What element is insulated from nerve at 2 different points a known

gate terminal
channel material in MOSFET? distance apart?
a device that provides 2 output signals What is the average voltage of the
that differ in phase for a single input Phase splitter output of a half-wave rectifier is 50 V- 15.9V
signal peak?
What is the measure of how much What diode is formed by a metal
time is taken by the computer system Throughput semiconductor junction containing Schottky diode
to do a certain job? aluminum and N-type silicon?
A class of amplifier which has the least What instrument is used for detecting
Class A
distortion and measuring potential energy,
What is the effect of armature Decreases the total electric charges or electric current by Electrometer
reaction? flux means of mechanical forces exerted
What op amp is considered the between electrically-charged bodies?
LM741C
industry standard? Why is the use of a large capacitor in Because it is
What class of amplifier operates for filters discouraged? expensive
Class B
50% of the input signal? What is the characteristic of a It softens when
What class of operation can be used thermoplastic material when heated? heated
Class A, Class AB or
with push-pull amplifier to provide What is the typical light to dark ratio
Class C 1:1000
good fidelity output signal? resistance of a photoresistor?
How many NiMH cells connected in What device is constructed in an array
2
series can obtain 2.4 V of DC voltage? of thermocouples used to generate Thermopile
Feedback factor must larger voltages and current?
What must be satisfied to sustain
be unity; zero phase What term is used to describe the
oscillation in an oscillator?
shift product of pulse width and pulse Duty cycle
What is achieved in an oscillator by repetition frequency?
Gain stability
controlling the gain? What process is involved in depositing
What software design is specially for a very thin layer of silicon to form a
SOHO Epitaxial method
business? uniformly-doped crystalline region on
What command is used to make a link a substrate?
Anchor tag Who designed the microprocessor in
in HTML? Ted Hoff
What component prevents oscillation Compensating 1969?
inside an op amp? capacitor What is the difference between a data There is no inherent
What value of input voltage switches byte and a command byte? difference
Trip point What is the operation condition of a
the output of a comparator? Quiescence
Three types of robots used in Cartesian; SCARA; circuit when no load is applied to it?
assembly operation anthromorphic A depletion MOSFET (DMOSFET) can
Zero, positive and
What is the standard format used in operated with what gate-to-source
negative
9 track format voltage?
tape recording?
What do you call the number of What is the purpose of the spring or
To prevent damage
wire around the LED of a new
compatible logic inputs that can be from static electricity
Fan-out MOSFET?
driven out w/o exceeding its output
current specification? What is the length of the pulse
Pulse width
The motion of charge particles, measured?
especially colloidal, through a What is the number of times in one PRF (pulse repetition
relatively stationary liquid under the second that the cycle repeats itself? frequency)
Electrophoresis What device limits or prevents some
influence of an applied electric field
provided in general by immersed parts of the waveform from exceeding Limiter
electrodes? a specified value?
What is the speed of the most recent 280.6 TFLOPS What is the combination of two point
supercomputer? (TeraFLOPS) charges of equal magnitude and
What is the first stage of an op amp? Differential amplifier opposite polarity separated by a
Doublet
distance that is small compared to
What is another term for
Integrated circuits that of which the field of the dipole
semiconductor memory chips?
can be determined?
Essentially, a DC wattmeter consists of A voltmeter and
what devices? ammeter What is the approximate thickness of
a wafer obtained by the splicing 1/1000 of an inch
What bearing of an electric motor
Sleeved bearing process?
should be oiled regularly?
1/500 of human hair
The object can be
What is the advantage if a compiler What is the approximate thickness or with an insulator not
stored or reused as
over an interpreter in a computer? a wire in Pentium ICs? more than 25 atoms
often as required
thick
What is the main function of
Covert DC to AC How many RS flip-flops are required to
commutator in a DC circuit? 8
store the binary number 1000101?
What portion of magnetization curve The knee of the
The average time to move a head
should an amplifier be operated? curve Average seek time
from one location to another?
It’s an electronic tube that emits
What is the simplest type of tube
photoelectrons when its anode is Phototube Triode
capable of amplification?
illuminated
What portion of the magnetic curve
What is the color of the positive plate Deep chocolate At the knee of the
should the magnetic amplifier be
of a fully charges lead acid cell? brown curve
operated?
The name of the simplest type of
Half-wave rectifier What class of amplifier is used when
rectifier with one diode? Class A
minimum distortion is required?
The greatest percentage of heat loss
Copper loss What is the typical voltage drop of a
in dc machine is caused by? 1 volt
selenium semiconductor?
What do you call one or more
What IC advantage translates into less
computers in an installation that is Active computer Reliability
downtime?
online and processing data?
