Index of electronics articles

This is an index of articles relating to electronics and electricity or natural electricity and things that run on electricity and things that use or conduct electricity.

0–9

16VSB – 2VSB – 32VSB –

– 4VSB – 555 timer IC – – 8VSB

A

– Access control – Access time – Acoustic coupler – Adaptive communications – Adder – Adjacent-channel interference – Alarm sensor – Aliasing – – Alternating current – – Amateur radio – Ambient noise level – American Radio Relay League (ARRL) – Ammeter – Ampere – Amplifier – Amplitude distortion – Amplitude modulation – Analog computer – Analog – Analog-to-digital converter – Analogue switch – – Angular misalignment loss – – – Antenna blind cone – – – – – Aperture (antenna) – Aperture-to-medium coupling loss – Apollo Guidance Computer – – – – Articulation score – – – – Asynchronous operation – – Atmospheric duct – Atmospheric waveguide – Attenuation – – Audio system measurements – Audiophile – Automatic call distributor – Automatic gain control – Automatic link establishment – Automatic number identification – Automatic sounding – Automatic switching system – Autovon – Availability – Avalanche diode – Azimuth

B

Backplane –

– Back-to-back connection – Backward channel – Balance return loss – Balanced line – Balancing network – Ball grid array – Band gap – Band-stop filter – Bandwidth compression – – Barrage jamming – Baseband – – Baud – Baudot code – BCS theory – Beam diameter – Beam divergence – Beam steering – – Beat frequency oscillator – Bel – Biconical antenna – – Bilateral synchronization – – Binary classification – Binary multiplier – Binaural recording – Bipolar junction transistor – Bipolar signal – Bit inversion – Bit pairing – – Bit stuffing – – Bit-count integrity – – Black facsimile transmission – Black recording – Blanketing – Bluetooth – – BNC connector – Boresight – Breadboard – Bremsstrahlung – Bridging loss – – – Broadband – Broadcasting – Burst transmission – – – Bypass

C

Cable modem – Cable television – Caesium standard – Call collision –

– Call-second – Capacitive coupling – Capacitor – Capture effect – Carbon nanotube – Card standards – Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection – Carrier shift – Carrier system – Carrier wave – – Carson bandwidth rule – Cassegrain antenna – Category 5 cable – – Central processing unit – – – Channel noise level – Channel reliability – Character-count integrity – Characteristic impedance – Charge-coupled device – Chemical vapor deposition – Chirp – Chroma subsampling – Circuit breaker – Circuit noise level – Circuit reliability – Circuit restoration – Circuit switching – Circular polarization – Circulator – – Cladding – Clapp oscillator – – – Clearing – Clipping – Clock gating – Clock signal – – Closed-circuit television – CMOS – Coaxial cable – Co-channel interference – Code-division multiple access – Code word – Coherence length – Coherence time – Coherence – – Coherer – Coilgun – Collinear antenna array – Collinear antenna array – – Colpitts oscillator – Combat-net radio – Combinational logic – Combined distribution frame – Common base – Common battery – Common collector – Common control – Common emitter – – – Communications center – Communications satellite – Communications security – – Communications system – Communications-electronics – – Compatible sideband transmission – Composite image filter – Composite video – – Computer – Concentrator – Conditioning equipment – Conducted interference – – – Connections per circuit hour – – Constant k filter – – Contention – – Continuous operation – Continuous wave – Convolution – Copper – Cord circuit – Corner reflector – Cosmic noise – Costas loop – Coulomb's law – Counter (digital) – Coupling – Covert channel – Covert listening device – – CQD – C-QUAM – Critical frequency – Cross product – Crossbar switch – Crosstalk – Crystal filter – – – – – Cutback technique – Cutoff frequency –

D

– – Data bank – – Data compaction – Data integrity – Data link – Data service unit – Data terminal equipment – – Data – Datasheet – dBa – dBm – DBrn – DDR SDRAM – Degree of isochronous distortion – Delay line – Delta modulation – Demand assignment – Demand factor – Demand load – Demodulation – – – Design objective – Despun antenna – Deviation – – Diamagnetism – – Dielectric strength – – Dielectric – Differential amplifier – Diffraction – – Digital Audio Tape – – Digital filter – Digital multiplex hierarchy – Digital radio – Digital signal processing – Digital signal processor – Digital-to-analog converter – Digital transmission group – – – Diode – DIP switch – Dipole antenna – Dipole – – – Direct current – Direct distance dialing – Direct ray – Directional antenna – – – Direct-sequence spread spectrum – Discrete Fourier transform – – Dispersion-limited operation – Display device – Distortion – Distortion-limited operation – Emergency locator beacon – Distributed switching – Diurnal phase shift – – – – Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission – Double-slit experiment – Drift – Drop and insert – – Dual access – Dual impedance – Dual in-line package – Dual-modulus prescaler – – – Duplex – Duty cycle – – Dynamic range

