KEYWORDS

IN

ELECTRONICS

VISHWAS BAPAT

First release: May, 2011

 Preface

Dear Reader

In this document, I am sharing my collection of keywords in electronics with you. The

purpose of this document is to provide you a quick tour of the exciting and fast
growing field of electronics

So……..browse it. You will find it useful and interesting.

If you notice any errors in this document, please mail me.

Email: [email protected]

Vishwas Bapat

Consulting Engineer
INDEX

ADCs (Analog- to- Digital Converters)

Algorithms
Amplifiers
Analysis/Analyzers
Antennas
Batteries
Cables/Wires
Capacitors
Codes/Coding/Encoders/Decoders
Communication
Computers
Connectors/Sockets
Controls/Controllers/Regulators
Converters
Delay lines
Detectors
Development/Design tools
Diodes
Displays
Drivers/Receivers
Effects
Electronics
Enclosures
Ferrites/Ferrite cores
Filters/Filtering
Frequency bands
Heating
Inductors/Chokes/Coils
Industries
Interfaces/Buses
Inverters
Lamps/Lighting
Languages
LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of radiation)
Logic/Logic devices
Materials
Memory/Storage devices
Meters/Indicators
Miscellaneous components/devices
Miscellaneous keywords
Modulation/Demodulation/Modulators/Demodulators
Motors/Motor controllers/Drives
Multiple channel access/Channel access methods
Networks/Network devices
Neural Networks (NNs)/Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)
Oscillators/Generators
Plots/Charts/Maps/Diagrams
Power Supplies (Linear/SMPS/DC_DC converters)
Printers
Protective devices
Protective relays
Protocols
RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging)
Rectifiers
Relays/Solenoids/Contactors
Resistors
Robots
Sensors/Probes/Transducers/Transmitters
Standards/Directives/Guidelines
Switches
Telephones/Phones
Tests/Testers
Theorems/Laws
Thyristors
Transformers
Transforms/Transformations
Transistors
Windows
Wireless transmitters/receivers/transceivers
ADCs (Analog-to-Digital Converters)

Flash ADC
Integrating ADC
Multichannel ADC
Pipeline (d) ADC
Sigma-delta/Delta-sigma/Charge balancing
SAR (Successive Approximation Register)
Algorithms

Adaptation algorithms
ALGA (Augmented Lagrangian Genetic Algorithm)
Alpha blend (blending) algorithm
ALPS (Augmented Lagrangian Pattern Search) algorithm
Audio compression algorithms
Augmented Lagrangian algorithm
Authentication algorithms
Bellman-Ford routing algorithm
BFA (Bacteria Foraging Algorithm)
Blind deconvolution algorithm
BP (Back-propagation) algorithm
BPTT (Back Propagation Through Time) algorithm
Cache replacement algorithm
CELP (Code Excited Linear Prediction) algorithm
Centralized algorithms
Change detection algorithms
Cooley and Tukey algorithm
Data association algorithms
Data compression algorithms
Data encryption algorithms
Data estimation algorithms
Data mining algorithms
Dijkstra algorithm
Direct search algorithms
Distributed algorithms
DV (Distance Vector) routing algorithm
FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) algorithms
Ford-Fulkerson routing algorithm
GA (Genetic Algorithm)
Gaussian algorithm
Goertzel algorithm
GPS (Generalized Pattern Search) algorithm
Global routing algorithm
Gradient based algorithms
Identification algorithms
Image identification algorithms
K-means algorithm
K-NN (K-Nearest Neighbor) algorithm
KLT (Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi) algorithm
Kruskal’s greedy algorithm
LFSR (Linear Feedback Shift Register) algorithm
Link adaptation algorithm
LMS (Least Mean Squares) algorithm
LMST (Local Minimum Spanning Tree) algorithm
LS (Link State) routing algorithm
Lucy-Richardson algorithm
Mallat algorithm
MADS (Mesh ADaptive Search) algorithm
MLFMA (Multi Level Fast Multiple Algorithm)
MST (Minimum Spanning Tree) algorithm
Multi-processing algorithm
NLMS (Normalized Least Mean Squares) algorithm
Parameter estimation algorithm
Parameter identification algorithm
Parks-McClellan algorithm
Pattern recognition algorithms
Prim-Dijkstra’s algorithm
PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generation) algorithm
Reasoning algorithms
RLS (Recursive Least Squares) algorithm
Routing algorithms
RNG (Random Number Generation) algorithm
RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) algorithm
RTRL (Real Time Recurrent Learning) algorithm
SDLMS (Sign Data Least Mean Squares) algorithm
Security algorithms
SELMS (Sign Error Least Mean Squares) algorithm
Shape recognition algorithms
Slip-gain adaptation algorithm
Spatial reasoning algorithms
SSLMS (Sign Sign Least Mean Squares) algorithm
System identification algorithms
Temporal reasoning algorithms
Topology adaptation algorithm
Topology control algorithm
Video compression algorithms
Viterbi algorithm
Voice identification algorithms
Wireless rate adaptation algorithm
Amplifiers

Audio amplifier
Bioelectric amplifier
Bridge amplifier
Broadband amplifier
Buffer amplifier
CDBA (Current Differencing Buffered Amplifier)
CFA (Current Feedback Amplifier)
Charge amplifier
Class A amplifier
Class AB amplifier
Class B amplifier
Class C amplifier
Class D amplifier
Class E amplifier
Class G amplifier
Differential /Difference amplifier
Distribution Amplifier (DA)
EDFA (Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier)
FOPA (Fiber based Optical Parametric Amplifier)
High-voltage amplifier
High-side current sense amplifier
High-speed amplifier
ICVS (Current controlled Voltage Source) amplifier
IF (Intermediate Frequency) amplifier
IF (Intermediate Frequency) limiting amplifier
Instrumentation amplifier (IA)
Isolation amplifier
LNA (Low Noise Amplifier)
Lock-in amplifier
Log/antilog amplifier
Log-ratio amplifier
Microphone preamplifier
Microwave amplifier
MOPA (Master Oscillator Power Amplifier)
Norton amplifier
Op Amp (Operational Amplifier)
OTA (Operational Trans-conductance Amplifier)
Parametric amplifier (PA)
Public Address (PA) amplifier
PGA (Programmable Gain Amplifier)
Power amplifier
Push-Pull amplifier
Raman amplifier
Regenerative amplifier
RF (Radio Frequency) amplifier
Sample-and-hold (S/H, S&H) amplifier
Servo amplifier
Trans-impedance (TZ) amplifier
Trans-resistance amplifier
Tuned amplifier
TWTA (Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier)
VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier)
VGA (Variable Gain Amplifier)
Video amplifier
Analysis/Analyzers

AC analysis
Analog circuit analysis
Blob analysis
Correlation analysis
DC analysis
DPA (Destructive Physical Analysis)
FEA (Finite Element Analysis)
Fourier analysis
Frequency domain analysis
Gas analyzer
Harmonic analysis
Hydrogen analyzer
Image analysis
Inclusion analysis
JTFA (Joint Time Frequency Analysis)
Lexical analysis
Logic analyzer
Loop analysis
Melt cleanliness analysis
Metallurgical analysis
Monte Carlo analysis
Music analysis
Network analyzer
Nodal analysis
Non-worst case analysis
Octave analysis
PCA (Principal Component Analysis)
PGNAA (Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis)
PHA (Pulse Height Analyzer)
Protocol analyzer
Raman analyzer
Real-time analysis
Semantic analysis
Signature analysis
Spectrum analyzer
Speech analysis
Syntactic analysis
Task run-time analysis
Texture analysis
Time frequency domain analysis
Time scale domain analysis
TMA (Target Motion Analysis)
Transient analysis
Wave analyzer
Wavelet analysis
Worst case analysis
Antennas

Adaptive array antenna (AAA)

Beverage
Bi-conical
Bilog® antenna
Cassegrain antenna
Chip antenna
Circular Polarized (CP) antenna
Collinear antenna
Conical spiral antenna
Corner reflector antenna
Delta antenna
Dielectric rod antenna
Dipole antenna
Discone antenna
Dish antenna
Eggbeater antenna
Ferrite rod/Ferrite Loopstick antenna
Fractal antenna
Helix antenna
Horn antenna
Inverted F antenna (IFA)
Leaky wave
Log-periodic antenna
Loop antenna
Meander line antenna (MLA)
Microstrip antenna
Monocone antenna
Monopole antenna
Omnidirectional antenna
Open ended waveguide antenna
Panel antenna
Patch antenna
Phased array antenna
Photoconductive antenna
Planar antenna
Radiating cable antenna
Rhombic antenna
Slot antenna
Smart antenna
Travelling wave antenna
Turnstile antenna
Vivaldi antenna
Whip antenna
Yagi-Uda antenna
Batteries

Alkaline battery
Flow battery
Fuel cell
Lead-acid battery
Lithium battery
NiCd battery
NiMH battery
Silver oxide battery
Silver zinc battery
Water activated battery
Zebra (Na/NiCl2) battery
Zinc-air battery
Zinc-carbon/Carbon-zinc battery
Zinc-chloride battery
Cables/Wires

Coaxial cable
Compensation cable/Extension wire
Cross-over cable
EHT cable
Enameled wire
Equipment wire
Fiber optic cable/Optical fiber cable
Fire resistant cable
FFC (Flexible Flat Cable)
FRC (Flat Ribbon Cable)
Hookup wire
Insulated wire
Magnet wire
Microwave cable
Screened cable
Shielded cable
STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) cable
Telephone cable
UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cable
Capacitors

Aluminum electrolytic capacitor

Ceramic capacitor
Class X capacitor
Class Y capacitor
COG (NPO) ceramic capacitor
Electrolytic capacitor
Energy storage capacitor
Feed-through capacitor
Film-foil capacitor
Glass capacitor
LICC (Low Inductance Chip Capacitor)/RGC (Reverse Geometry Capacitor)
Metalized film capacitor
Mica capacitor
MLCC (Multi Layer Ceramic Chip) capacitor
Paper-film/foil capacitor
Plastic film capacitor
Polycarbonate capacitor
Polyester/PET capacitor
Polyethylene Naphthalate (PEN) capacitor
Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) capacitor
Polypropylene (PP) capacitor
Polystyrene capacitor
Porcelain capacitor
Silicon chip capacitor
Super capacitor/Ultra-capacitor
Teflon/PTFE capacitor
Tantalum electrolytic capacitor
Trimmer/Variable capacitor
Codes/Coding/Encoders/Decoders

1D/2D/3D barcode
2-of-8 keypad-to-binary encoder
4B3T code
8B/10B code
AMI (Alternate Mark Inversion) code
Arithmetic coding
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) code
ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding)
Barker code
BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) code
BCH (Bose Chodhury Hocquenghem) code
Binary code
Bi-phase Mark Code (BMC)
Bi-phase space code
Bipolar Offset Binary (BOB)
Block-level coding
BNZS code/HDBn code
Brevity code
Block Turbo Code (BTC)
C/A (Coarse-Acquisition) code
CAVLC (Context Adaptive Variable Length Coding)
Chip code/Chipping code
Code-39/code-128 barcode
Codec (Coder-Decoder)
Coherent decoding
Complementary Offset Binary (COB)
Complementary Straight Binary (CSB)
Complementary Twos Complement (CTC)
Convolutional code
Cyclic code
Differential coding
EBCDIC (Extended BCD Interchange Code)
Entropy coding
EPC (Electronic Product Code)
Excess-3 code
Gray code/Reflected binary code
Hamming code
Hopping code/Rolling code
Huffman coding
IP (Ingress Protection) code
JPEG encoder/decoder
LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code
Line codes
Loss-less encoder/decoder
LPC (Linear Predictive Coder)
Manchester code
Model-based coding
MPEG codec
NBCD (Natural BCD) code
Non-coherent decoding
NRZ (Non Return to Zero) code
NRZI (Non Return to Zero Inverted) code
Offset binary code
Orthogonal codes
Phase Encoding
PRN (Pseudo Random Noise) code
PST (Pair Selected Ternary) code
Reed-Muller code
Reed-Solomon code
Reflected code
RLL (Run Length Limited) coding
RPELPC (Regular Pulse Excited LPC)
RZ (Return to Zero) code
RZI (Return to Zero Inverted) code
SEC-DED (Single Error Correction-Double Error Detection) code
Speech codec
State transition encoding (STE)
Sub-band coding
Time code
Tone encoder/decoder
Transform-based coding
Unweighted code
Universal Product Code (UPC)
USB (Unipolar Straight Binary) code
Video codec
Walsh-Hadamard codes
Weighted code
Communication

Analog communication
Asynchronous communication
Broadband communication
Digital communication
Fiber optic communication
Full-duplex (FDX) communication
Half-duplex (HDX) communication
IPC (Inter Process Communication)
Long range communication
LOS (Line of Sight) communication
Microwave communication
Mobile communication
Near Field Communication (NFC)
One-way communication
Packet based communication
Parallel communication
Power Line Communication (PLC)
Point-to-multipoint communication
Point-to-point communication
RF (Radio Frequency) communication
Satellite communication
Secure communication
Serial communication
Short range communication
Simplex communication
Synchronous communication
Telecommunication
Two-way communication
UWB (Ultra Wide Band) communication
Wired communication
Wireless communication
Computers

Desktop PC
Handheld PC
Industrial PC
Laptop PC
Mainframe computer
Microcomputer
Minicomputer/Mid-range computer
Notebook PC
Palmtop PC
PC (Personal Computer)
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
SBC (Single Board Computer)
Server computer
Sub-notebook/Mini-notebook computer
Supercomputer
Tablet PC
Workstation computer
Connectors/Sockets

AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) connector

Audio connector
Audio/Video connector
Automotive connector
Backplane connector
Banana plug/jack
Bayonet connector
BNC (Bayonet Neill Concelman) connector
Board-to-board connector
C connector
Centronics connector
Circular connector
Coaxial connector
D-sub (miniature) connector
DC connector
DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) connector
DIN connector
DVI (Digital Visual Interface) connector
Edge board/Edge card/Edge connector
Elastomeric connector
Eurocard connector
F connector
FFC (Flexible Flat Cable) connector
FireWire/IEEE-1394
Floating board-to-board
FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) connector
FRC (Flat Ribbon Cable) connector
HDC (High Density Connector)
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector
Header (Plugs)/Sockets (Receptacles)
IDC (Insulation Displacement Connector)
IEEE 1284 connector
IEEE 1386 Mezzanine connector
Input/Output (I/O) connector
iVDR (Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage) connector
Jacks and Plugs
M8/M12 connector
Magnetic jacks
MCX (Micro Coaxial) connector
Memory card connector
Mezzanine IEEE 1386
MMCX (Micro Miniature Coaxial) connector
MS connector
Optical fiber connector
Phono connector/RCA connector
Plugs/Sockets
Power connector
PS/2 connector
QMA/QN connector
Rack and panel connector
RF (Radio Frequency) connector
RJ-XX (Registered Jack-XX) connector
S-Video connector
SAS (Serially Attached SCSI) connector
SATA (Serial ATA) connector
SCA (Single Connector Attachment) connector
SCART connector
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) connector
SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) connector
SIM card connector
SMA (Sub Miniature version A) connector
Smart card connector
SMB (Sub Miniature version B) connector
SMC (Sub Miniature version C) connector
SMP connector
Splice connector
SSMA connector
SSMB connector
Thermocouple connector
Terminal block connector
TNC (Threaded Neill Concelman) connector
TRS (Tip Ring Sleeve) connector
Type N connector
UHDC (Ultra High Density Connector)
UHF (Ultra High Frequency) connector
USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector
VGA (Video Graphics Adapter) connector
VHDCI (Very High Density Cable Interconnect) connector
Video connector
Wire-to-board connector
Wire-to-wire connector
XFP (10 Gigabit SFP) connector
XLR (Shield Live Return) connector
ZIF connector/socket
Controls/Controllers/Regulators

AGC (Automatic Gain Control)

Adaptive control
APC (Automatic Power Control)
AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator)
Cascade control
Compensators
CNC (Computer Numerical Control)/NC (Numerical Control)
Composition control
Combustion control
Current mode control
Dahlin controller
DCC (Distributed Computer control)
DDC (Direct/Distributed Digital Control)
DCS (Distributed Control System)
Dead-beat control
DMC (Dynamic Matrix Control)
DNC (Direct or Distributed Numerical Control)
DSC (Digital Signal Controller)
FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control)
Feed-forward control
Flatness control
Floating control
Flow control
Flue control
Fuzzy logic control
Gain scheduled Q parameterization control
Humidity control
Hysteresis current control
IMC (Internal Model Control)
Integral cycle control
Level control
LQG (Linear Quadratic Gaussian) controller
LQG/LTR (Linear Quadratic Gaussian/Loop Transfer Recovery) controller
LQR (Linear Quadratic Regulator)
MPC (Model Predictive Control)
MRAC (Model Reference Adaptive Control)
MRC (Model Reference Control)
Multi-variable control
Observer based control
On-Off/Two-position/Bang-bang control
Optimal control
PAC (Programmable Automatic Control)
PBC (Passivity Based Control)
pH/ORP control
PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) controller
PIP (Proportional Integral Plus) control
PLC (Programmable Logic Control)
Position control
Power factor control
Pressure control
Process control
PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) controller
Ratio control
Robust control/H-infinity control
Servo control/Follow-up control
Sliding mode control
Smith predictor
SPC (Statistical Process Control)
Speed control
State feedback control
Stochastic control
Temperature control
Tension control
Thickness control
Time proportional control
UPFC (Unified Power Flow Controller)
Viscosity control
Weigh feeder control
Converters

AC_DC converter
Code converter
Current-to-voltage converter
Cycloconverter
DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)
DC_AC converter
Digital-to-NTSC/PAL converter
Dual converter
EPC (Electro-pneumatic converter)
GBIC (Giga Bit Interface Converter)
Interface converter
Media converter
Parallel-to-serial converter
Quasi-resonant converter
RS-232-to-RS-422/RS-485 converter
Serial-to-parallel converter
Static converter
Static frequency converter
Triangle-wave-to-sine-wave converter
Up/Down converter
USB-to-PS/2 converter
USB-to-serial converter
Voltage-to-frequency converter
VSC (Voltage Source converter)
Delay lines

Bucket-brigade
Multiple
Passive
Programmable
SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave)
Tapped
Variable
Detectors

APD (Avalanche Photo Diode) detector

Average detector
Cable detector
CO detector
CO2 detector
Coaxial detector
Crack detector
Diode detector
Electromagnetic field detector
Envelope detector
Fire detector
Flame detector
Gamma ray detector
Gas detector
Germanium detector
Glass break detector
Homodyne detector
HPGe (High Purity Germanium) detector
Intrusion detector
Ionization detector
IR (Infra Red) detector
LBS (Low Barrier Schottky) diode detector
Leak detector
Level detector
Lie detector
Metal detector
Microwave leak detector
Motion detector
Movement detector
Nuclear detector
Nuclear Event Detector (NED) detector
Nuclear radiation detector
Occupancy detector
Optical detector
Particle detector
Peak detector
Photodiode detector
Photoelectric detector
PIR (Passive Infra Red) detector
Planar detector
Quasi-peak detector
RF power detector
RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector)
Radiation detector
Rectifier detector
Semi-planar
SiLi/Si(Li) detector
Silicon detector
Silicon microstrip detector
Siren detector
Smoke detector
Square-law detector
Synchronous detector
Thin Film Detector (TFD)
Voice activity detector
X-ray detector
ZCD (Zero Crossing Detector)
Development/Design tools

Assembler
C compiler
CAD (Computer Aided Design)
Cross-assembler
Device programmer
Disassembler
Editor
ICD (In-circuit Debugger)
ICE (In-Circuit Emulator)
IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
Linker
MATLAB/Simulink
Simulators
SPICE (Simulated Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis)
VHDL compiler/simulator
Diodes

APD (Avalanche Photo Diode)

Constant current
Fast/Ultra-fast recovery diode
Germanium diode
Gunn diode
IMPATT (IMPact ionization Avalanche Transit Time) diode
LED (Light Emitting Diode)
Photo-diode
PIN (Positive-Intrinsic-Negative) diode
Schottky barrier/Hot carrier diode
Silicon diode
Soft recovery diode
TRAPATT (TRApped Plasma Avalanche Transit Time) diode
Tunnel/Esaki/Back diode
Varactor diode
Zener diode
Displays

7/14/16 segment LED (Light Emitting Diode) display

7 segment LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
Alphanumeric display
Bar-graph LCD
Bar-graph/bar-array LED display
CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display
CSTN (Color STN) LCD
Dot-matrix LCD
Dot-matrix LED display
ELD (Electro Luminescent Display)
Flat panel display
Graphic LCD
LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) display
LTPS (Low Temperature Poly Silicon)-TFT-LCD
Message display
MFD (Multi Function video Display)
OLED (Organic LED) display
PDP (Plasma Display Panel)
Projection display
Raster display
STN (Super Twisted Nematic) LCD
STN-DD (STN-Dual Drive) display panel
TFT (Thin Film Transistor) LCD
TN (Twisted Nematic) LCD
TN/STN LCD
VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display)
Drivers/Receivers

Coil drivers
Device drivers
Gate drivers
High-side drivers
Instrument drivers
Laser drivers
LCD drivers
LED display drivers
Lens drivers
Line drivers/receivers
Low-side drivers
Magnetic disk drivers
PDP (Plasma Display Panel) drivers
Relay drivers
Solenoid drivers
Effects

Acousto-optic effect
AMR (Anisotropic Magneto Resistance) effect
Barkhausen effect
Doppler effect
Electro-optic effect
Faraday effect
GMR (Giant Magneto Resistance) effect
Hall effect
Joule effect
Magnetoresistive effect
Magnetostrictive/Magnetomechanical/Villari effect
Matteuci effect
Peltier effect
Photo-conductive effect
Photo-electric/Photo-voltaic effect
Piezoelectric effect
Piezoresistive effect
Seebeck effect
Skin effect
Thermoelectric effect
TMR (Tunnel Magneto Resistance) effect
Tyndall effect
Wiedemann effect
Wiegand effect
Electronics

