TECHNICAL TERMS 4

Question 1

network consisting of capacitors, resistors and or inductors used to pass certain frequencies and block others

Answer 1

Filter

Question 2

rectifier that makes use of the full AC wave in both the positive and negative half cycles

Answer 2

Full wave rectifier

Question 3

increase in voltage, current and or power. Gain is expressed as a ratio of amplifier output value to the corresponding amplifier input value.

Answer 3

Gain

Question 4

an intentional or accidental conducting path between an electrical system or circuit and the earth or some conducting body acting in place of the earth.A ground is often used as the common wiring point or reference in a circuit

Answer 4

Ground

Question 5

Three terminal device used to hold the output voltage of a power supply constant over a wide range of load variations

Answer 5

IC voltage regulator

Question 6

insulated gate field effect transistor. Another name for “MOSFET.”

Answer 6

IGFET

Question 7

contact or connection between two or more wires or cables.The area where the p-type material and n-type material meet in a semiconductor

Answer 7

Junction

Question 8

a semiconductor diode that converts electric energy into electromagnetic radiation at a visible and near infrared frequencies when its pn junction is forward biased.

Answer 8

Light-emitting diode (LED)

Question 9

(MOSFET)

Answer 9

Metal oxide field effect transistor

Question 10

also known as an “insulated gate field effect transistor. A field effect transistor in which the insulating layer between the gate electrode and the channel is a metal oxide layer

Answer 10

MOSFET