Nama : Irza Aditya Mahendra Bahasa Inggris Teknik

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DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ELECTRONICS

1. AC - Abbreviation for alternating current. See Alternating Current
2. AC/DC - Equipment that will operate from an AC or DC power source.
3. AC generator - Device that transforms mechanical energy into AC electrical power.
4. AC power supply - Power supply that delivers AC voltage.
5. Active component - A component that changes the amplitude of a signal between output
and input.
6. AC voltage - A voltage with alternating polarity
7. ADC - Analog to Digital Converter
8. Alkaline cell - Also known as an "alkaline manganese cell", a primary cell that delivers
more current than a carbon-zinc cell.
9. Alligator clip - Spring clip on the end of a test lead for making temporary connections.
10. Alternating current - An electric current that rises to a maximum in one direction, falls
back to zero and then rises to a maximum in the opposite direction and then repeats.
Abbreviation = A
11. Ammeter - A meter used to measure current.
12. Ampere - a unit of electrical current, also referred to as amp.
13. Amplifier - A circuit that increases the voltage, current, or power of a signal.
14. Amplitude - Magnitude or size of a signal voltage or current.
15. Amplitude modulation - The encoding of a carrier wave by variation of its amplitude in
accordance with an input signal. Abbreviation = AM
16. Analog - Information represented as continuously varying voltage or current rather than
in discrete levels as opposed to digital data varying between two discrete levels.
17. Anode - A positively charged electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, storage battery, or
electron tube.
18. Autotransformer - A single winding transformer where the output is taken from taps on
the winding.
19. Bandwidth - The numerical difference between upper and lower frequencies of a band of
electromagnetic radiation. Abbreviation = BW
20. Battery - A DC voltage source containing two or more cells that convert chemical energy
to electrical energy.
21. Baud - A unit of signaling speed equal to the number of signal events per second. Not
necessarily the same as bits per second.
22. Binary - A number system having only two symbols, 0 and 1. A base 2 number system.
23. Bipolar junction transistor - (BJT), A three terminal device in which emitter to collector
current is controlled by base current.
24. Bits per second - A measure of data speed for the number of bits transmitted or received
each second.
25. Breakdown voltage - Voltage at which the breakdown of a dielectric or insulator occurs.
26. Breakover voltage - Minimum 38. Closed circuit - Circuit having a
voltage required to cause a DIAC to complete path for current flow.
break down and conduct.
39. Collector - The semiconductor
27. Bridge rectifier - A circuit using four region in a bipolar junction
diodes to provide full wave transistor (BJT) through which a flow
rectification. Converts an AC voltage of charge carriers leaves the base
to a pulsating DC voltage. region.

28. Buffer - An amplifier used to isolate 40. Color code - Set of colors used to
a load from a source. indicate value of a component.

29. Byte - Group of eight binary digits or 41. Comparator - An op-amp circuit that
bits. compares two inputs and provides a
DC output indicating the polarity
30. Cable - Group of two or more relationship between the inputs.
insulated wires.
42. CAD - Software used to create 2D or
31. CAD - Abbreviation for "computer 3D computer models.
aided designs"
43. Crystal - Natural or synthetic
32. Capacitance - The ability of a piezoelectric or semiconductor
capacitor to store an electrical material with atoms arranged with
charge. The basic unit is a Farad. some degree of geometric
regularity.
33. Capacitor - An electronic component
having capacitive reactance. 44. Current - Measured in amps, it is the
flow of electrons through a
conductor. Also know as electron
34. Cathode - A negatively charged flow.
electrode, as of an electrolytic cell, a
storage battery, or an electron tube. 45. DAC - Abbreviation for "digital to
analog converter." ( )
35. Circuit - Interconnection of
components to provide an electrical 46. Damping - Reduction in magnitude
path between two or more of oscillation due to energy being
components. dissipated as heat.

36. Circuit breaker - A protective device 47. DC - Abbreviation for Direct Current.
used to open a circuit when current See direction current.
exceeds a maximum value. In effect
a reusable fuse. 48. DC power supply - Any source of DC
power for electrical equipment.
37. Clock - A square waveform used for
synchronizing and timing of several 49. Delay time - The time for collector
circuits. current to reach 10% of its
 maximum value in a BJT switching the magnetic lines of force. This
circuit. concentrates the field in the core.