Where was the silicon accelerometer
What semiconductor IC that has a Stanford University
developed?
fixed pattern of digital data stored in ROM
its memory matrix? What is the production method to
prevent unwanted interaction between Isolation
What type of bus is used to transfer
elements on a chip?
address which indicates where the Address bus
Maximum distance between features
data is to be read or written? Geometry
on a chip in an IC fabrication?
What is used to determine the Electroneurograph
What do you call the act of persuading
conduction velocity of peripheral nerve (ENG) Social Engineering
by stimulating or recording from the people to disclose their password?

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Robots or machines that resemble defused source and drain regions on
Android
humans either side of a P or N-channel area
What is the high speed memory used What wave has a linear increase in a
to store a small amount of data voltage followed by a rapid decrease Sawtooth
Scratch pad memory
temporarily so that the data can be of voltage at the end of the waveform?
retrieved quickly? What wave looks like a sawtooth wave
Trapezoidal wave
What type of bus is used to transfer sitting on top of a square wave?
address which indicates where the Address bus What refers to the interval of time
data is to be read or written? needed for a voltage to go from 0-
Transient interval
What instrument is used to detect the 100% or 100-0% of its maximum
presence, sign and in some, value?
configuration, the magnitude of What is the term for a switch that
Electroscope
electric charge by the mutual disconnects the circuit completely at
Shortlag
attraction or repulsion of metal foils or one position before the connection at
pitch balls? the next is made?
What device generates high voltage by What is the approximate duration of a
5 time constants
accumulating large quantities of transient period?
electric charge? How many individual memory cells
What battery is considered a large would be contained in a memory IC 64
D
size? that has 4 data?
First computer to use GUI Lisa Who calculated the electrostatic radius
Ernest Rutherford
How many amplifiers are there in a of an atom?
2
basic instrumentation amplifier? How many outputs does a 6-stage
What is a typical AC voltage defect PISO (Parallel In Serial Out) shift 1
that has a high voltage up to 6000 V Spike register have?
lasting about 100 microseconds What is the science of the interaction
What do you call the left side of the or interconversion of Electrical and Electrochemistry
Leading edge
poles? Chemical phenomenon?
Which are normally enabled by a What is the robot’s hand called? End effector
Quad latch
single control? Programming of a continuous path
What type of a variable resistor is robot is normally carried out by a Walk through
Thermistor
temperature sensitive? method called
What refers to the time for a disk to What particles are considered by most
spin a particular section under a head Latency time nuclear investigators to be the true Leptons and quarks
for reading? elementary particles?
What welding method is especially What is the relationship between
Electron beam Max. impedance,
developed for application in vacuum impedance and current in a parallel
welding min. current
welding? resonant circuit?
What will happen if the charging rate Increase of hydrogen With regards to computer logic
Opposite of the
to a battery is too high? liberation circuits, what is meant by
original statement
What is the disadvantage of using complement?
The scale is uneven
moving-iron in measuring AC current? What is the alternation in excitability
What type of linear regulation is used and conductivity of a nerve caused by Electrotonus
in applications requiring efficient Series regulator the passage of electric current?
utilization of primary power source? What do you call when a magnetron
What is the valuable tool in fires randomly rather than firing on Mode skipping
determining the time required for each successive pulse as desired?
R/L time constant
current in an inductor to reach a How much time is required for
specific volume? electromagnetic energy to travel 1 12.36 μs
What battery performs a similar nautical mile and return to the source?
DC battery
function as a photovoltaic cell? What is another term for thermal
Slow neutrons
Electronic device that can be active neutrons?
(using external source) or passive What is another term for checking the
Bias indicator
(using only capacitors, inductors and degree of motor shaft misalignments?
Balance circuit
resistors) that is attached to twisted What determines the speed of a DC
Load
copper to even out the electronic series motor?
characteristics of both What is the typical residential AC
What is the hydrometer reading of a voltage defect that refers to the
Slightly less than 1.3
fully-charged lead-acid cell? interference that appears as small
Sensing element made from a thin- magnitude variations riding on the Line noise
walled tube formed into convolutions angular waveform caused by radio
Bellow
and sealed; whose displacement can frequency and electromagnetic
be made a transduction element sources?
