Glossary of Electrical Engineering Terms

0 - 9 1-Wire 1-Wire Master 10GbE 3G 3GPP 802.11 802.11a 802.11b 802.11g A A-Weighting A/D Converter AC Accelerometer ACPI ACPR ACR ADAS ADC ADM ADPCM ADS ADSL AEC-Q100 AFE AGC Ah Air Discharge AIS AISG Aliasing Alternator AM Ambient Temperature Ambient Temperature Sensor AMLCD Amp Ampacity Ampere Ampere-hour Amplifier Amplifier Class AMPS AMR Analog Analog Switch Analog Temperature Sensor AND ANSI Anti-Aliasing APC APD API APM APON APQP ASCII ASIC ATE ATM Auto Shutdown Autoshutdown Plus Autotransformer AWG B B Backup Step-Up Bandwidth Base Station Baseline Bass Boost Battery Backup Battery Freshness Seal Battery Fuel Gauge Battery Monitor Battery Switchover BCD BER BERT Beyond-the-Rails™ BGA Bidirectional Bipolar Inputs Bipolar Junction Transistor BIST Bit Banging Bit Error Ratio Blade Server Blink Control BLM Bluetooth BLVDS BOC Boost Converter Bootstrap BPON BPSK BRD Break-Before-Make BRI Bridge Battery Bridge-Tied Load Brightness Broadband Brownout BSC BSLF BT BTS Buck Buck-Boost Converter Burst Dimming Burst Mode Bus BWLS BWSS C C C/N CA CAD CAN Capacitance Capacitive Crosstalk Capacitor CardBus CAS CAT3 CAT5 CATV CBR CC/CV Charger CCCV CCD CCFL CCFT CCK CCM CDC CDD CDMA CDR CE Control CH Ch. to Ch. Skew (Ps Max) Channel Associated Signaling Chans. Charge Injection Charge Pump Charge Termination Method CHATEAU Chip Chip-Enable Gating Chrominance CID CIM Circuit Circuit Simulator CISC Class A Class AB Class B Class C Class D Class G Class H Click-and-Pop Click/Pop Reduction Clock and Data Recovery Clock Jitter Clock Throttling Clock Timing cm CMF CMI CML CMOS CMRR CNC CO CODEC COG Coherent Sampling COLC Color Subcarrier Common-Mode Signals Comp. Prop. Delay Compander Comparator Complete Central Office Line Interface CompoNet Contact Bounce Contact Discharge Coplanar Line Coulomb CP CPGA CRC CRIL Crossover Crowbar Circuit CRT Cryptanalysis Cryptography CS CSP CTIM CTON Current Mode Feedback Current-Mode Controller Current-Sense Amplifier D D Flip-Flop D/A Converter Daisy Chain Dallastat Data Acquisition System Data Acquisition System Data Converter dB dBm DBS DC DC-DC DC-DC Controller DCE DCM DCR DCS DDI DDJ DDR Memory DDRD DDS Debounce DECT DeepCover Delta-Sigma Design for Testability Deterministic Jitter DFE DFMEA DG Difference Amplifier Differential Amplifier Differential Remote Output Sensing Differential Signaling Digital Log Pot Digital Pot Digital Signal Processor DIO Diode DIP Distortion Dithering DIU Diversity DLC DMA DML DMM DMR DMT DNL DOCSIS Down Converter DP DPAK DPD DPDT DPH DPL DPM DPS DPST DPWM DQPSK Drain DRAM DRC DRL Drypack DSL DSLAM DSSP DSSS DTB DTE DTMF Dual Mode Dual Phase Controller Dual-Band Dual-Modulus Prescaler DVB DVM DWDM DXC Dynamic Range E E1 E2 E3 EAM ECB ECL ECM EconoReset EconOscillator EDFA EDGE EEPROM EFT EIA EIA-JEDEC Embedded System EMC EMI End Point ENDEC Energy Harvesting ENOB EPON EPROM ERC ESBGA ESD ESF ESL ESP ESR Ethernet EV Evaluation Kit EVM EVSE EVSYS Exposed Pad F F fA Fail-Safe Fan Controller - Linear Fan Controller - PWM Fault Blanking Fault Tolerant FB