Automotive electronics
Avionics
Consumer electronics
Cryogenic electronics
Industrial electronics
Mechatronics
Medical electronics
Military/Defense electronics
Optoelectronics
Photonics
Power electronics
Quantum electronics
Spintronics/Magnetoelectronics
Enclosures

Corrosion resistant enclosure

Desktop enclosure
Die-cast aluminum enclosure
DIN rail-mount enclosure
Drip-proof/Drip-tight enclosure
Dust-proof/Dust-tight enclosure
Explosion-proof enclosure
Flameproof enclosure
Handheld enclosure
Instrument cases
Panel mount enclosure
Plastic enclosure
Plug-in module enclosure
Rain-proof/Rain-tight enclosure
Rack mount enclosure
Sleet resistant enclosure
Steel/Mild steel enclosure
Submersible enclosure
Wall-mounting enclosure
Water-tight enclosure
Weather-proof enclosure
Ferrites/ Ferrite cores

Balun core
Bead core
Cup core
Drum core
E core
EFD core
EP core
ETD core
Hard ferrite
MnZn ferrite
NiZn ferrite
Pot core
RM core
Rod core
Screw core
Sleeve core
Slug core
Soft ferrite
Strontium (Sr) ferrite
Threaded core
Toroidal core
Tube core
U core
Filters/Filtering

Active filter
Active Power Filter (APF)
Adaptive filter
Add/Drop filter
All-pass filter
Anti-aliasing filter
AOTF (Acousto Optic Tunable Filter)
Band-pass filter (BPF)
Band-reject/Band-stop/Notch filter
Bayesian filter
Bessel filter
Bi-quad filter
Butterworth filter
Cascaded filter
Ceramic bulk filter
Chebyshev filter
CIC (Cascaded Integrator Comb) filter
Comb filter/decimation filter
Constant-Q filter
Continuous time filter
Crystal filter
Dielectric filter
Discrete wavelet filter
Elliptic filter/Cauer filter
FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filter
Fliege filter
High-pass filter (HPF)
High-Q filter
IF (Intermediate Frequency) filter
IIR (Infinite Impulse Response) filter
Image rejection filter
Interpolation filter
Inverse filtering
JPDAF (Joint Probabilistic Data Association Filter)
Kalman filter
L-filter
Lattice filter
LC filter
Leapfrog filter
Linkwitz-Riely filter
Low-pass filter (LPF)
Matched filter
Median filter
Moving average filter (MAF)/Running average filter
Multi-dimensional (MD) filter banks
Multiple feedback filter
Multi-rate filter
Non-constant-Q filter
Optical filter
Parametric estimation filtering
Pi- filter
Polarizing filter
Poly-phase filter
Power line filter
Preselect filter
Pulse shaping filter
QMF (Quadrature Mirror Filter)
Rank order filter
Rauch filter
RCF (Raised Cosine Filter)
Reconstruction filter
RRC (Root Raised Cosine) filter/SRRC (Square RRC) filter
Sallen and Key filter
Savitzky-Golay filter
SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) filter
Spatial filtering / Beam forming
State variable filter
Statistical filtering
Stochastic filter
Switched Capacitor (SC) filter
T-filter
Time Varying (TV) filter
Transversal filter
Travelling Wave Filter (TWF)
Twin-T filter
Universal active filter
Variable-Q filter
VCVS (Voltage Controlled Voltage Source) filter
Washout filter
WDF (Wave Digital Filter)
Weighting filter
Wiener filter
Frequency bands

Amateur band
C band (4GHz-6GHz)
CB/Citizens Band (26MHz-27MHz)
EHF /Extremely High Frequency/Millimeter wave band (30GHz-300GHz)
ELF/Extremely Low Frequency band (3Hz-30Hz)
HF/High Frequency/Short Wave band (3MHz-30MHz)
ISM/Industrial Scientific and Medical band
K band (18GHz-27GHz)
Ka band (27GHz-40GHz)
Ku band (12GHz-18GHz)
L band (1GHz-2GHz)
LF/Low Frequency/Long Wave band (30 KHz 300 KHz)
MF/Medium Frequency/Medium Wave band (300 KHz -3 MHz)
Microwave band
S band (2GHz-4GHz)
SHF/Super High Frequency band (3GHz-30GHz)
SRD/Short Range Devices band
VHF/Very High Frequency band (30 MHz-300MHz)
VLF/ Very Low Frequency band (3 KHz - 30 KHz)
X band (8GHz-12GHz)
UHF/Ultra High Frequency band (300 MHz-3GHz)
Heating

Direct resistance heating

Induction heating
IR heating
Microwave heating
Dielectric/RF/HF heating
Inductors/Chokes/Coils

Air core inductor

Common mode choke
Degaussing coil
Differential mode choke
Ferrite core inductor
Metalized inductor
Peaking coil
Power inductor
Power line choke
RF (Radio Frequency) inductor
Rogowski coil
Shielded inductor
SMD chip inductor
Toroidal choke
Variable (Adjustable) inductor
Industries

Automobile
Cement
Chemical
Consumer goods
Fiber and film
Food and beverages
Glass
Manufacturing
Metals
Mining
Petroleum
Pharmaceuticals
Pulp and paper
Rubber and plastics
Semiconductor
Telecommunications
Textiles
Transport and logistics
Interfaces/Buses

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

ADSI (Analog Display Services Interfaces)
API (Application Programming Interface)
ATAPI (Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface)
Berkeley Socket Interface
BRI (Basic Rate Interface)
BTL (Back-plane Transceiver Logic Interface)
CAN (Controller Area Network) bus
CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface)
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface)
DSI (Distributed Systems Interface) bus
DVB-ASI (Digital Video Broadcast-Asynchronous Serial Interface)
DVI (Digital Video Interface)
DyNet bus
EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface)
E-NNI (External-Network-Network-Interface)
FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)
FireWire interface
GHUI (Generic Hierarchical User Interface)
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)
HMI (Human Machine Interface)
I2C (Inter IC) bus
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface
LIN (Local Interconnect Network) bus
MIDI (Music/Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
MII (Media Independent Interface)
MMI (Man Machine Interface)
MPI (Message Passing Interface)
OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface)
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface)
PCIe (PCI Express)
PPI (Programmable Peripheral Interface)
PRI (Primary Rate Interface)
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
SDI (Serial Digital Interface)
SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) bus
Synchronous serial interface
TP-DDI (Twisted Pair- Distributed Data Interface)
TTI (Transducer Independent interface)
UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface)
USB (Universal Serial Bus)
xHCI (Extensible Host Controller Interface)
Inverters