What is the resistivity of the most What particle radiation has no charge
1.7 x 10-8 ohm-m
commonly used conductor? and produces no ionization and
Gamma particle
What oscillator provides a sharp null therefore difficult to attenuate and
at the center frequency, oscillating in Wein-bridge poses a major health threat?
high-gain amplifiers feedback path oscillator What works upon the principle that
near its null frequency? increasing the current through a coil
What is the product of the magnitude decreases the permeability of the
Saturable-core
of either charge of a dipole and the Dipole element core, the decreased permeability
reactor
distance separating the two charges? decreases the inductance of the coil
What is a sealed enclosure either which causes an increase in current
highly evacuated or containing a (power) through the load?
controlled quantity of gas in which What is the typical residential voltage
electrons can be made sufficiently defect which refers to an increase in
Electron tube Chronic overvoltage
mobile to act as the principal carriers the steady-state voltage amplitude
of current between at least one pair of that lasts for a long time?
electrodes often under the control of Invisible light
one or more additional electrodes? photons (UV)
Switching diodes for bombard the
A PIN diode is usually used as frequencies up to the How is invisible light changed to phosphor atoms in
GHz range visible light in a fluorescent lamp? the light tube, the
What is the ideal output of an op amp phosphorous atoms
Zero emit visible light
with zero volts on both inputs?
A semiconductor device that contains MOSFET photons
2
A thermocouple is a device that neighboring atoms?
Heat
produces voltage by what method? In radar, what is the change in
What is the maximum normal memory frequency of a received signal caused
Doppler effect
size assuming a simple and direct 16 64 kb by the relative motion between the
bit? radar and the target?
What is approximately the longest What amplifier is used when it is not
Capacitive-coupled
timing period that can be achieved necessary to preserve the DC
11,000 seconds amplifier
with the standard single-stage 555 component of a signal?
monostable multivibrator circuit? What type of coupling is most useful
How many bytes per second will be for an audio amplifier between the RC coupling
processed by computers in 2050 accdg 500 trillion first and second stages?
to “Moore’s Law”? An integrated op amp has how many
2
What standard cell is less accurate by inputs?
Weston saturated
0.005%... used as a reference in What is the reason why a general
cell
(something) and recording meters? purpose diode is more likely to suffer Because it is lightly
Specially designed, highly sensitive avalanche breakdown than zener doped
electronic voltmeter used to measure Galvanometer breakdown?
extremely low currents What enables you to determine the
Frequency response
How many protons does an oxygen bandwidth and the upper and lower
8 curve
have? frequency limits of an amplifier?
Who calculated the electron velocity What do you call the number of
Neils Bohr
and radius? spontaneous disintegrations per Activity
What is an electrically produced graph second of a radioactive isotope?
Electrogram
or tracing? In metals, conductivity is reduced
What is the electrodynamics of heating when electrons… is by all but which of Long range order
effects and of current distribution in Electrokinetics the following?
electrical networks? What refers to the primary interaction
Under what condition is the circuit if of the maximum motor operating Motor class
the output depends on w/c one of two temperature?
Race condition
simultaneous inputs arrive at a part of Basically, what is the composition of
Oil and soap
the circuit first? lubricating grease?
What part of the transformer is most In an LC choke input filter, what
Winding insulation The CEMF of the
subject to damage from overheating? prevents the rapid charging of the
inductor
An apparatus for generating static capacitor?
electricity, consisting of a disk that is What is the resulting circuit if a half-
given a negative charge by friction wave rectifier is added to a half-wave Voltage tripler
Electrophorous
and a metal plate that is charged by voltage doubler?
induction when in contact with the What is an inductively-coupled device
disk used for the following current paths to
Current tracer
What refers to garaging the two determine the cause of impedance
adjustments of an AC bridge together faults on a printed circuit board?
in such a way that changing one The tendency for a potential difference
Orthogonal nulling
adjustment changes the other in a to occur when the magnetization of a Mateucci effect
special way, but changing the second helically-wound ferromagnetic wire
does not change the first? fluctuates
What type of encoder is required for What type of armature windings
Decimal to binary
keyboard input? wherein which the coil ends are
Simplex lap
If the output circuit needs to be a connected to adjacent commutator
complete representation of one half of signals?
Class B
the input signal, what class of What circuit breaker will open a circuit
Trip free circuit
operation is indicated? even if the operation mechanism is
breaker
What is another term for held in the “on” position?
Seebeck effect
thermoelectric effect? What kind of amplifier is subject to
Push-pull amplifier
In a series linear regulator, what is the Transistor in series crossover distortion?
control element? with the load What is the typical voltage drop of a
1V
What makes the scale of the selenium semiconductor?
Because it is spring
permanent moving coil instrument What is the primary disadvantage of
controlled Expensive to produce
uniform? gallium arsenide compound?
What meter movement is commonly Moving-vane meter The one with bigger
used for AC that uses the magnetic movement or moving What electrolyte has a more active value in specific
repulsion of light pulse in iron vane by iron meter ingredient? gravity or the
current through a coil? movement heavier per unit
This series-parallel system of speed What circuit acts as a variable
control of series motors widely used in 1:4 inductance or capacitance to produce Reactance modulator
traction work gives a speed of about FM signals?