E

– – Earth's magnetic field – EDIF – EEPROM – Effective antenna gain contour – Effective boresight area – Effective data transfer rate – – Effective height – Effective input noise temperature – – – Effective radiated power – Effective transmission rate – Efficiency factor – – Electric charge – Electric current – Electric field – Electric motor – Electric power transmission – Electric power – – – Electrical connector – Electrical efficiency – Element – Electrical engineering – – Impedance – – Electrical length – Load – Electrical network – Circuit – – Electrical room – – – Electricity – Electrochemical cell – Electrochemistry – Electrode – – Electrolytic capacitor – Electromagnetic environment – Electromagnetic induction – Electromagnetic interference control – Electromagnetic pulse – Electromagnetic radiation and health – Electromagnetic radiation – Electromagnetic spectrum – – Electromagnetism – Electrometer – Electron hole – Electron – – Electronic color code – Color code – Electronic data processing – – Electronic design automation – Electronic filter – – Electronic mixer – Electronic musical instrument – Electronic oscillator – – Electronic switching system – Electronic tagging – Electronic test equipment – Electronic warfare support measures – Electronics – – Electro-optic modulator – Electro-optics – Electrostatic discharge – Electrostatics – – – – End distortion – Endurability – Enhanced service – – – Equivalent impedance transforms – Equivalent noise resistance – Equivalent pulse code modulation noise – – – – – – (ELF) – Eye pattern

F

– – Facsimile converter – Fading – Fading distribution – – Fall time – Fan-beam antenna – Farad – Faraday cage – Faraday constant – Faraday's law of induction – – – Fault management – FCC registration program – Federal Standard 1037C – Feed horn – Feedback – – Ferromagnetism – Field (physics) – Field – – Field strength – FPGA Field programmable gate array – Filled cable – Filter design – Filter (signal processing) – Flip-flop – Fluorescent lamp – Flutter – Flux – Flywheel effect – – – – – – Fourier series – Fourier transform (see also List of Fourier-related transforms) – Four-wire circuit – Four-wire terminating set – Fractal antenna – – Frame rate – Frame slip – Frame synchronization – – – – Freeze frame television – Frequency assignment – Frequency averaging – Frequency counter – Frequency deviation – Frequency frogging – Frequency modulation synthesis – Frequency modulation – Frequency standard – – Frequency – Frequency-division multiplexing – Frequency-exchange signaling – Frequency-hopping spread spectrum – Frequency-shift keying – Fresnel equations – – Fresnel zone – Front-to-back ratio – Fuel cell – Fuse (electrical)

G

Gallium arsenide – Galvanic isolation – Galvanometer – Gateway – Gating – Gauss – Geiger–Müller tube – Gel electrophoresis – Gemini Guidance Computer – Gender changer – Global Positioning System –

– GNU Radio – Grade of service – Graded-index fiber – Ground constants – Ground loop – Ground plane – Ground (electricity) – – Guided ray – Gyrator

H

Halftone characteristic – Hall effect – Hamming code – Hamming distance –

– Handshake (computing) – Hard copy – Hardware register – Harmonic analysis – Harmonic oscillator – Harmonic – Hartley oscillator – – Heat sink – Helical antenna – Helmholtz coil – Henry (unit) – Hertz – – Heterodyne – High frequency – High-performance equipment – – Hop – – Hot-point probe – Hybrid balance – – – – Hysteresis

I

– IEEE 802.11 – IEEE 802.15 – IEEE 802 – Image antenna – Image impedance – – – Image response – Impedance matching – In-band on-channel – – Independent sideband – – Inductive coupling – – Inductor – – Information transfer – Information-bearer channel – Infrared – Input/output – Insertion gain – Insertion loss – Inside plant – Integrated circuit – Intensity modulation – Intentional radiator – – Interchange circuit – Intercharacter interval – Interconnect facility – Interference – Interferometry – Intermediate-field region – – International Electrotechnical Commission – Interoperability – Interposition trunk – Intersymbol interference – Inverse multiplexer – Inverse-square law – Ion pump – Ionosphere – – Isochronous burst transmission – Isochronous signal –

