Impedance and Reactance

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

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What Is Meant By Electrical Resistance?

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

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Digital Potentiometer

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

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Kirchhoff’s Laws

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff   Kirchhoff's laws are essential for…

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Polymer Capacitor

What are polymer capacitors? Polymer capacitors are capacitors which…

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Resistor Sizes and Packages

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

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Passive And Active Electronic Components

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

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Energy Storage

Capacitors used for energy storage Capacitors are devices which store…

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Dielectric Materials

Dielectric materials Dielectric materials are essentially insulators,…

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Thin and Thick Film

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

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Resistor Books and Online Resources

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

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Magneto Resistor

What is a Magneto Resistor Magneto resistors have a variable…

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Coupling and Decoupling

Decoupling capacitors When designing a circuit, many novice engineers…

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Fixed Resistor

What is a Fixed Resistor? Fixed value resistors have a defined ohmic…

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Capacitance

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

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Foil Resistor

What is a Foil Resistor? The metal foil resistor has the best…

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NTC Thermistor

What are NTC Thermistors? NTC stands for "Negative Temperature…

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Shunt Resistor

Definition Shunt Resistor A shunt resistor is used to measure electric…

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Trimmer Capacitor

What are trimmer capacitors? Trimmer capacitors are variable…

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Resistor Properties

The function of resistors is to oppose the flow of electric current in…

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