FCD FCR FDD FDDI FDL FDM FE FEC Femto Base Station FET FFT FG FHSS Fibre Channel FIFO FireWire FIT Flash ADCs FlexSound Floating FM FM Modulation FOC Foldback Current Limit Force-Sense Forward Converter FOX FPBW FPGA Frame Relay Framer Frequency Bin Frequency Diversity Frequency Synthesizer FS FSC FSK FSO FSOTC FSR FTC FTCL FTTB FTTH FTTN Full Bridge Rectifier Full Duplex	G g GaAs GaAs MESFET GaAsFET GaAsP Gain Gain Error Galvanic Isolation Gamma Correction Gate GbE GBIC GBW Generator GFSK GHz Gigabit Glitch Glitch Immunity GLONASS GMSK GMSL GPIB GPIO GPON GPRS GPS GSM GSM900 GUI H H H-Bridge Half-Duplex Half-Flash Half-Wave Rectifier Handover Harmonic Distortion HART HAST HB LED HBT HD HDLC HDSL HDTV Heat Sink HEMT HF HGLL Hi-Z High-Side Home RF HomePlug Hot-Swap HR HSDPA HSPA HSSI HSUPA HTML HTS HTTP Human Body Model HVAC Hz I I/O I/Q I²C I²S IBO IC ICA ICR Ideality Factor Idle Mode™ IEC IEEE IERC IF IFM IFT IIP3 IMA Image Frequency Image Rejection IMD Impedance Impedance Matching IMVP Inductive Kickback InfiniBand InGaAs Ingress Protection INL Input CMVR (V) Inrush Current Int. Ref. Integral Nonlinearity Integrated Heat Spreader Intellectual Property Interleave Intermodulation Internet Protocol Inverting Op Amp Inverting Switching Regulator IO-Link IP3 IR IrDA IRE IRO IRS IRSA IRSD IS ISA ISI ISM ISO ISP ITU J JALT JBOD JEDEC JFET JITT Jitter Joule JPEG Junction Diode Sensor JVM K k Kanal+ kb Keep-Out Zone kg kHz km KVM kW kWh L L-Band LAN Laser Driver LCC LCD LDO Leakage Inductance LED Level Translator LFSR LGHL LiDAR Light Sensor LIN Line Regulation Linear Linear Mode Linear Regulator Lithium batteries Lithium-ion batteries LL Lm Lm/W LMDS LNA LO Load Regulation Local Temperature Local Temperature Sensor Logic Gate LOL Long Haul Network Long Term Evolution LOP LOS Low Batt. Det. Low Line O/P Low-Pass Filter Low-Side LSB LSI Luminance LVC LVDS LVECL LVPECL LVS LVTTL M M2M mA MAC Address Manchester Data Encoding MAP Margining Max. DNL (LSB) Max. Hold Step (MV) Max. INL as percent FSR MAXTON MBB MBC MC MCM Mcps MDAC Media Independent Interface MegaBaud MEMS MESFET Metal Oxide Varistor MFSK MHz Micro Energy Cell MicroLAN MicroMonitor™ Microprocessor Supervisor MIMO Min LOS Sens. Min Stable Closed Loop Gain MISI MISO Mixed-signal mm MMI Modulator Moisture Sensitivity Level Monotonic MOSFET MOSI MPU MPW MQFP mrad ms MSA MSB Msps MTIMD MTPR Multipath Multiplex Murphy's Law mV MxTNI	N nA NAND Gate Nanovolt NC NF NIC NiMH NMI nMOS NO Non-Inverting Op Amp Nonvolatile Notch Filter Noxious Fumes NPR NRD NRE NRZ ns NTC nth NTSC NV-S nW Nyquist O OC OC-48 OEM OFC OFDM OLED OLT ONU Op amp Open-drain OR Oscillator Output to Input Ratio Overvoltage Protection P P-P pA PAE PAL Parallel Interface Parasite Power Partition Locking PBC pC PC Card PCI PCI Express PCM PCMCIA PCS PDA PDC PDI PDJ PDM PDO Peak Inverse Voltage PECL pF PFD PFI PFM PFMEA PFO PG PGA Pin Electronics PKI PLA PLC PLCC Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy PLL PLM PMIC PMM Pmod pMOS PMR PoE Point-of-Load POK PON POP Analysis POR Potentiometer Power Added Efficiency Power Amplifier