What is the charge to mass ratio of an What gives op amps noise immunity? Hysteresis
1.7588 x 1011 C/kg
electron? What value is indicated in the scale of
Effective value rms
What refers to a computer check an AC meter?
routine using a program that calls for What refers to the amount of current
performing a series of arithmetic or Ammeter sensitivity
that will cause a full-scale deflection?
logical operations on one section of What will happen to the motor if there
Leap frog test
memory location, transferring to is an open circuit in the rotor of an Motor will not start
another section, checking correctness SCIM?
of transfer and repeating the series of Operating temperature of class A
operation? 105°
motor
What is the relationship between Operating temperature of class B
Directly proportional 130°
frequency and hysteresis loss? motor
It performs Operating temperature of class F
What is one of the most interesting mathematical 155°
motor
aspect of an op amp? operations What will happen to a three phase
electronically It will burn out
motor if operated single phase?
What is the measure of the alignment What are the primary parts of a 3-
Magnetic Rotor and stator
of atoms or molecules in a magnetic phase induction motor?
susceptibility
material? What is the rotating part of a single-
What type of bond is formed by Covalent bonding Rotor
phase motor?
sharing of valence electrons with
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 It varies from 1.15 to What is the second stage of an op High gain voltage
What is the service factor of motors?
1.4 amp? amplifier
What causes the excessive sparking of A short circuit in an What is the third stage of an
Impedance matching
the brushes of a DC motor? armature coil amplifier?
What amplifier is a 2-transistor class B What is the science of creating
Push-pull
amplifier? molecular-sized machines that
Nanotechnology
What fuse opens very quickly with any manipulate matter one atom at a
current above the current rating of the Fast fuses time?
fuse? What are card assemblies and
What fuses are used in automobiles, modules composed of… and discrete Miniature electronics
lighting circuits and electrical power Standard fuses electronic components?
circuits? What level of packaging are resistors,
Level 0
A silicon controlled rectifier has how capacitors and the like?
3
many junctions? What level of packaging are modules
Level 1
All the basic logic gates can be attached to motherboards?
obtained from the combination of what AND and OR What level of packaging are PCBs? Level 2
gates? The fact that the ful-
When the dc motor is running at its What is the major factor that led to wave rectifier uses
rated speed, decreasing the field Increase the development of the full-wave the full output, both
current will _______ its speed. rectifier? the half cycles of the
What is the mks unit of magnetic field transformer
Ampere per meter
intensity? What is the principal quantum number
7
What instrument is used for of a Q shell?
measuring temperature variations by Bolometer In switch, what refers to the number
charge in metallic resistance? of different circuits each pole can Throw
What is the SI unit for luminous control?
candela
intensity? In shaded pole motor, rotating
Shading coil
What is the ratio of the utilized flux to magnetic field is produced by using
Utilance
luminous flux… the lighting fitting? Can operate at a
What is the primary advantage of a D-
What is the typical value of much higher power
MOSFET over any MOSFET?
capacitance of the _____ same as the 1μm to 1000μm level
electrolytic capacitor? Which element has 3 protons in the
Lithium
What is the collection of information nucleus?
Database
kept in the computer for easy access? The charge-to-mass ratio of proton 9.5791 x 107 C/kg
When the input and output… of the The main disadvantage of carbon arc The occurrence of
balance potentiometer are in the same welding blow holes
Zero
angular position, what is the value of What determines the power factor of
Lead
the error voltage? the alternator?
In which amplifier is the response A silicon solar cell is basically a Photovoltaic cell
linear for weak signals and logarithmic Lin-log amplifier What relay is one that switches in
for strong signals? response to a specific number of Notching relay
What is the term for the product of impulse that is received?
pulse width and pulse repetition Duty cycle A digital meter has an accuracy within
frequency? 0.01% range
the
What is an… current path between two What is the typical residential AC
components of a circuit or between a voltage defect that refers to complete Black out
component and ground which is Short circuit failure that lasts more than 1 cycle?
usually caused by a malfunction in the What cell contains an electrolyte in
circuit? which a chemically generated electric
What is the most important input current is passed by a system of Electrolytic cell
characteristic of an op amp defined as Input offset current electrodes in order to produce an
the difference between the… currents? electrochemical reaction?
