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21Current source — Figure 1: An ideal current source, I, driving a resistor, R, and creating a voltage V A current source is an electrical or electronic device that delivers or absorbs electric current. A current source is the dual of a voltage source. The term… …
22Resistor — A typical axial lead resistor Type Passive Working principle Electrical resistance Invented Ge …
23Diode — Figure 1: Closeup of a diode, showing the square shaped semiconductor crystal (black object on left) …
24Diode logic — (DL) or diode resistor logic constructs Boolean logic gates from diodes acting as electrically operated switches. While diode logic has the advantage of simplicity, the lack of an amplifying stage in each gate limits its application. Not all… …
25Buck converter — A buck converter is a step down DC to DC converter. Its design is similar to the step up boost converter, and like the boost converter it is a switched mode power supply that uses two switches (a transistor and a diode) and an inductor and a… …
26Brushed DC electric motor — A brushed DC motor is an internally commutated electric motor designed to be run from a direct current power source. Contents 1 Simple two pole DC motor 2 The commutating plane 2.1 Compensation for stator field distortion …
27Common base — Figure 1: Basic NPN common base circuit (neglecting biasing details). In electronics, a common base (also known as grounded base) amplifier is one of three basic single stage bipolar junction transistor (BJT) amplifier topologies, typically used… …
28Current mirror — A current mirror is a circuit designed to copy a current through one active device by controlling the current in another active device of a circuit, keeping the output current constant regardless of loading. The current being copied can be, and… …
29Bipolar transistor biasing — Bipolar transistor amplifiers must be properly biased to operate correctly. In circuits made with individual devices (discrete circuits), biasing networks consisting of resistors are commonly employed. Much more elaborate biasing arrangements are …
30electric motor — motor (def. 4). [1885 90] * * * Introduction any of a class of devices that convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, usually by employing electromagnetic phenomena. Most electric motors develop their mechanical torque by the… …