Power Fail PowerCap PPAP PRBS PRC PRCM Pre-Bias Soft Start Preemphasis Pressure Cooker Test Printed Circuit Board PRM PROCHOT# PROFIBUS PROM PRT PS PSD PSK PSR PSRR PSW PTC Pulse-Amplitude Modulation Push-Pull PV-S PVR PWD PWM PWM Temperature Sensor Q Q Factor QAM QFN QFP QPSK QRSS QS-9000 QSOP Quadrature Quantization QuERC Quiescent R R-2R RAC RAID Rail-to-Rail Input Rail-to-Rail Input or Output RAM Random Jitter RAR RC RE Receiver Recovery Time REF Relay Remote Diode Remote Temperature Remote Temperature Sensor Resistance Resonant Circuit Response Time Reverse Recovery Time RF RFDS RFI RFID RFPF RH RI RIAA Ripple Rejection RISC RMS RNPF ROM RRC RS-232 RS-422/RS-485 RSA RSR RSSI RTC RTD RTS Rx RZ S S S-Parameters S-UMTS S/S Samples per Second Sampling Rate SAN SAR SAW SB SBGA SBS Scan Design SCART SCF Schottky Diode SCL SCLK SCR SCSI SCT SD SDA SDO SDTV Second Harmonic Distortion Secure Element Secure Hash Standard Semiconductor Sense Resistor Sensor SEPIC SerDes Serial Interface SFDR SFF SFF-8472 SFP SFR SHA SHDN Shift Register Shock Sensor Shoot-Through Current Shutdown SI SiGe Signal Conditioner Signal-Invalid O/P Signal-to-Noise Ratio SIM SINAD SLBI SLIC Smart Battery Smart Phone Smart Signal Conditioner SMBus SMD SMPS SMR Snubber SO SOC Soft Start SOHO SOIC Solid State SONET SOT Source Space Diversity SPC SPCR SPDR SPDT SPFP SPI SPICE Spread Spectrum SPST Spurious-Free SQC Squelch SR SRAM SRF SS SSC SSOP Star Ground Star Point STB STC Step-Up DC-DC Strobe Superheterodyne Receiver Swallow Counter SWAP Switch Mode Switched Capacitor Circuit Switching Controller Switching Regulator SWT Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Synchronous Rectification System on a Chip T T/H T/R T1 T3 Tachometer TAD Taper TC TCP/IP TCXO TDD TDM TDMA TDMoP TDR TDSCDMA TEC Television Tempco Temperature Temperature Comparator Temperature Sensor Temperature Switch Tesla TFT THB THD THD+N Thermal Control Circuit Thermal Management Thermal Monitor Thermal Resistance Thermal Shutdown THERMDA THERMDC Thermistor Thermochron Thermocouple Thermostat THERMTRIP_L THERMTRIP# Three-State Through-Hole Time Diversity Time of Flight Tin Whiskers TINI TLA Totem Pole TQFN TQFP Transceiver Transconductance Transconductance Amplifier Transducer Electronic Data Sheet Transfer Transformer Transient Intermodulation Distortion Transimpedance Amplifier Transistor Transmitter TS 16949 TSOC TSOP TSSM TSSOP TTC TTFC TTIMD TTL Tubular Motor TUE TVM TVS Tweak Tx	U uA UART UBM UHF Filter UI ULTRA160 UMTS Uninterruptible Power Supply UniqueWare UniqueWare Serialized Upconverter URL USB UV UVLO UWB V V-s V/F V_RMS VA Vcc VCO VCSEL VCTCXO VCXO VDSL VFD VFO VGA VLF VLIF VLSI VME VoIP Volt Volt-Ampere Voltage Divider Voltage Doubler Voltage Identification Digital Voltage Regulator VOM Vp-p VPU VRD VRM VS VSIA VSWR VU W W W/Dog O/P Flag Wafer Wafer Fab WAN Watchdog Wb WB-CDMA WDI WDPO WE WHDI Wideband WiMax Window Comparator Window Watchdog Wired-And Wireless Wireless Sensor Network WLAN WLED WLL WR-RD Write Protect WTA X XAUI XCO XOR Gate Y Y/C YIG Z Zener Diode ZIF ZIGBEE ZS ZVC ZVS