Buck/Royer inverter
Cascade multilevel inverter
Class-D inverter
Class-DE inverter
Class-E inverter
Current-fed inverter
Current-source inverter
Cycloinverter
Full-bridge (H-bridge) inverter
Half- bridge inverter
LCC resonant inverter
MSMI (Modular Structured Multilevel Inverter)
Push-pull inverter
PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) inverter
Resonant mode ZCS inverter
Self oscillating inverter
Single-phase inverter
Switching inverter
Three-phase inverter
VSI (Voltage Source Inverter)
ZVS fly-back resonant inverter
Lamps/Lighting
CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp)
CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp)
Dimmable electronic transformer
DMX (Digital Multiplex) lighting
EL (Electroluminescent) lighting
Electronic ballasts
Emergency lantern/lights
Fluorescent lamp
Halogen lamp/Tungsten-halogen lamp
HBLED (High Brightness LED) lamp
HID (High Intensity Discharge) lamps
Incandescent lamp/Filament lamp
Induction lighting
IR lamp
Lamp ignitors/starters
Metal halide lamp
Neon lamp
Sodium lamp
Tungsten lamp
UV (Ultra Violet) lamp
Xenon lamp
Languages

ADL (Architecture Description Language)

Assembly language
BSDL (Boundary Scan Description Language)
C language
DDL (Data Definition Language)
DML (Data Manipulation Language)
HDL (Hardware Description Language)
HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language)
HPGL (Hewlett Packard Graphic Language)
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
Java language
LISP (LISt Processing) language
Machine language
NC (Numerical Control) languages
PDL (Program Design Language)
PLC languages
SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)
SQL (Structured Query Language)
UML (Unified Modeling Language)
VHDL (VHSIC [Very High Speed Integrated Circuits] Hardware Description
Language)
Verilog HDL (Hardware Description Language)
WML (Wireless markup Language)
XML (Extensible markup Language)
LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation)

CO2 laser
DFB (Distributed Feed Back) laser
DPSS (Diode Pumped Solid State) laser
Excimer laser
Fiber-based laser
GaAs laser
GaN laser
He-Ne laser
ILD (Injection Laser Diode)
Ion laser
IR Laser diode
Laser diode
Mode locked laser
Neodymium-based YAG laser
Nitrogen laser
OPA (Optical Parametric Amplifier) laser
Pulsed laser
Titanium-Sapphire laser
VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser)
VLD (Visible Laser Diode)
YAG (Yttrium Aluminum Garnet) laser
Logic/Logic devices

ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)

Astable multi-vibrator
Boolean logic
Bus driver logic families
CML (Current Mode Logic)
CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) logic families
Combinational logic
Counter
CPLD (Complex PLD)
DTL (Diode Transistor Logic)
ECL (Emitter Coupled Logic) logic families
EPLD (Erasable PLD)
EEPLD (Electrically Erasable PLD)
FF (Flip-Flop)
FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
GAL (Generic Array Logic)
HAL (Hardwired Array Logic)
High-speed differential signaling logic families
HTL (High Threshold Logic)
HSTL (High Speed Transceiver Logic)
Logic buffers
Logic drivers/receivers/transceivers
Logic gates
Logic level translators
Low voltage logic families
Monostable multi-vibrator
PAL (Programmable Array Logic)
PLA (Programmable Logic Array)
PLD (Programmable Logic Device)
RTL (Resistor Transistor Logic)
Sequential logic
Shift registers
SPLD (Simple PLD)
SSTL (Stub Series Termination Logic)
Three-state logic
TTL (Transistor Transistor Logic) logic families
Materials

ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)

ADP (Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate)
AFLC (Anti Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal)
Alnico
Aluminum (Al)
Americium 241
Anti-static materials
Arsenic (As)
Brass
Cadmium (Cd)
Carbon (C)
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Ceramics
Conductive foam
Conformal coating materials
Copper (Cu)
Electrolytes
Epoxy adhesives
Ethanol
Ferromagnetic materials
Fiberglass
FR1/FR2/FR4
Gallium (Ga)
Germanium (Ge)
Gold (Au)
Heat sink compound
Helium (He)
Indium (In)
Iron (Fe)
Isopropanol
ITO (Indium Tin Oxide)
Lacquer
Lead (Pb)
Lithium (Li)
LTCC (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic)
Manganese (Mn)
Methanol
Mica
Neon (Ne)
Nickel (Ni)
Nitrogen (N)
Organic polymers
Phosphorus (P)
Photo-resist materials
Polyamide (PA)
Polycarbonate (PC)
Polyester (PET)
Polystyrene (PS)
Polyurethane
Potting compound
PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride)
Quartz
Resins
Rock salt
Silicon (Si)
Silicon carbide (SiC)
Silicone conformal coating
Silicone elastomers
Silicone rubber
Silver (Ag)
Solder flux
Solder paste
Tantalum (Ta)
Teflon/PTFE
Tin (Sn)
TIM (Thermal Interface Materials)
Titanium (Ti)
Varnish
Zinc (Zn)
Memory/Storage devices

BD (Blue-ray Disk)
CD (Compact Disk)
CD-R (CD-Recordable)
CD-ROM
CD-RW (CD-ReWritable)
CF (Compact Flash)- card
DARAM (Dual Access RAM)
DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
DDR-SDRAM/Double Data Rate-SDRAM)
Digital Audio Tape
DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module)
DRAM (Dynamic RAM)
Dual ported EEPROM
Dual ported SRAM
Dual ported DRAM
DVD (Digital Versatile Disk)
DVD-R (DVD-Recordable)
DVD-RAM
DVD-RW (DVD-ReWritable)
EDODRAM (Extended Data Out) DRAM
eDRAM (embedded DRAM)
EEPROM (Electrically Erasable PROM)
FCRAM (Fast Cycle RAM)
Field memory (FMEM)
FIFO (First IN First Out) memory
Flash memory
FRAM (Ferroelectric RAM)
Hard disk
LIFO (Last IN First Out) memory
Magnetic data storage
Mask-programmed ROM
Memory cards
Memory Stick
MMC (Multi Media card)
Multi-port memory
NVSRAM (Non Volatile SRAM)
Optical data storage
OTP (One Time Programmable) ROM
Pen drive / USB flash drive
PROM (Programmable ROM)
QDR-SRAM (Quad Data Rate-SRAM)
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
ROM (Read Only Memory)
SARAM (Single Access RAM)
SCP (Serial Configuration PROM)
SD (Secure Digital)-card
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)
SIMM (Single In-line Memory Module)
SRAM (Static RAM)
SSRAM (Synchronous SRAM)
SVCD (Super Video CD)
Meters/Indicators

Accelerometer
Altimeter
Ammeter
Anemometer
Barometer
Bolometer
Ceilometer
Clamp meter
CO meter
CO2 meter
Colorimeter
Combustion meter
Conductivity meter
Densitometer
Density meter
DMM (Digital Multi Meter)
Dosimeter
DPM (Digital Panel Meter)
Elapsed time meter
Electrometer
Energy meter
Field meter
Flow meter
Gradiometer
Heat meter
Hygrometer
Inclinometer/Tilt meter
Interferometer
LCR meter
Light meter/Lux meter
Loop powered indicator
Magnetometer
Manometer
Moisture meter
Ohm meter/Milliohm meter
ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential) meter
Parking meter
Pedometer
pH meter
Power meter
Pulse oximeter
Pyranometer
Pyrometer
Radiometer
Reflectometer
Refractometer
Rotameter
RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) meter
Sound level meter
Spectrometer
Spirometer
Tachometer
Target meter
Tensiometer
Thermometer
TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer)
Velocimeter
Vibration meter
Viscometer
Voltmeter
Miscellaneous components/devices

