Electronic engineering

Electronic engineering

Electronic engineering is an engineering discipline focused on the design, fabrication, testing and operation of circuits, electronic components, devices, and systems.

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contaminated material

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. A semiconductor material containing some undesired substance. 2. A material unintentionally made radioactive.

code

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. A set of symbols for communications (e.g., the Morse code of radiotelegraphy and wire telegraphy in which dots and dashes correspond to letters, numbers, and marks of punctuation). 2. In a ...

discharger

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. A short-circuiting tool for discharging capacitors. 2. A spark gap or other device for automatically discharging an overcharged capacitor.

damping resistor

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. A shunt across a coil to prevent ringing. 2. A resistor used to provide critical damping of a galvanometer.

data signal

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. A signal (such as one of binary bit combinations) that can represent data as numbers, letters, or symbols. 2. A signal current or voltage proportional to some sampled quantity, and that can be ...

comb generator

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. A signal generator that provides outputs at evenly spaced frequencies. So called because, on a spectrum analyzer, its output looks like the teeth of a comb. 2. A transmitter with many spurious ...