Electronic components

Electronic components

Any basic device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields.

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hermetically sealed resistor

Electronic components; Resistors

Sealed so that a resistor is gas-tight to a specific rate, normally less than 1 x 10-8 cc/sec of helium. A hermetically sealed resistor is one in which the resistance element is ...

linear taper

Electronic components; Resistors

An adjustable resistor that changes value in a linear manner. This term is used to describe a resistor that changes from a low to high value (or the reverse) increases or ...

variable attenuator

Electronic components; Resistors

A term that could be applied to a passive variable resistor, having a mechanical wiper which is moved across a resistive element. However the term is more often used to refer to ...