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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closed circuit

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A continuous unbroken circuit (i.e., one in which current can flow without interruption). Compare open circuit.

Benito

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A continuous-wave method of measuring the distance of an aircraft from the ground, involving the transmission of an audio-modulated signal from ground and the retransmission back to ground by the ...

Condor

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A continuous-wave navigational system that produces a cathode-ray-tube display for automatically determining the bearing and distance from a ground station.

contour

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A control on an audio reproduction system that increases the base and treble amplitudes at low levels to compensate for the ear’s natural losses in these ranges. Alternatively, this control can ...

closed-loop control system

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A control system in which self regulation is obtained by means of a feedback path (See closed loop). An example is a voltage regulator, in which a rise in output voltage is fed back to the input. ...