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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brilliance control

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The brightness control in a television receiver or computer monitor. 2. The brightness control in a cathode-ray oscilloscope. 3. A control for adjusting the level of the tweeter output in a ...

barrier capacitance

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The capacitance in a bipolar transistor between the emitter and collector. It varies with changes in applied voltage, and also with the junction temperature. 2. The capacitance across any pn ...

barrier

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The carrier-free space-charge region in a semiconductor pn junction. 2. An insulating partition placed between two conductors or terminals to lengthen the dielectric path.

acetate base

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The cellulose acetate film that served as the base for the magnetic oxide coating in early recording tape. Most such tapes today are of polyester base. 2. The cellulose acetate substrate onto ...

distribution center

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The central point from which a signal is routed to various points of use. 2. In electric power operations, the point at which generation, conversion, and control equipment is operated to route ...

consumer reliability risk

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The chance a consumer takes when buying a component or piece of equipment that has not been subjected to quality-assurance/quality-control (QA/QC) testing. 2. An expression of the failure rate ...

1. The chance shifting of the normal path of a radio wave, as by displacements in the ionosphere, so that reception is degraded. 2. Unintentional radiation of energy from some point other than the ...