Semiconductors

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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sync

Semiconductors; Test equipment

The portion of a video signal that indicates either the end of a field or a line of video information.

vertical sync

Semiconductors; Test equipment

The portion of a video signal that indicates the end of a field of video information. This sync pulse is used by video equipment to maintain field synchronization with the ...

horizontal sync

Semiconductors; Test equipment

The portion of a video signal that indicates the end of a line of video information.

read only memory (ROM)

Semiconductors; Test equipment

Used for information storage that can be accessed but not modified.

reduced pin count testing (RPCT)

Semiconductors; Test equipment

A test technique used for applying test patterns to a device through a subset of all the device pins. Typically uses the JTAG interface and can be used to apply scan patterns with ...

receiver signal strength indicator (RSSI)

Semiconductors; Test equipment

mechanism to measure the strength of an incoming RF signal. Used to determine whether the transmitter should increase or decrease it's transmission power.