September 2020
Beginner
320 pages
10h 2m
English
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Appendix CList of Acronyms
A
- A
- Amplitude
- A
- Amperes
- Å
- Angstroms (10−10 m)
- A
- Area
- a
- Interatomic distance
- AC
- Alternating current
- ALU
- Arithmetic logic unit
- AND
- Logic circuit
- As
- Arsenic
B
- B
- Boron
- Bit
- Binary digit
- BJT
- Bipolar Junction transistor
- Byte
- Eight binary numbers
C
- C
- Capacitor (in Farads)
- C
- Constant
- c
- Speed of light
- Cd
- Cadmium
- CdS
- Cadmium Sulfide
- CdTe
- Cadmium Telluride
- cm
- Centimeter
- CPU
- Central processing unit
D
- d
- Distance
- DC
- Direct current
- DEMUX
- Demultiplexer
- Dn
- Electron diffusion constant
- Dp
- Hole diffusion constant
- DRAM
- Dynamic random access memory
E
- e
- Electronic charge
- E
- Energy
- EA
- Energy gap of an acceptor atom
- ED
- Energy gap of a donor atom
- EEPROM
- Electrically erasable programable read‐only memory
- Ef
- Fermi level
- Eg
- Energy gap between bands
- EPROM
- Erasable programable read‐only memory
- eV
- Electron‐volts
F
- f
- Frequency
- F‐D
- Fermi‐Dirac statistics
- F(E)
- Fermi function
- FET
- Field‐effect transistor
- FIR
- Far infrared radiation
- GaAs
- Gallium Arsenide
- GaP
- Gallium Phosphate
- Ge
- Germanium
H
- H
- Henry, unit of inductance
- h
- Planck constant
- HDL
- Hardware description Language
- Hg
- Mercury
- HgCaTe
- Mercury Cadmium Tellurite
- Hz
- Hertz (unit of frequency)
I
- I or I
- Electrical current
- IB
- Base current
- IC
- Collector current
- IC
- Integrated circuit
- ICEO
- Collector current at Base current = 0
- IE
- Emitter current
- In
- Electron current
- In
- Indium
- InAs
- Indium Arsenide
- InD
- Electron diffusion current
- InE
- Electron drift current
- InP
- Indium Phosphate
- InSb
- Indium Antimonide
- Ip
- Hole current
- ipD
- Hole diffusion ...
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