What is the typical residential AC Each axis can move
voltage defect that refers to a high What is an essential feature of a non-
only between
voltage (up to 20,000 volts or more) Transient servo controlled robot?
hardware stops
peak lasting approximately 10 to 100 What is the process of transferring
microseconds? information from the active computer Back talk
What voltage is obtained by joining to the standby computer?
the ends of two dissimilar wires and What is the purpose of a transformer It isolates the
Seebeck effect
then keeping the two junctions at aside from stepping up or stepping chassis from the
different temperatures? down the input signal voltage? power line
What is the turns ratio of a step-down What is the effect of the gain if the
Greater than unity
transformer? input signal developing impedance of The gain increases
Which is not a characteristic of an an ammeter is increased?
It has leakage flux
ideal transformer? What happens to the inductance if the
What is not a loss in a transformer? Stray loss It increases
permeability of the cell increases?
What is the problem caused in an RF A face plate starter is employed to
A too narrow Direct series motor
amplifier by a loosely coupled starting what motor?
bandpass
transformer? What is the effect in which free
What ICs are made of sputtering electrons collide with bound electrons
Thin film ICs
materials on a ceramic substrate? cause an ever increasing number of Avalanche effect
If there are two identical signals, one current carriers in a multiplying
going positive and the other going action?
180°
negative, then they are ____ out-of- What allows a DC bias voltage to be
phase with each other? applied to the saturable core reactor
Bias winding
What computer company invented the while AC control signals are applied to
IBM
term “byte”? a separate control winding?
What refers to the technological When is the ordinary efficiency of a When its copper loss
marriage between the fields of optics Optoelectronics transformer maximum? equals iron loss
and electronics? What will happen to a motor if single
What is another name for a phasing occurs from the running Motor will not start
Integrated circuit
semiconductor chip? position in an induction motor?
How many commutators are needed in What are the time delay ratings of a
4 Delay, standard and
a two-coil generator? fuse?
What is the first stage of an op amp? Differential amplifier Cascaded amplifiers which find wide Direct

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What is the maximum torque of a
motor that can be developed without
stalling?
What occurs in synchronous motors
when counter torque has exceeded?
The main thing common to
Hopkinson’s test and field test that
both need two similar _____.
What is the normal flash rate of a
flasher LEAD?
The interelectrode capacitance of a
transistor causes what type of
feedback at high frequencies?
How many transfer electrodes does a
2-element, 3-phase charge-coupled
device have?
What type of filter is used in
applications where lead current is low
and constant voltage regulation is not
necessary?
What is used to adjust the contact
spacing on a relay?
What oscillator provides a sharp null
at a frequency oscillating in a high
gain amplifier’s feedback path near its
null frequency?
What happens on the gain if the input
signal developing impedance of an
amplifier is increased?
What system uses high frequency
sound waves to look within the body
using piezoelectric crystal?
What law states that the term ANDed
with itself and ORed with itself is equal
to that term
What theorem is valid only in passive
networks?
What factor is the order of magnitude
in an IC component density?
How many wattmeters are required in
order to measure power in a 3-phase
4-wire unbalanced load?
How many input combinations exist
for a 4-input AND gate?
What is the advantage of a non-servo
controlled robot?
What substances can work as
semiconductors?
What semiconductor material is most
often used in photovoltaic cells?
Which material cannot be used as a
magnet?
Silicon becomes an extrinsic
semiconductor with electron as the
majority carrier and doped with what
material?
What material is used with permanent
magnet as a magnetic material
What alloy of nickel has 15-20%
chromium and has high electrical
resistance?
What alloy of nickel has 40-60%
copper and is used in thermocouples?
What material has atoms or ions of
known positrons and repetitive
structure
What apparatus is used in determining
the magnetizing force and flux density
of test specimen?
What instrument is used to measure a
very small interval of time?
What instrument measures humidity
with a single sensing element?
What device generates high voltages
by accumulating large quantities of
electric charge?
ROM  digital data stored in semiconductor memory matrix
Throughput  rate of which computer processes information
Quantum coupler  uses laser to change spin of electrons
Optical computer  uses laser instead of electric current
Molecular + dot  uses 1 molecule + 1 electron
Access arm  mechanism for read/write on disk
Latency time  time to spin within a particular sector
9-track format  format for commercial tape recording
Breakdown torque Ferromagnetism  forces between atomic moments
Product of residual flux and coercive magnetizing force  hysteresis loss
(?), hysteresis factor (?)
