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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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drift-matched components
Engineering; Electronic engineering
Active or passive components that have been closely matched in terms of the drift of one or more parameters, with respect to time, temperature, etc.
doping
Engineering; Electronic engineering
Adding a dopant to a semiconductor to alter the way it conducts current.
adsorption
Engineering; Electronic engineering
Adhesion of a thin layer of molecules of one substance to the surface of another without absorption. An example is adsorption of water to the surface of a dielectric. This term is often confused with ...
compensation
Engineering; Electronic engineering
Adjusting a quantity, manually or automatically, to obtain precise values, or to counteract undesired variations. Example: temperature compensation of electronic components. For illustration, See ...
coarse adjustment
Engineering; Electronic engineering
Adjustment of a quantity in large increments. Compare fine adjustment.
dc positioning
Engineering; Electronic engineering
Alignment of the spot on the screen of an oscilloscope tube, by means of adjustable dc voltages applied to the horizontal and vertical deflecting plates.
acyclic machine
Engineering; Electronic engineering
Also called acyclic generator. A dc generator in which voltage induced in the active wires of the armature is always of the same polarity.