50. Digital - Relating to devices or 60. Farad - The basic unit of capacitance.
circuits that have outputs of only
two discrete levels. Examples: 0 or 1, 61. Field effect transistor - A voltage
high or low, on or off, true or false controlled transistor in which the
etc. source to drain conduction is
controlled by gate to source voltage.
51. Diode - A two terminal device that Abbreviation = FET.
conducts in only one direction.
62. Filter - Network consisting of
52. Direct current - Current that flows in capacitors, resistors and/or
only one direction. inductors used to pass certain
frequencies and block others.
53. Discharge - Release of energy stored
in either a battery or a capacitor. 63. Flip flop - A bistable multivibrator. A
circuit which has two output states
54. Dry cell - DC voltage generating and is switched from one to the
chemical cell using a non liquid other by means of an external signal
(paste) electrolyte. (trigger). Abbreviation = FF

55. Dual in-line package - Integrated 64. Forward bias - A PN junction bias
circuit package having two rows of which allows current to flow through
connecting pins. Abbreviation = DIP the junction. Forward bias decreases
the resistance of the depletion layer.
56. Electric charge - Electric energy
stored on the surface of a material. 65. Frequency - Rate of recurrence of a
Also known as a static charge. periodic wave. Measured in Hertz
(cycles per second).
57. Electron - A subatomic particle of an
atom, with a negative charge, that 66. Full wave rectifier - Rectifier that
orbits the positively-charged makes use of the full AC wave in
nucleus. both the positive and negative half
cycles.
58. Electron flow - Electrical current
produced by the movement of free 67. Function generator - Signal
electrons toward a positive terminal; generator that can produce sine,
the direction of electron flow is square, triangle and saw tooth
opposite to that of current. output waveforms.

68. Fuse - A protective device in the

59. Electromagnet - A coil of wire usually current path that melts or breaks
wound on a soft iron or steel core. when current exceeds a
When current is passed through the predetermined maximum value.
coil a magnetic field is generated.
The core provides an easy path for
69. Generator - Device used to convert 77. Intergrated circuit - Also known as
mechanical energy to electrical a chip, a small electrical device
energy. made of semiconductor material.

70. Ground - An intentional or 78. Jack - Socket or connector into which

accidental conducting path between a plug may be inserted. ( )
an electrical system or circuit and
the earth or some conducting body 79. Joule - The unit of work and energy.
acting in place of the earth. A
ground is often used as the common 80. Light-emitting diode (LED) - A
wiring point or reference in a circuit. semiconductor diode that converts
electric energy into electromagnetic
71. Half wave rectifier - A diode rectifier radiation at a visible and near infrared
that converts AC to pulsating DC by frequencies when its pn junction is
eliminating either the negative or forward biased.
the positive alternation of each input
AC cycle. 81. Load - A source drives a load.
Whatever component or piece of
72. Hertz - Unit of frequency equal to equipment is connected to a source and
one cycle per second. Abbreviation = draws current from a source is a load on
Hz. that source.

73. IC - Abbreviation for integrated 82. Load resistance - Resistance of a

circuit. See intergrated circuit. load.

74. IC voltage regulator - Three terminal 83. Logic - Science of dealing with the
device used to hold the output principle and applications of gates, relays
voltage of a power supply constant and switches.
over a wide range of load variations.
84. Mercury cell - Primary cell using a
75. Inductor - Length of conductor used mercuric oxide cathode, a zinc anode and
to introduce inductance into a a potassium hydroxide electrolyte.
circuit. The conductor is usually
wound into a coil to concentrate the 85. Metal film resistor - A resistor in
magnetic lines of force and which a film of metal oxide or alloy is
maximize the inductance. While any deposited on an insulating substrate.
conductor has inductance, in
common usage the term inductor 86. MOSFET - A field effect transistor in
usually refers to a coil. which the insulating layer between the
gate electrode and the channel is a metal
76. Infrared - Electromagnetic heat oxide layer. Abbreviation = MOSFET.
radiation whose frequencies are
above the microwave frequency 87. Meter - Any electrical or electronic
band and below red in the visible measuring device. In the metric system, it
band. is the unit of length equal to 39.37
inches.
88. Microphone - Electro acoustic rest. When activated, the contacts open
transducer that converts sound energy or separated.
into electric energy.
97. Normally open - Designation which
89. Modulation - Process by which an states that the contacts of a switch or
information signal (audio for example) is relay are normally open or not
used to modify some characteristic of a connected. When activated the contacts
higher frequency wave known as a close or become connected.
carrier (radio for example).
98. Ohm - Unit of resistance symbolized
90. MOSFET - Abbreviation for "metal by the Greek capital letter omega (W). ( )
oxide field effect transistor" (also known
as an "insulated gate field effect 99. Op-amp - Abbreviation for
transistor"). See metal oxide field effect operational amplifier. See operational
transistor. amplifier.

