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Passive And Active Electronic Components

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In a previous page, we discussed phasors, but we didn’t explore…

Dielectric Materials

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Dielectric materials Dielectric materials are essentially insulators,…

Metal Film Resistor

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Metal Film Resistors Metal film resistors have a thin metal layer as…

Carbon Composition Resistor

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An Introduction to Carbon Composition Resistors Carbon composition…

Thin and Thick Film

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What are Thin and Thick Film Resistors? Thin and thick film resistors…

Carbon Film Resistor

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What is a Carbon Film Resistor? Carbon film resistors are a type of…

Wirewound Resistor

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What is a Wirewound Resistor? A wirewound resistor is an electrical…

Metal Oxide Film Resistor

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What are Metal Oxide Film Resistors? Metal-oxide film resistors are…

Ohm’s Law

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What Is Ohm’s Law? Ohm’s law states that the electrical…

Resistor Sizes and Packages

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Resistors are available in a large number of different package styles…

Passive And Active Electronic Components

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In a previous page, we discussed phasors, but we didn’t explore…

Motor starting capacitor

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Motor capacitors AC induction motors use a rotating magnetic field to…

Dielectric Materials

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Dielectric materials Dielectric materials are essentially insulators,…

Supercapacitor

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What are supercapacitors? Supercapacitors are electronic devices which…

Q factor

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Q Factor definition The Q factor of a capacitor, also known as the…

What Is a Resistor?

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The resistor is a passive electrical component that creates…

Basic AC Circuits

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We started out this chapter by discussing power in DC circuits. Now,…

Power Factor And RMS Explained

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In the previous page, we saw that the mathematical representation of…

Energy Storage

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Capacitors used for energy storage Capacitors are devices which store…

Resistor Books and Online Resources

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On this page you will find a collection of valuable books and other…

Complex Numbers, Phasors And Phase Shift

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The Effect of Phase We saw in the previous page that the voltage…

What Is Meant By Electrical Resistance?

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Different materials react to voltage in different ways. If a material…

Parallel resistor calculator

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Use this calculator to quickly calculate the equivalent resistance…

Resistance of a Resistor

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Resistance of a Resistor The function of a resistor is to oppose the…

Triangle Of Power And Power Factor

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In a purely resistive AC circuit, power is simply power. If we add…

Carbon Film Resistor

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What is a Carbon Film Resistor? Carbon film resistors are a type of…

Mica Capacitor

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What are mica capacitors? Mica is a group of natural minerals. Silver…

Magneto Resistor

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What is a Magneto Resistor Magneto resistors have a variable…

Potentiometer

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What is a Potentiometer? A potentiometer is a manually adjustable…

Importance Of Maximum Power Transfer

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This page explores the issue of how to design a system that will…

Impedance and Reactance

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Impedance and reactance An element in a DC circuit can be described…

Variable Resistor

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What is a Variable Resistor? A variable resistor is a resistor of…

Trimpot

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What is a Trimpot? A trimpot or trimmer potentiometer is a small…