Actuator
Adder
ADM (Add/Drop multiplexer)
Attenuator
Balun
Beam splitter
Blower
Busbar
Buzzer
Cable gland
Cavity
Comparator
Diac
Directional coupler
DSP (Digital Signal Processor)
Duplexer
Fan
Frequency synthesizer
Geiger-Muller tube
Grommet
Heat pump
Heat-sink
Hooter
Klystron tube
Magnetron
MASER (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)
Microcontroller
Microprocessor
Mixer
Multiplexers/Demultiplexer
Optocoupler/Optoisolator
Phase shifter
Photomultiplier tube
PLL (Phase Lock Loop)
Resonator
SerDes (Serializer/Dserializer)
Sounder
SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device)
Traveling Wave Tube (TWT)
Waveguide
Miscellaneous keywords

Access control
Acoustics
Adaptive signal processing
Aerospace
Analog input/output
ANC (Adaptive Noise Cancellation)
Anechoic chamber
Annunciator
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
Auto-ID (Automatic IDentification)
Automation tools/Industrial automation tools
Ballast
Beacon
Beam-forming array/Spatial filtering
Biometrics
Bit banging
BSI (Blind System Identification)
Building automation
Calibrator
Camcorder
CCTV (Closed Circuit TV)
CDS (Correlated Double Sampler)
Charge transfer device
Chromatography
Clean room
Clustering
CMT (Coupled Mode Theory)
Companding
Compensator
Contraction mapping
Convolution/Deconvolution
Cooling
Correlation
Curing
Current regulator/Current source
Data compression
Data logger
Data mining
DC restorer
DDF (Digital Distribution Frame)
DDS (Direct Digital Synthesis)
Deep submicron technology
DI (Dielectric device Isolation) power ICs
Digital input/output
Digital radio
Dip soldering
DMD (Deformable Mirror Device/Digital Micro-mirror Device)
Dolby systems
DPM (Dynamic Power Management)
DSO (Digital Storage Oscilloscope)
DXF (Data Exchange Format)
Echo cancellation
ECL (EleCtroLuminescence)
EDA (Electronic Design Automation)
Eddy current
EFAB (Electrochemical FABrication)
Electrochemistry/Potentiometry/Voltametry/Coulometry/Conductometry
Electronic flash tube
Electronic nose
Electrostatics
Encryption/Decryption
Equalizer
EVAC (Emergency Voice Alarm Communications)
FACT (Flexible AC Transmission) system
FAT (File Allocation System)
Fault tolerance/Graceful degradation
FDD (Frequency Division Duplex)
Ferromagnetic tape
Flexible circuits
Forward chaining
Frequency doubler
Fresnel lens
FRUSA (Flexible Rolled Up Solar Array)
Fuzzy logic
GPS (Global Positioning System)
Guidance systems
Gyrator
Gyroscopes
HBA (Host Bus Adapter)
HF welding
HMM (Hidden Markov Model)
Holography
Hot-swapping
HRTEM (High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy)
HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning)
HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) transmission
Hyper terminal
IDF (Intermediate Data Format)
Image processing
IR (Infra Red)
Integrator
IVI (Interchangeable Virtual Instruments)
Limiter
LMI (Linear Matrix Inequalities)
Machine learning
Machine vision
MAP (Method of Approximate Programming
/Successive linear programming)
Megaphone
MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems)
MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition)
Micro Gas Chromatograph column
Micro-machining
MiTDR (Micro-impulse Time Domain Reflectometry)
MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit)
Mode locking
MOEMS (Micro Opto Electro Mechanical System)
Molecular computing/computers
MPSoC (Multi Processor System on Chip)
Multimedia systems
Multi-rate signal processing
NFS (Network File System)
NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
NoC (Network on Chip)
OS (Operating System)/Software environment / platform
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Pattern recognition
PBX (Private Branch Exchange)
PEM (Plastic Encapsulated Micro-circuit)
Pick and place machine
Plug and play
Reflow soldering
RFIC (Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit)
RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification)
RTOS (Real Time Operating System)
Sampling
Scanner
SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy)
SDR (Software Defined Radio)
SoC (System on Chip)
SoI (Silicon on Insulator)
SoS (Silicon on Sapphire)
Server
Set-Top-Box (STB)
Shannon’s information theory
Signaling
Solar electric systems
SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging)
Sonobuoy
Speech processing
Speech recognition
TDD (Time Division duplex)
Terminal mode
Timers
Transponder
Troposcatter/Tropospheric scatter
Ultrasonics
Valves
Vending machine
Wave soldering
Web camera
Modulation/Demodulation/Modulators/Demodulators

3/16 modulation
8-to-16 modulation
ADPCM (Adaptive DPCM)
AM (Amplitude Modulation)
Analog modulation
APM (Alternating Pulse Modulation)
APSK (Amplitude and PSK/ Asymmetric PSK)
ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying)
Balanced modulator
BPSK (Binary PSK)
Coherent demodulation
CPFSK (Continuous Phase FSK)
CPM (Continuous Phase Modulation)
CSS (Chirp Spread Spectrum)
CVSD (Continuously Variable Slope Delta) modulation/ADM (Adaptive DM)
Delta Modulation (DM)
Delta-Sigma modulation
Differential modulation
Digital modulation
DPCM (Differential PCM)
DPSK (Differential PSK)
DQPSK (Differential QPSK)
DSB-RC (Double Side Band-Reduced Carrier)
DSB-SC (Double Side Band-Suppressed Carrier)
DSB-WC (Double Side Band-With Carrier)
DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum)
EFM (Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation)
FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum)
FM (Frequency Modulation)
FSK (Frequency Shift Keying)
GFSK (Gaussian FSK)
GMSK (Gaussian MSK)
I&Q (In-phase and Quadrature) modulation
M-ary modulation
MFSK (Multi-FSK)
Modem (Modulator demodulator)
MPSK (M-ary PSK)
MQAM (M-ary QAM)
MSK (Minimum Shift Keying)
Multilevel modulation
NBFM (Narrow Band FM)
OOK (On Off Keying)
OQPSK (Offset QPSK)
PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation)
PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)
PDM (Pulse Duration/Density Modulation)
PFM (Pulse Frequency Modulation)
PM (Phase Modulation)
PPM (Pulse Position Modulation)
PSK (Phase Shift Keying)
Pulse modulation
PWM (Pulse Width Modulation)
QAM (Quadrature AM)
QPSK (Quadrature PSK)
Quadrature modulator
Reactor modulator
Space modulation
SQPSK (Staggered QPSK)
SS (Spread Spectrum) modulation
SSB-SC (Single Side Band-Suppressed Carrier)
SSB-WC (Single Side Band-With Carrier)
SVM (Space Vector Modulation)
Synchronous demodulation
TCM (Trellis Coded Modulation)
Transverse modulation
VSB-AM (Vestigial Side Band-AM)
WBFM (Wide Band FM)
Motors/Motor controllers/Drives

AC drives / VFD (Variable Frequency Drive)/VSD / (Variable Speed Drive)

AC motor
AC Servomotor
Bipolar chopper stepper motor drive
BLDC (Brush Less DC) motor
Brushed PM (Permanent Magnet) DC motor
Brushless servomotor
Compound wound DC motor
CSCR (Capacitor-Start/Induction-Run) motor
CSIR (Capacitor-Start/Capacitor-Run) motor
DC motor
DC pancake motor
DC servomotor
Induction motor
IPMSM (Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor)
Linear motor
Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM)
Piezoelectric motor
PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) / PMAC (Permanent Magnet AC
Motor)
Printed armature motor
PSC (Permanent Split Capacitor) motor
REPM (Rare earth PM) motor
RSIR (Resistance-Start/Induction-Run) motor
Series wound DC motor
Shaded pole motor
Soft starter
Split-Phase (SP) motor/ ISIR (Induction-Start/Induction-Run) motor
Squirrel-cage motor
Stepper motor
Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM)
Synchronous motor
Unipolar stepper motor drive
Universal motor
Variable Reluctance Motor (VRM)
Variable Switched Reluctance (VSR) motor
Voice coil motor
Wobble motor
Multiple access methods/Channel access methods

CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)

CSMA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access)
CSMA/BA (CSMA with Bit-wise Arbitration)
CSMA/CA (CSMA with Collision Avoidance)
CSMA/CD (CSMA with Collision Detection)
CSMA/CARP (CSMA with Collision Avoidance and Resolution using
Priorities)
DS-CDMA (Direct Sequence CDMA)
Dynamic TDMA
FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access)
FH-CDMA (Frequency Hopping CDMA)
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)
MACA (Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance)
MACAW (MACA for Wireless)
MC-CDMA (Multi Carrier CDMA)
MF-TDMA (Multi Frequency TDMA)
OFDMA (Orthogonal FDMA)
OFHMA (Orthogonal Frequency Hopping Multiple Access)
PAMA (Pulse Address Multiple Access)
PRMA (Packet Reservation Multiple Access)
SC-FDMA (Single Carrier FDMA)
SDMA (Space Division Multiple Access)
SSMA (Spread Spectrum Multiple Access)
TD-CDMA (Time Division CDMA)
TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)
W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA)
WDMA (Wavelength Division Multiple Access)
Networks/Network devices

ALOHA/ALOHA-net
Asynchronous transmission network
Base-band network
Broadcast network
Bus network
Cable TV network
Circuit switched network
Client-server network
Cluster-tree network
Distributed network
Distributed Processing Network (DPN)
Extranet
Hybrid network
Home network/Home Area Network (HAN)
Internet
Intranet
LAN (Local Area Network)
Long-haul network
MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
Mesh network
Network adapter
Network gateway
Network hub
Network repeater
Network router
Network switch
Packet radio network
Packet switched network
PAN (Personal Area Network)
PCN (Personal Communication Network)
Peer-to-peer network
PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)
Ring network
SAN (Storage Area Network)
Short-haul network
SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork)
Synchronous transmission network
Star network
Token bus network
Unswitched network
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
WAN (Wide Area Network)
Wireless Access Point
WLAN (Wireless LAN)
WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network)
WSN (Wireless Sensor Network)
WWAN (Wireless WAN)
Neural Networks (NNs)/Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)

BPNN (Back Propagation NN)

CNN (Cellular NN)
Convolutional NN
DTRNN (Discrete-Time Recurrent NN)
Feed-forward NN
Fuzzy ARTMAP NN
GCNN (Gram-Charlier NN)
GENN (Grammatical Evolution NN)
GENN (Genetically Engineered NN)
GMDH (Group Method of Data Handling) type NN
GPNN (Genetic Programming NN)
GRNN (General Regression NN)
Hopfield NN
LWNN (Linear Weighted NN)
MLPNN (Multi Layer Perceptron NN)
Multi-layer NN (MNN)
PNN (Probabilistic NN)
RBFNN (Radial Basis Function NN)
RNN (Recurrent NN)
RNN (Random NN)
SOM (Self Organizing Map) NN/SOFM (Self Organizing Feature Map) NN
SRN (Simultaneous Recurrent Network)
TDNN (Time Delay NN)
WPNN (Weighted Probabilistic NN)
Oscillators/Generators

Additive white Gaussian noise generator

AWG (Arbitrary Waveform Generator)
Clock generator
Comfort Noise Generator (CNG)
Crystal oscillator
Data generator (DG)
Function generator (FG)
Local oscillator (LO)
Pattern generator
Pseudo-noise code generator
Pulse generator
Random noise generator
VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator)
TCXO (Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator)
White Gaussian noise generator
Wien bridge oscillator
Plots/Charts/Maps/Diagrams

BDD (Binary Decision Diagram)

Bit map
Blondel circle diagram
Bode plot
Constellation diagram
Eye diagram
Flow chart
Karnaugh map
Nichols chart
Nyquist plot
Root-locus plot
Schmoo plot
Sequence diagram
Smith chart
Venn diagram (Set diagram)
Power supplies (Linear/SMPS/DC_DC converters)

Bi-directional converter
Boost (Step-up) converter
Buck (Step-down) converter
Buck-boost converter
Capacitor drop power supply
Cuk converter
Current fed converter
Fly-back converter
Forward converter
Full-bridge converter
Half-bridge converter
LDO (Low Drop Out) regulator
Line interactive UPS
Off-line UPS
On-line UPS
Polarity inverting converter
Push-pull converter
Quasi-resonant converter
Resonant converter
SEPIC (Single Ended Primary Inductor Converter)
Series regulator
Shunt regulator
Switched capacitor converter /Charge pump converter
UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
Voltage multiplier
ZCS converter
ZVS converter
Printers

Dot-matrix
Impact
Ink-jet
Laser-jet
Thermal
Protective devices

Anti-surge/Semi-delay (T) fuse

CBE (Circuit Breaker for Equipment)
ESD (Electro Static Discharge) suppressors
Fusible resistor
GDT (Gas Discharge Tube)
GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter)/GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter)
HBC (High Breaking Capacity)/Mains fuse
HRC (High Rupture Capacity) fuse
Intrinsic safety barriers
LBC (Low Breaking Capacity) fuse
MCB (Miniature Circuit Breaker)
MOV (Metal Oxide Varistor)
Multilayer chip varistor
NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistor
PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) thermistor
Quick acting (F) fuse
RCBO (Residual Current circuit Breaker with Overload protection)
RCD (Residual Current Devices)
Resettable fuse
Semiconductor fuse
SPDs (Surge Protection Devices)
Thermal fuse
TSPD (Thyristor Surge protection Devices)
TVSS (Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors)
/TVS (Transient Voltage Suppressors)
Very quick acting (FF) fuse
Zener barriers
Zener diodes
ZNR (Zinc-oxide Nonlinear Resistor) transient/surge absorbers
Protective relays

OCR (Over Current Relay)

Differential relay
Directional relay
Distance relay
Earth fault/Ground fault
Impedance
Over/under frequency relay
Over/Under voltage relay
Overload relay
Reverse power relay
Thermal overload relay
Protocols

AIMD (Additive Increase/Multiplicative Decrease) protocol

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
BACnet (Building Automation and Control networks)
DCCP (Datagram Congestion Control Protocol)
Connection based protocol
Connection oriented protocol
Connectionless protocol
Data centric routing protocol
Data transport protocol
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
Direct diffusion routing protocol
DMX (Digital Multiplex) 512 protocol
DSR (Dynamic Source Routing) protocol
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
GMPLS (Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching) protocol
HART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) protocol
Hierarchical routing protocol
HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
IP (Internet Protocol)
IPSec (IP Security) protocol
KNX protocol
LAR (Location Aided Routing) protocol
LLCAP (Logical Link Control Adaptation Protocol)
Location based routing protocol
Media access protocol
MESI (Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid) protocol
Modbus protocol
P2PP (Peer-to-Peer Protocol)
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3)
RTCP (Real Time Control Protocol)
RTP (Real Time Protocol)
RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol)
RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol)
SCP (Session Control Protocol)
SGCP (Simple Gateway Control Protocol)
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
SLIP (Serial Line IP)
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
Stream oriented protocol
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
Token ring protocol
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
UDP (User Data-gram Protocol)
UDT (UDP-based Data Transfer) protocol
VoIP (Voice over IP) protocol
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
X10 protocol
RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging)