Stalling Oxy/imeter  for measuring oxygenation of blood via the earlobe
Isaac Asimov  coined “robotics” in his novel Runaround, 1942
Mechanically-coupled Manipulator  robot arm
End effector  robot hand
motors
Glitch  change in volume
Nanobots
3 times per second
Series-wound generator at constant speed terminal voltage first
increases then decreases
Degenerative
Magnetic amplifier  uses multiple saturable –core reactors; low
feedback
fidelity, time lag, not for high frequencies
Stalling  result when the countertorque of a synchronous motor is
6 exceeded
Controlling voltage of a DC motor  vary Ra, flux/pole, voltage
Controller  motor starter with variable speed control
Azimuthal quantum number  magnitude of angular momentum vector
RC filter Leptons and quarks  “real fundamental particles” of matter
Isotopes  varies when number of neutrons varies
Form feed  moves while paper/page out of printer
Point bender Light pen  writes on screen
Interrupt  signal that external device wants to send data to computer
Firmware  permanent ROM programming
Wein bridge Cache memory
oscillator Browser
OS memory  contains BIOS memory
Electrotherapy  treat with electric current
The gain increases Weston saturated cell  used as reference cell in large laboratories
Sacrifice factor  also known as throw-away factor
In fluorescent settings, a fast moving wheel appears to be still. What is
Ultrasound or this called?  stroboscopic effect (?), flicker effect(?)
sonograph Alpha  double charge; easily stopped
Gamma  no change; no ionization; biological damage
Indepotent law Selenium  material used for photovoltaic cells
Notching relay  fires after receiving a number of impulses
Reciprocity theorem Wien bridge  measuring capacitance
Kelvin double bridge  for measuring low resistances
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+β decay  positron decay; proton to neutron
3 -β decay  with gamma radiation; for lowering binding energy
Crystal defect  line defect; most common; A.K.A. edge dislocation
16 Flip-chip and beam-lead packaging  eliminates need for bonding wires
High repeatability, Flip-chip  conducting paths evaporated on chip before die is inserted
high operating speed
Electronic data message
and low cost
Selenium, cadmium Commutator polishing paste
compound, indium TO packaging  IC packaging similar to transistor; early packaging
compound
DIP  for easier insertion to PCB
Selenium
Brushes in repulsion motor  connected by jumper wire
Carbon Not part of categories of losses in rotating machines  hysteresis losses
Magnetron  mode shifting – moves from 1 mode to another in a pulse
FORTRAN  1950’s
Antimony
Chromium  body-centered cubic crystalline
1 atom per cell in cubic crystalline structure
Hardened steel
Atom volume/cell volume  packing factor
Nichrome 0.74  packing factor of face-centered cubic structure
NMOS  fastest MOS transistor in IC
Constantan instrumentation amplifier  for getting small signals from large common-
mode noise
Crystalline Electrodynamometer  with 2 coils, fixed and moving; meter movement
Magnetomotance  work involved in moving charge around a loop in a
Permeameter current-carrying conductor
Fixed-stop  open-loop movement; open loop – parameters are dictated
Chronoscope
by the system’s physical parameters
Principle of magnetic amplification  permeability of core decreases with
Hygrometer
increase in current
Electrostatic
Mesons  0.1 amu
generator
Active electric effect  electric current through device; device resistance
changes with light
Ramsuer effect  absorption of slow-moving/ low energy electrons into
something
2015  1 Billion transistors in a chip, according to Moore’s law
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Gibert Hyatt  “invented microprocessor”
Magnetic drum  partly random and partly cyclic sequential
Tedd Hoff  1969, designed microprocessor
Brass  zinc and copper alloy
Wet cell electrodes  copper and zinc
Difference between UTP and LTP  hysteresis voltage
Successive approximation method  if many analog signals have to be
converted to digital signals
Op amp:
differential amp  high gain voltage amp  power amp
If output impedance decreases, gain decreases
If input signal-generating increases, gain increases
Simple filters  RC and LC – capacitor input; for low constant current
where voltage regulation is not that important
Impedance coupling  best for HF
Direct coupling  retains frequency response
Solenoid  transforms electrical energy to mechanical movement via
movement of plunger in electromagnet
Ferric oxide  used for magnetic tape
Paramagnetism  caused by electron spins
Slip  difference between rotor speed and synchronous speed in
induction motor
Induction motor  involves rotating field
Best resistance value for 20% tolerance  10 ohms
Vacuum evaporation method  for depositing materials (making thin-film
components)
Typical slew rate for op amp  1V/μs
Electroneurogram (ENG)  peripheral nerve; for measuring
speed/distance of impulse
Permeability  slightly greater than 1 – aluminum
Permeameter  used for measuring B and H in ferromagnetic materials
Thermopile  array of thermocouples
Megger  used to measure insulation resistance
Secondary emission  electron hits anode, ejects some other electrons
Utilance  ratio of utilized flux to total emitted flux (light)
Bistable multivibrator  triggered oscillator
3 wattmeters  for unbalanced 3-phase load, 4-wire systems
Seismic mass  used in acceleration transducer
Hermetic package  for protection against moisture and environmental
factors
72.6%  conductivity of 99% gold
Ringing  result of shock excitation (RF) in cavity
Arc extinguisher  confines and divides the arc which occurs when
contact of the circuit breaker opens
