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series and parallel circuits Electrical circuits where current passes through multiple elements either one after the other, or side by side, like the rungs of a ladder, or both. shaded-pole motor An alternating current single-phase motor that produces a rotating magnetic field by a turn of wire around part of a field pole. shaft voltage
Electrical/Electronics engineering technology (EET) is an engineering technology field that implements and applies the principles of electrical engineering. [1] Like electrical engineering, EET deals with the "design, application, installation, manufacturing, operation or maintenance of electrical/electronic(s) systems."
It is a type of electrical circuit. For a circuit to be referred to as electronic, rather than electrical, generally at least one active component must be present. The combination of components and wires allows various simple and complex operations to be performed: signals can be amplified, computations can be performed, and data can be moved ...
Electrical engineers typically possess an academic degree with a major in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, electrical engineering technology, [89] or electrical and electronic engineering. [90] [91] The same fundamental principles are taught in all programs, though emphasis may vary according to title.
As the complexity of circuits grew, problems arose. [25] One problem was the size of the circuit. A complex circuit like a computer was dependent on speed. If the components were large, the wires interconnecting them must be long. The electric signals took time to go through the circuit, thus slowing the computer. [25]
Printed circuit board Electrical Circuit with an IC. Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flow. Previously electrical engineering only used ...
The term solid-state became popular at the beginning of the semiconductor era in the 1960s to distinguish this new technology. A semiconductor device works by controlling an electric current consisting of electrons or holes moving within a solid crystalline piece of semiconducting material such as silicon, while the thermionic vacuum tubes it replaced worked by controlling a current of ...
Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt, one joule per second. Electric power, like mechanical power, is the rate of doing work, measured in watts, and represented by the letter P. The term wattage is used colloquially to mean "electric power in watts."