Saturday, 20 April 2024, 1:22 PM
Site: edulabs.org academy
Course: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossary: Electronics (Mike Jaroch)
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AMPLITRONAMPLITRON—See CROSS-FIELD AMPLIFIER [18]. |
AMPLITUDEAMPLITUDE—The size of a signal as measured from a reference line to a maximum value above or below the line. Generally used to describe voltage, current, or power [8] [12]. |
AMPLITUDE DISTORTIONAMPLITUDE DISTORTION—Distortion that is present in an amplifier when the amplitude of the output signal fails to follow exactly any increase or decrease in the amplitude of the input signal [6] [7]. |
AMPLITUDE MODULATIONAMPLITUDE MODULATION—Any method of varying the amplitude of an electromagnetic carrier frequency in accordance with the intelligence to be transmitted [12]. |
AMPLITUDE STABILITYAMPLITUDE STABILITY—Amplitude stability refers to the ability of the oscillator to maintain a constant amplitude in the output waveform [9]. |
AND CIRCUITAND CIRCUIT—See AND GATE [13]. |
AND GATEAND GATE—(1) An electronic gate whose output is energized only when every input is in its prescribed state. An AND gate performs the function of the logical "AND"; also called an AND circuit. (2) A binary circuit, with two or more inputs and a single output, in which the output is a logic 1 only when all inputs are a logic 1 and the output is a logic 0 when any one of the inputs is a logic 0 [13]. |
ANGLE MODULATIONModulation in which the angle of a sine-wave carrier is varied by a modulating wave [12]. |
ANGLE OF INCIDENCEThe angle between the incident wave and the normal [10]. |
ANGLE OF INCLINATIONThe angular difference between the equatorial plane of the earth and the plane of orbit of the satellite [17]. |