Equalizer bar  allows 2 over compounded DC generators operate in
parallel in a stable manner
Equalizing charge  storage battery; all active material in every cell is
fully-charged
D-flip flop  best for designing binary counter
Simplest motor control  toggle switch
“limbo”  RS F/F, if inputs are the same
Firmware
Microprogram  primitive instructions
VTVM  very high resistance, so very little loading effect
Open filament  common reason why electron tubes do not work
Power of motor = armature current x back emf
REM  measure of biological damage caused by radiation
Why is the secondary of the current transformer shorted?  to prevent
excess induction of voltage on winding
Signal tracing
Q-meter  uses principle of series resonance
Gray code  more error-free
JFET  like a garden hose
Average seek time
Access arm  mechanism for reading/writing
Zone recording  outside of disk; method of writing data
9-track  standard commercial format for tapes; for writing data
Travel time  difference between transmitted and received frequency is
dependent on travel time
Microfiche  small card with lots of info
Drift current  movement of charges under influence of E-field
Flasher LEAD  3 times per second
Flash memory  nonvolatile memory
Electric potential  energy/charge
Pulse Doppler
State-variable amplifier  summer + 2 integrators
Informatics study of how amplifiers handles data
Centronics  parallel port, interface for printers
Bias winding  in magnetic amps – allows AC to be applied to a separate
control winding; handles DC biasing
Watt-hour meter  device used to measure electrical energy consumed
Circuit breaker trip: thermal trip  uses the increased bending of a
bimetallic strip by increased current to open (trip)a circuit
Absolute efficiency  output of actual transducer/output of ideal
transducer
Abbreviation: TTY  teletrypewriter, RTTY  remote teletypewriter
2-wire open line  average spacing – 2 to 6 inches apart
Minimum discernible signal (MDS)  weakest input signal that produces a
usable signal at the output of a receiver
Current tracer  inductively coupled, traces low-impedance faults in
circuits
PCB  eliminates need for heavy chassis and point-to-point wiring but
requires soldering
Indepotent  A + A = A; A . A =A  identity property
Reciprocity  for passive networks
Compensation theorem  substitution theorem; any current source can be
replaced by a voltage source as long as voltage and current w/in branch
are still the same
EAROM  degrades each time it is read or used
Series motor with constant speed  as current increases, terminal voltage
first rises then decreases
A programming language  for science/math programming
Emission coefficient  constant in diode equation; based on material and
voltage
Keyed-oscillator Tx  has 1 stage for producing RF
Electronic key
NPN + PNP = SCR
Diac  two 4-layer SCRs
Triac  two SCRs back-to-back
NPN/PNP  used in place of direct-coupled amplifier to offset amplifying
Vcs
Direct-coupled  cascade amplifiers
Translator  max noise figure at DC frequency
Invar  nickel alloy used for thermostats
Constantan  40-60% copper alloy; used in thermocouples
Non trip-free circuit breaker  does not open circuit when overcurrent at
“on”
Stroboscope  flashes; measures condition of displacement or speed of
object
Polygraph  does not check eye movement
Face plate starter used for DC series motors
Single-phase in induction motor  motor does not run
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Breakdown torque  max torque before stalling
BMV  frequency divider; trigger to get to one stage, trigger to get to
another stage
Laparoscopic surgery  surgery with camera
Laplace’s law  field is proportional to I and L of current element;
inversely proportional to the square of distance
Triode  simplest tube capable of amplification
NiMH cell  1.2 V per cell
Anchor tag  for link in HTML
What causes variations in frequency response of amplifier?  capacitance
Wien bridge oscillator  stable sine wave oscillator for AF
Hartley  tapped inductor
Phase-shift oscillator  uses RC network for frequency determining
Augusta Ada Byron  first programmer
Gating, timing, switching  uses for square or rectangular waveform
FET  square law device (transconductance curve is parabolic)
OTA (operational transconductance amp)  voltage-to-current converter
Fox message  for testing TTY because it contains all alphanumeric
characters
Resolver  rotary electromechanical device, used for solving trig problems
by varying the magnetic coupling between its primary and secondary
windings
What happens if field circuit of shunt motor is opened?  circuit breaker or
fuse will trip to avoid damage to armature
CCD  6 transfer electrodes
Shunt motor  voltage = 1/2, torque = doubled, speed is constant  Ia is
doubled
Hopkinson field test  requires mechanically-coupled (identical) motors
Dynamotor  1 field, 2 armature windings, 2 commutators
Point bender  for adjusting contact spacing of relay
3905  not a type of 555 circuit
Shunt regulator  for measuring constant load current
Electrolyte level  up to just above separator
For RF  ceramic, mica, air capacitors
Gauss’ law for magnetism  algebraic sum of flux through a closed
surface is equal to zero
Bar magnets  store in pairs w/ opposite poles facing each other
Number cruncher  computer that can solve a lot of math problems in a
short time
-234.5 °C  inferred zero temperature of annealed copper
Carbon  cannot be used for magnetic purposes
Carbon arc welding  occurrence of blowholes
Most common coupling  RC and transformer
Electric resistance seam welding  uses disc electrode
To prevent blow problems, use ac welding machines
Spread resistance sensor (SRS)  measure change of resistance of
extrinsic semicon with temp.
Zener diode across MOSFET gate  to prevent high voltage due to static
electricity (friction)
Industrial electroheating  hyperfrequency > 300 kHz
Electric shock therapy  used on brain
Electrometallurgy  uses electricity to purify metals
Step-transmission system  uses DC; data transmission system
Gopher  software w/ hierarchical structure; used for searching WWW
Yellow  color for guaranteed minimum value (GMV) tolerance
Transfer of charger in a CCD device depends on  gap width between
electrodes
Thermoplastic  becomes soft when heated
Phototube  electrons are emitted when light strikes the cathode
2 types of stability for an oscillator  amplitude and frequency stability
Trip element  senses any overload condition; causes circuit breaker to
open the circuit
Gas ratio  ratio of ion current to the electron beam current that produces
the former
Ward-Leonard speed control test  not for constant speed
COBOL  common business oriented language
DC motor  series counter-emf
Sodium vapor lamp  contains neon gas
Orthogonal nulling  involves garaging of 2 AC signals; adjusting the
second does not affect the first
Electrokinetics  current distribution in networks
Persistence  length of time a phosphor dot glows on CRT before
disappearing
Max efficiency of transformer  when copper loss = core (iron) loss
How do you lessen hysteresis loss?  decrease the maximum B
Miniature electronics  use of discrete components in circuits
Ways of organizing data in hard disk  by cylinder and by sector
E-transformer, control transformer  used for detecting errors (servo
systems)
Helical gears  no backlash, compared to straight gears
Microcircuit module  assembly of microcircuits or a combination of
microcircuits and discrete components that perform one or more distinct
functions
Microprogram  5 primitive instructions; in the CPU’s control unit
200,000  op amp voltage gain
Planar process  used in IC fabrication
First computer to use GUI  Lisa
Teleran  uses radio and Tx on grid, TV Rs on plane, transmits ground
radar ppi, map and weather
Manganin  for reference resistor coils; current shunts
Thermocouple ammeter
Data mining obtaining new in from a set of data
Gripper  most specialized end-effector
Shunt DC motor’s external characteristics  derived from NL
characteristics
Silicon  used for photo sensors, wavelength of 1.1 μm
Charge amplifier  for amplification in capacitive devices
Graphite  van der waals and covalent bonds
Fuse filler  material put in fuse to help in opening current
Motor bearings  95 °C
Why do you temper hardened steel?  to increase ductility
Microprogramming  programming control unit instructions
Alternator  if it overheats, voltmeter least likely to detect it
If 3-phase motor run with 1-phase, it will burn out
Binding energy  difference between kinetic energy of electron and the
electrostatic e- nucleus energy
Separator  to prevent cells from shorting each other
Mark Tilden  robosapien (toy-like affordable robot)
Robonaut  by DARPA-NASA, for spacewalk
Android  human-like robots
OR  for positive logic, if operated for negative logic- AND
Clatter  echoes from land, sea, etc., interferes with radar echoes
P-shell  12 electrons
Thin film  1 μm film
Electrode  positive welding – 2/3 of heat produced on electrode
MIG welding  consumes electrodes
Spot welding  a form of resistance welding; resistance formed by surface
contact between metal surfaces produce heat when current flows
Overcompounded  negative voltage regulation
Capacitive coupling, direct coupling  removes DC
relaxation oscillator  composed of 2 interdependent circuits, where
output of one depends on other circuit and vice versa
Signal tracing  commonly-used technology for troubleshooting radios
Logic clip  to determine logic state of pins while IC is in circuit
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Compensation  reduced BW, increased slew rate
Transistor packages  TO, flat pack, DIP
Cathode sputtering  2kV – 5kV anode-cathode voltage
Electrolytes  if current is passed through electrolyte
Effective resistance of choke  greater than physical resistance because
of iron loss in core