base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

tangency, contact - (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts"

clipper, limiter - (electronics) an nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"

electronic network, network - (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

electronic transistor, junction transistor, transistor - a semiconductor device capable of amplification

device characteristic, characteristic - any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions

frequency response - (electronics) a response depicting the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency

redundancy - (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails

natural philosophy, physical science, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions

electron optics - the branch of electronics that deals with beams of electrons and their focusing and deflection by magnetic fields

microelectronics - the branch of electronics that deals with miniature components

thermionics - the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes)

modulation - (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

demodulation - (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave

frequency response, frequency-response characteristic, frequency-response curve - (electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency

characterisic function, characteristic curve - (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters

ripple - (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value

pulsation, pulse, pulsing, impulse - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"

fault - (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"

sunrise industry - a new industry that is expanding rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics)

growing - (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

series - (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors"

time constant - (electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude

decouple - reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)

dope - add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped"

analog, analogue, linear - of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear amplifier"

digital - of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; "digital computer"

heterodyne - of or relating to the the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations