Electronics: Basic, Analog & Digital with PSpice
(2010) – Solutions Manual – Sabah
Capacitor - answer-An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Cold Solder Joint - answer-A solder connection that exhibits poor wetting and is characterized
by a grayish, porous appearance due to excessive impurities in the solder, inadequate cleaning
prior to soldering, and/or the insufficient application of heat during the soldering process.
Digital Multimeter - answer-Electronic test equipment that can perform multiple tasks. Typically
one capable of measuring voltage, current, and resistance. More sophisticated modern digital
multimeters also measure capacitance, inductance, current gain of transistors, and/or anything
else that can be measured electronically.
Diode - answer-A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP) - answer-A very common IC package with two parallel rows of pins
intended to be inserted into a socket of through holes drilled in a printed circuit board.
Engineering Notation - answer-A floating point system in which numbers are expressed as
products consisting of a number greater than one multiplied by an appropriate power of ten
that is some multiple of three.
Fuse - answer-A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current
exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
LED - answer-Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction
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, only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC) - answer-A square IC package with leads on all four sides
designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Printed Circuit Board - answer-Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit
connections.
Resistor - answer-Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has
some value of resistance.
Resistor Color Code - answer-Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the
resistor's value and tolerance.
Scientific Notation - answer-Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a
power of ten.
SI Notation - answer-Abbreviation of System International, a system of practical units based on
the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, Kelvin, mole, and candela.
Seven-Segment Display - answer-An array of seven independently controlled light-emitting
diodes (LED) or liquid crystal display (LCD) elements, shaped like a figure-8, which can be used
to display decimal digits and other characters by turning on the appropriate elements.
Small Outline IC (SOIC) - answer-An IC package similar to a DIP, but smaller, which is designed
for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Solder - answer-Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
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(2010) – Solutions Manual – Sabah
Capacitor - answer-An electrical device used to store electrical charge.
Cold Solder Joint - answer-A solder connection that exhibits poor wetting and is characterized
by a grayish, porous appearance due to excessive impurities in the solder, inadequate cleaning
prior to soldering, and/or the insufficient application of heat during the soldering process.
Digital Multimeter - answer-Electronic test equipment that can perform multiple tasks. Typically
one capable of measuring voltage, current, and resistance. More sophisticated modern digital
multimeters also measure capacitance, inductance, current gain of transistors, and/or anything
else that can be measured electronically.
Diode - answer-A two terminal device that conducts in only one direction.
Dual In-Line Package (DIP) - answer-A very common IC package with two parallel rows of pins
intended to be inserted into a socket of through holes drilled in a printed circuit board.
Engineering Notation - answer-A floating point system in which numbers are expressed as
products consisting of a number greater than one multiplied by an appropriate power of ten
that is some multiple of three.
Fuse - answer-A protective device in the current path that melts or breaks when current
exceeds a predetermined maximum value.
LED - answer-Light-emitting diode. An electronic device that conducts current in one direction
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, only and illuminates when it is conducting.
Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC) - answer-A square IC package with leads on all four sides
designed for surface mounting on a circuit board.
Printed Circuit Board - answer-Insulating board containing conductive tracks for circuit
connections.
Resistor - answer-Component made of material that opposes flow of current and therefore has
some value of resistance.
Resistor Color Code - answer-Coding system of colored stripes on a resistor to indicate the
resistor's value and tolerance.
Scientific Notation - answer-Numbers entered as a number from one to ten multiplied by a
power of ten.
SI Notation - answer-Abbreviation of System International, a system of practical units based on
the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, Kelvin, mole, and candela.
Seven-Segment Display - answer-An array of seven independently controlled light-emitting
diodes (LED) or liquid crystal display (LCD) elements, shaped like a figure-8, which can be used
to display decimal digits and other characters by turning on the appropriate elements.
Small Outline IC (SOIC) - answer-An IC package similar to a DIP, but smaller, which is designed
for automatic placement and soldering on the surface of a circuit board.
Solder - answer-Metallic alloy of tin and lead that is used to join two metal surfaces.
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