic circuit that performs an addition operation on two bits.
hard-wire
To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires.
hardware description language
Any language from a class of computer, modeling, or specification languages for formal description and design of analogue or digital logic electronic circuits.
HDR
Initialism of hard disk recorder or hard drive recorder (“a recording device that records onto a hard disk drive”).
hot microphone
A microphone that is activated (but not powered) by the sound of the user's voice, allowing it to pick up speech without having to be manually turned on, while still rejecting background noise unaccompanied by speech.
HS-PDSCH
Initialism of High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (in UMTS).
HS-SCCH
Initialism of High Speed Shared Control Channel (in UMTS).
IDE
Initialism of integrated drive electronics.
in-plane switching
A type of liquid crystal display (LCD) layered parallel between two glass pieces that is activated by an electric current to produce an image.
inductor
A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
interposer
An electrical interface between one connection or socket and another, used to spread a connection to a wider pitch or to reroute it.
inverting function
An electronic logic circuit which inverts the phase of a signal
iris
A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
land
A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
large scale integration
An integration type for digital circuits that contain tens of thousands of transistors providing thousands of logic gates per chip.
latch-up
A kind of short circuit caused by the inadvertent creation of a low-impedance path between the power supply rails of a MOSFET circuit.
let-through
A transient voltage spike that is allowed to pass through a power conditioning unit to the load
limiter
A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
line card
A modular electronic circuit designed to fit on a separate PCB and interface with a telecommunications access network.
lineman splice
A method of tightly joining two ends of metal wire by twisting each around the other.
load voltage
The voltage that is able to be supplied by a power source to be consumed by the electrical load.
logic high
In binary logic, one of the two levels that a signal can have.
logic level
One of a finite number of states (usually two) that a digital signal can have.
logic low
In binary logic, one of the two levels that a signal can have.