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Semiconductors
Any solid material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow (as opposed to ionic conductivity) of a magnitude between that of a conductor and that of an insulator.
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advanced boolean expression language (ABEL)
Semiconductors; Test equipment
An early hardware description language developed for PLD-based designs.
analog built In self test (ABIST)
Semiconductors; Test equipment
A form of BIST targeted at testing analog circuits.
array built In self test (ABIST)
Semiconductors; Test equipment
A form of memory BIST for embedded memories.
alternating current (AC)
Semiconductors; Test equipment
An electric current that rises to a maximum in one direction, falls back to zero and then rises to a maximum in the opposite direction and then repeats.
acknowledge (ACK)
Semiconductors; Test equipment
In a multipoint tester the ACK signal is used to verify that the communication command was received.
analog to digital converter (ADC)
Semiconductors; Test equipment
A circuit used to convert ana analog signal into the digital equivalent of that signal.
application development environment (ADE)
Semiconductors; Test equipment
An environment which provides users various software development tools for the development of automated test systems. Examples of ADEs include National Instruments LabVIEW, ...
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