91. Multimeter - Electronic test 100. Open loop gain - The gain of an
equipment that can perform multiple amplifier when no feedback is present.
tasks. Typically one capable of measuring
voltage, current and resistance. More 101. Open loop mode - An amplifier
sophisticated modern digital multimeters circuit having no means of comparing the
also measure capacitance, inductance, output with the input. (No feedback.)
current gain of transistors and/or
anything else that can be measured 102. Operational amplifier - A high gain
electronically. DC amplifier that has a high input
impedance and a low output impedance.
92. Network - Combination of Op-amps are the most basic type of
interconnected components, circuits or linear integrated circuits.
systems. ( )
103. Oscilloscope - An instrument used to
93. Neutral - A terminal, point or object display a signal graphically. Shows signal
with balanced charges. Neither positive amplitude, period and wave shape in
or negative. addition to any DC voltage present. A
multiple trace oscilloscope can show two
94. Neutral atom - An atom in which the or more waveforms at the same time for
number of negative charges (electrons in phase comparison and timing
orbit) is equal to the number of positive measurements.
charges (protons in the nucleus).
104. Output - Terminal at which a
95. Noise - Unwanted electromagnetic component, circuit or piece of equipment
radiation within an electrical or delivers current, voltage or power.
mechanical system.
105. Parallel - Circuit having two or more
96. Normally closed - Designation which paths for current flow. Also called shunt.
states that the contacts of a switch or
relay are closed or connected when at 106. Photo detector - Component used to
detect or sense light.
 117. Printed circuit board - Insulating
107. Photodiode - A semiconductor diode board containing conductive tracks for
that changes its electrical characteristics circuit connections.
in response to illumination.
118. Pulse width - Time interval between
108. Polarity - The property of having a the leading edge and trailing edge of a
positive or negative charge. pulse at a point where the amplitude is
50% of the peak value.
109. Polarized - A component which must
be connected in correct polarity to 119. Reactive power - The power value in
function and/or prevent destruction. "volt amps" obtained from the product of
Example: Electrolytic capacitor. source voltage and source current in a
reactive circuit. Also called imaginary
110. Potential difference - Voltage power or wattles power.
difference between two points which will
cause current to flow in a closed circuit. 120. Receiver - Unit or piece of
equipment used to receive information.
111. Potential energy - Energy that has
potential to do work because of its 121. Rectangular wave - Also known as a
position relative to others. pulse wave. A repeating wave that only
operates between two levels or values
112. Potentiometer - A variable resistor and remains at one of these values for a
with three terminals. Mechanical turning small amount of time relative to the
of a shaft can be used to produce other value.
variable resistance and potential.
Example: A volume control is usually a 122. Rectification - Process that converts
potentiometer. alternating current to direct current.

113. Power - Amount of energy converted 123. Rectifier - Diode circuit that converts
by a circuit or component in a unit of alternating current into pulsating direct
time, normally seconds. Measured in current.
units of watts (joules/second).
124. Regulated power supply - Power
114. Power amplifier - An amplifier supply that maintains a constant output
designed to deliver maximum power voltage under changing load conditions.
output to a load. Example: In an audio
system, it is the power amplifier that 125. Regulator - Device or circuit that
drives the loudspeaker. maintains a desired output under
changing conditions.
115. Power supply - Electrical equipment
used to deliver either AC or DC voltage. 126. Relay - Electromechanical device
that opens or closes contacts when a
116. Power supply rejection ratio - A current is passed through a coil.
measure of an op-amps ability to
maintain a constant output when the 127. Resistance - Opposition to current
supply voltage varies. flow and dissipation of energy in the
form of heat. Symbolized "R" and 137. Transducer - Device that converts
measured in ohms. energy from one form to another.

128. Resistor - Component made of 138. Transformer - Inductor with two or

material that opposes flow of current more windings. Through mutual
and therefore has some value of inductance, current in one winding called
resistance. a primary will induce current into the
other windings called secondaries.
129. Resistor color code - Coding system
of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate 139. Transistor - Term derived from
the resistor's value and tolerance. "transfer resistor." Semiconductor device
that can be used as an amplifier or as an
130. Schematic diagram - Illustration of electronic
an electrical or electronic circuit with the
components represented by their 140. Variable capacitor - Capacitor whose
symbols. capacitance can be change by varying the
effective area of the plates or the
131. Seven segment display - Device distance between the plates.
made of several light emitting diodes
arranged in a numeric or alphanumeric 141. Variable resistor - Resistor whose
pattern. By lighting selected segments resistance can be changed by turning a
numeric or alphabet characters can be shaft. See also "potentiometer and
displayed. rheostat."

132. Short circuit - Low resistance 142. Volt - Unit of potential difference or
connection between two points in a electromotive force. One volt is the
circuit typically causing excessive current. potential difference needed to produce
Also called a "short." one ampere of current through a
resistance of one ohm.
133. Soldering - Process of joining two
metallic surfaces to make an electrical 143. Voltage - (V) Term used to designate
contact by melting solder (usually tin and electrical pressure or force that causes
lead) across them. current to flow.

134. Soldering iron - Tool with an internal 144. Voltmeter - Instrument used to
heating element used to heat surfaces measure difference in potential between
being soldered to the point where the two points.
solder becomes molten.
145. Wire - Single solid or stranded group
135. Supply voltage - Voltage provided by of conductors having a low resistance to
a power source. current flow. Used to make connections
between circuits or points in a circuit.
136. Switch - Electrical device having two
states, on (closed) or off (open). Ideally 146. Wireless - Term describing radio
having zero impedance when closed and communication that requires no wires
infinite impedance when open. between two communicating points.