Among the abundance of components making up electronic circuits, very few are as important as capacitors. These components, ...

This video explains how diodes function as directional components in electronic circuits. Diodes allow current to flow in ...

A German research team has developed a semiconductor-based protection concept tailored to renewable energy systems that forces a permanent short circuit in less than 1 millisecond in the event of a ...

Last month's column covered the behavior of electrical components connected in series and demonstrated that when a voltage is applied across a series circuit, the current through each component is the ...

QSPICE is an analog and mixed-signal simulator characterized by high simulation speed, accuracy and reliability. It is a new program and can be downloaded here. QSPICE is still in the demonstration ...

Fungi make up a massive, interconnected part of Earth’s ecosystems, yet they’re vastly underrepresented in research and ...

Analog Circuit Analysis can be difficult. Consider the circuit below. It includes a Series Resonant Circuit. With Ideal Impedances, the Series Impedance is equal to zero at the resonant frequency. A ...

If you are looking for simulation software, you are probably thinking LTSpice or one of the open-source simulators like Ngspice (which drives Oregano and QUCs-S), or GNUCap. However, there is a new ...

Electrical components, like motors close motorA device which spins when current flows through it. Motors are used in fans, food processors and many other devices. and lamps close lampA component which ...

Demand for protective components is expected to rise further in 2024, and suppliers will rely on their target markets for growth, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Taiwan-based Fuzetec ...

According to the most recent data from the World Bank, 15 percent of the world’s population—approximately 1.1 billion people—lacked access to electricity in 2014. In 1994, approximately 27 percent of ...

As with the clock, many compelling biological questions centre on how interactions among genes and proteins, forming genetic circuits, give rise to specific cellular functions. Genetic and biochemical ...