J

– Jamming – Jansky – Jitter

K

Karnaugh map – Kendall effect –

– Kirchhoff's circuit laws – Klystron –

L

Laser – Launch angle – Launch numerical aperture –

– Leaky mode – – – Light-emitting diode – Lightning – – Line code – Linear-feedback shift register – Linear regulator – – List of telephony terminology – Lists of video game companies – – Low-noise amplifier – Loading characteristic – Loading coil – – Local battery – – Logic gate – Logic – Log-periodic antenna – Long-haul communications – Longitudinal redundancy check – – Long-term stability – – Loop gain – – Low frequency – Low-performance equipment –

M

Macroelectronics – Magnet – Magnetic-core memory – Magnetic field – Magnetic flux quantum – Magnetic flux – Magnetic levitation – Magnetism – Magneto-optic effect – Magnetosphere –

– Main distribution frame – Main lobe – Manchester code – Maser – – Master frequency generator – – – Maximum usable frequency – Maxwell coil – Maxwell's demon – Maxwell's equations – m-derived filter – Mean time between outages – Mediation function – Medium frequency (MF) – Medium-power talker – Medium wave – Metal – Michelson–Morley experiment – Microelectronics – Microphone – Microwave auditory effect – Microwave oven – Microwave – MIL-STD-188 – – Mode scrambler – Mode volume – Modem – Modular synthesizer – – – Modulation – Molecular electronics – – Moore's law – Morse code – – MOS Technology 6502 – – MOS Technology VIC-II – – Multicoupler – Multi-element dipole antenna – Multimeter – Multipath propagation – – Multiple homing – Multiplex baseband – Multiplexer – Multiplexing – Multivibrator

N

N connector – Nanotechnology – Nanowire – Narrative traffic – Narrowband modem – Narrowband –

– Natural frequency – – Negative resistance – – Net gain (telecommunications) – Netlist – – Network architecture – Network management – Neural network (machine learning) – Neutral direct-current telegraph system – NI Multisim – – Noise figure – Noise (electronics) – Noise power – Noise temperature – Noise weighting – – Noise-equivalent power – Non-return-to-zero – Normalized frequency – Norton's theorem – NTSC – Nuclear electromagnetic pulse – Nuclear magnetic resonance – Null (radio) – Numbers station – Numerical aperture – Numerically controlled oscillator –

O

– – – Ohmmeter – Ohm's law – Oliver Heaviside – Omnidirectional antenna – One-way trunk – – – Open circuit – Open spectrum – Operational amplifier – – Optical fiber – Optical path length – – – – Orthomode transducer – Oscilloscope – – Outside plant – Overflow – – Overmodulation – Override – Overshoot (signal)

P

Packet switching – Packet-switching node – Paired disparity code – PAL –

– Parabolic antenna – Parabolic microphone – – – Parity bit – Passband – – – Path loss – Path profile – Pauli exclusion principle – – PCB layout guidelines – Peak envelope power – – Performance measurement period – Periodic antenna – Periscope antenna – Permeability – Permittivity – – Phantom circuit – – Phase – Phase distortion – – Phase modulation – Phase noise – Phase perturbation – Phased array – Phase-locked loop – Phase-shift keying – Philberth-Transformer – Phone connector (audio) – Photodiode – Photoelectric effect – Photolithography – Photon – Physical layer – – – Piezoelectricity – Pin grid array – Pirate radio – – – – Point-to-point construction – Polarential telegraph system – Polarization – Polling – Polyphase system – – – – Power – Power connector – Power supply – Preamplifier – – – – – Primary channel – Primary line constants – Primary time standard – Principal clock – Printed circuit board – Processor register – Product detector – Programmable logic device – Propagation delay – – Propagation path obstruction – – – Pseudorandom noise – – PSK31 – – Pulse duration – Pulse – Pulse-address multiple access – Pulse-code modulation – Pulsed inductive thruster – Pulse-width modulation – – Push-to-type operation – Pyroelectricity

Q

Q code – QRP operation – Q-switching – Quadrature amplitude modulation – Quadrature – Quality assurance – Quality control – Quantum harmonic oscillator – Quartz clock – Quasi-analog signal – Queuing delay

R

– Radar – Radiation angle – Radiation mode – Radiation pattern – Radiation resistance – Radiator – – Radio clock – – – Radio frequency – – – Radio propagation – – – – Radio – RadioShack – Radiotelephone – Radioteletype – – Railgun – Random-access memory – Ray transfer matrix analysis – RC circuit – RC – – RCA – – Receive-after-transmit time delay – Received noise power – – – Reconnaissance satellite – – Reference antenna – Reference circuit – Reference clock – Reference noise – Reference surface – Reflection coefficient – Reflections of signals on conducting lines – Reflective array antenna – Refractive index contrast – Regenerative circuit – – Registered jack – Relational model – Relative transmission level – Relaxation oscillator – Relay – Release time – Remote Operations Service Element protocol – Remote sensing – – Repeater – Repeating coil – Reproduction speed – Reradiation – – Resistor – Resonance – Response time – Responsivity – Return loss – RF connector – RF modulator – RF power margin – RF probe – – – – Rhombic antenna – Ring current – Ring latency – Ring modulation – – Ringdown –

