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Ohm’s Law

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

Carbon Film Resistor

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

Metal Oxide Film Resistor

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

Dielectric Materials

Dielectric materials Dielectric materials are essentially insulators,…

Motor starting capacitor

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

Metal Film Resistor

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

Resistor Sizes and Packages

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

Passive And Active Electronic Components

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

Thin and Thick Film

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

Wirewound Resistor

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

Carbon Composition Resistor

An Introduction to Carbon Composition Resistors Carbon composition…

Capacitance

What is capacitance? Electric capacitance is the ability of a…

Capacitors in parallel

Capacitors, like other electrical elements, can be connected to other…

Digital Potentiometer

What is a Digital Potentiometer? A digital potentiometer (also known…

Power Resistor

What Are Power Resistors? Power resistors are designed to withstand…

Resistor Noise

What is Resistor Noise? Noise is an unwanted phenomenon for resistors.…

Polymer Capacitor

What are polymer capacitors? Polymer capacitors are capacitors which…

Power Factor And RMS Explained

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

Complex Numbers, Phasors And Phase Shift

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

Standard Resistor Power Ratings

An electrical device’s power rating provides a general idea of…

Current limiting

Photoresistor

What are Photoresistors? Photoresistors, also known as light dependent…

Coupling and Decoupling

Decoupling capacitors When designing a circuit, many novice engineers…

Blower Resistor

What is a Blower Resistor? Blower resistors are resistors which are…

Parasitic Inductance

What is inductance? Electric inductance is a property of all…

Understanding Electrical Transformers

AC electrical systems make extensive use of transformers. A…

Resistor Suppliers

When you are looking for electronic components or where to buy…

Resistors for LED Circuits

Resistors in Light Emitting Diode (LED) Circuits An LED (Light…

Resistance of a Resistor

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

Carbon Film Resistor

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

Mica Capacitor

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