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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relative humidity

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Ratio of the quantity of water vapor present in the air to the quantity which would saturate it at any given temperature.

resistance

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Property of a conductor that determines the current produced by a given difference of potential. The ohm is the practical unit of resistance.

resistivity

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

The ability of a material to resist passage of electrical current either through its bulk or on a surface. The unit of volume resistivity is the ohm-cm, of surface resistivity, ...

AC (alternating current)

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Current which passes from the generator in one direction and then the other, alternately.

AC ripple

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

The alternating current superimposed on the dc bias after rectification in a power supply.

impregnate

Electronic components; Capacitors

To fill the voids and interstices of a material with a compound. (This does not imply complete fill or complete coating of the surfaces by a hole-free film).