RL circuit – RLC circuit – Robot – Rogowski coil – Root mean square – Routing indicator – RS-232 – RX – Rydberg formula

S

S/PDIF –

– – Scalar field – Scanner – Scanning electron microscope – SCART – Schematic – – Scrambler – SECAM – Second audio program – Second-order intercept point – Security management – Self-clocking signal – Self-synchronizing code – Semiautomatic switching system – Semiconductor device – Semiconductor – Sensitivity – – – – – – – Series and parallel circuits – Shadow loss – – – Short circuit – – Shot noise – Shrinking generator – – Sideband – Sidereal time – Siemens – – – – Signal processing – Signal reflection – Signal transition – Signal-to-crosstalk ratio – Signal-to-noise ratio – Signature block – – Silicon bandgap temperature sensor – Silicon – – Simplex signaling – Sinc filter – – Single-phase electric power – Single-frequency signaling – Single-polarized antenna – Single-sideband modulation – Skew (antenna) – Skin effect – Skip zone – Skywave – Slant range – Slewing – Slew rate – Slot antenna – Slow-scan television – Software-defined radio – Solar cell – Soldering – Solenoid – Sound card – – Space tether – Spark gap – Specific detectivity – – – Spectral width – Spectrum – Spectrum analyzer – Speed of light – Speed of service – SPICE – Spill-forward feature – Spillover – Spin glass – Spot beam – Spread spectrum – Spurious emission – Squelch – Standard telegraph level – Standard test signal – – Standing wave ratio – Standing wave – Starpath Supercharger – Start signal – – Static electricity – – Step-index profile – Stoletov's law – Stop signal – Stopband – – Stressed environment – Strobe light – – Subcarrier – Subtractive synthesis – Sudden ionospheric disturbance – Supercomputer – Superconductivity – Superheterodyne receiver – Superparamagnetism – Superposition theorem – Supervisory program – – Surface wave – Surface-mount technology – Surveillance device – Survivability – S-Video – Switch – Switched-mode power supply – Synchronism – Synchronization – – – Synchronous optical networking – Synthesizer – System integrity – Systems control

T

– Tactical communications system – Tactical communications – – Tantalum – Tape relay – T-carrier – Technical control facility – – – Telecommunications service – Teleconference – Telegrapher's equations – Telegraphy – Telemetry – – Teletext – – Television – – TEMPEST – Tensor – Tesla coil – – Test antenna – – – Thermistor – Thévenin's theorem – Third-order intercept point – – – Time-assignment speech interpolation – Time-division multiple access – Time-division multiplexing – Time-domain reflectometer – Time-out – – Toll switching trunk – Total harmonic distortion – Total internal reflection – Traffic intensity – Traffic shaping – Transceiver – Transcoding – Transducer – Transformer – – Transimpedance amplifier – Transistor radio – Transistor – – – Transition metal – Transmission coefficient – Transmission level point – Transmission line – Transmission medium – Medium – Transmit-after-receive time delay – – Transmitter – – – Transponder – Transverse redundancy check – Traveling-wave tube – TRF – Triangle wave – Trimline telephone – Troposphere – – Tropospheric wave – – Twisted pair –

U

Ultra high frequency –

– Ultraviolet – Unavailability – Uncertainty principle – Uniform linear array – Unijunction transistor – Unintentional radiator – – Upright position (electronics) – User (telecommunications)

V

– – Vacuum tube – – – Varicap – Varistor – VDC – Vector field – – Very high frequency – Very-large-scale integration – – – – – – – Video – Vintage amateur radio – – Virtual circuit – Virtual ground – Voice frequency primary patch bay – Voice frequency – Volt- – – Voltmeter – Vox

W

Wardenclyffe Tower –

– Watt – Wave impedance – – Wave – Waveform – – Waveguide – – Wavelength – Wheatstone bridge – Whip antenna – White facsimile transmission – Wideband modem – Williams tube – Wink pulsing – Wire wrap – Wire – Wireless access point – Wireless community network – Wireless network – – Wireless – X-dimension of recorded spot – XLR connector

Y

– –

Z

– Zero insertion force (ZIF) – Zero-dispersion wavelength – Zigbee – Zig-zag in-line package – Zobel network – Zone melting – Z-transform

See also

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