AESA (Active Electronic Scanned Array) radar

Airborne radar
Approach radar
Bi-static radar
CONSCAN (CONical SCANning) radar
CW radar
Doppler radar
FCR (Fire Control Radar)
Ground based radar
Guided wave radar
ISAR (Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar)
LPAR (Large Phased Array Radar)
Multi-mode radar
Pulse radar
SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Surveillance radar
WSR (Weather Surveillance Radar)
Rectifiers

6-pulse rectifier
12-pulse rectifier
Bridge rectifier
Class-D rectifier
Class-DE rectifier
Class-E rectifier
Full-wave rectifier
Half-wave rectifier
Precision rectifier
Synchronous rectifier
Single-phase rectifier
Single-phase half-controlled rectifier
Single-phase fully-controlled rectifier
Thyristor controlled rectifier
Three-phase rectifier
Three-phase half-controlled rectifier
Three-phase fully-controlled rectifier
Relays/Solenoids/Contactors

AC controlled contactor
Automotive relay
Clapper solenoid
Coaxial relay
DC controlled contactor
Electromechanical relay
HF (High Frequency) relay
Impulse relay
Industrial relay
Latching relay
Latching solenoid
Linear solenoid
Microwave relay
Monostable relay
Photomos relay
Photovoltaic relay
Power relay
Pull action solenoid
Push action solenoid
Ratchet relay
Reed relay
Rotary solenoid
RF (Radio Frequency) relay
Signal relay
Solenoids
SSR (Solid State Relay)
Resistors

Carbon composition resistor

CFR (Carbon Film Resistor)
Chip resistor
High voltage resistor
High value resistor
MFR (Metal Film Resistor)
MGR (Metal Glaze Resistor)
MOR (Metal Oxide Resistor)
Non-inductive resistor
Potentiometer (Pot)
Power resistor
Resistor networks
Rheostat
Shunt
Thick film resistor
Thin film resistor
Trimmer resistor/Preset
Wire-wound resistor
Robots

Articulated robot
Autonomous robot
Delta robot
Gantry robot /Cartesian robot
Household robot
Industrial robot
Medical robot
Mobile robot
Polar/Spherical robot
Rolling robot
SCARA (Selective Compliant Assembly or Articulated Robot Arm)
Walking robot
Sensors/Probes/Transducers/Transmitters

Acceleration sensor
Ammonium sensor
CCD (Charge Coupled Device) sensor
Chlorine/chlorine dioxide sensor
CMOS image sensor
Color sensor
Conductivity sensor
Conductivity transducer/transmitter
Density transducer
Displacement sensor
Distance sensor
Dissolved oxygen sensor
DVRT (Differential Variable Reluctance Transformer)
FOCS (Fiber Optic Current Sensor)
Force sensor
Gas sensor
Gyro sensor
Hall sensor
Humidity sensor
Hydrophone
Inclination transducer
Ion-selective sensor
IR distance sensor
Level transducer/transmitter
Linear/rotary position sensor
Load cell
LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transformer)
Magnetic field sensor
Magnetic pick-up
Mass flow sensor
Membrane probe
Microbiological impedance device
Microphone
Moiré fringe based sensor
Moisture transducer
Motion sensor
Object sensor
Optical shaft encoder
Optical turbidity sensor
Orientation sensor
Oxygen sensor
pH/ORP probe
pH/ORP transducer/transmitter
Piezo-ceramic bi-morph sensor
PIR (Passive IR) sensor
Position transducer/transmitter
Power-line transducers
Pressure sensor
Pressure transducer/transmitter
Pt100/Pt1000 temperature sensor
RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector)
RVDT (Rotary Variable Differential Transformer)
Soli-state temperature sensor
Strain gauge
Tachogenerator
TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) transducer/transmitter
Temperature transducer/transmitter
Thermistor
Thermocouple
Thickness transducer
Torque transducer/transmitter
Turbidity transducer/transmitter
Viscosity transducer/transmitter
Weight transducer/transmitter
Standards/Directives/Guidelines

AIM-DPM (Automatic Identification and Mobility-Direct Part Marking) quality

guidelines
ANSI/EIA 656 (IBIS/ Input- Output Buffer Information Specification)
ANSI/SCTE 07 2000 (Digital Video Transmission System for Cable TV)
ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
Engineers) standards and guidelines
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) standards
ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) standards
Code-39 (3 of 9) barcode standard.
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) standard. Network based systems
that control lighting in buildings.
DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) standard. Cordless phone
System.
DTV (Digital TV) standards
DVB (Digital Video Broadcast). Open standards for digital TV.
EIA 770.3 (High Definition TV Analog Component Video Interface)
EIA/RS 232 standard. Interface between DTE and DCE employing serial
binary data interchange
EIA/RS 422 standard. Balanced voltage digital interface circuit.
EIA/RS 423 standard. Unbalanced single ended interface.
EIA/RS 485 standard. Drivers and receivers for use in balanced digital multipoint
systems
EN 55011, CISPR 11 (Radiated and conducted emissions testing of
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) equipment)
EN 55014-1, CISPR 14-1 (Radiated and conducted emissions testing of
household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus)
EN 55022, CISPR 25 (Radiated and conducted emissions testing of
information technology equipment)
Energy Star standard. Energy efficient consumer products
FOUNDATIONTM Fieldbus. Process automation.
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)/GSM++. Telephony standards.
GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) standards
GSM/ EDGE (GSM/Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) standards
IEC 13818/ISO 13818 (MPEG-2)
IEC 60034 (Rotating electrical machinery)
IEC 60044 (Instrument transformers)
IEC 60044-1(Current transformers)
IEC 60065 (Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus-safety
requirements)
IEC 60068 (Environmental testing)
IEC 60204 (Safety of machinery)
IEC 60227 (PVC insulated cables of rated voltages up to and including
450/750 v
IEC 60255 (Electrical relays)
IEC 60297 (19 inch rack)
IEC 60335 (Safety of household and similar electrical appliances)
IEC 60529 (Sealing effectiveness of enclosures of electrical equipment
against the intrusion into equipment of foreign bodies)
IEC 60601 (Medical electrical equipment)
IEC 60695 (Fire hazard testing)
IEC 60721 (Classification of environmental conditions)
IEC 60730 (Safety standard for household appliances)
IEC 60851 (Winding wires)
IEC 60929 (Electronic ballasts used in AC supplies)
IEC 60947 (Low voltage switch-gear and control-gear)
IEC 60950 (Safety of information technology equipment)
IEC 61000-4-1 (EMC testing and measurement techniques)
IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD immunity testing)
IEC 61000-4-3 (Radiated RF electromagnetic field immunity testing)
IEC 61000-4-4 (EFT/burst immunity testing)
IEC 61000-4-5 (Surge immunity testing)
IEC 61000-4-6 (Immunity to conducted disturbances, induced by RF fields)
IEC 61000-4-8 (Power frequency magnetic field immunity test)
IEC 61000-4-10 (Damped oscillatory magnetic field immunity testing)
IEC 61000-4-11(Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations
immunity testing)
IEC 61000-4-12 (Ring wave immunity testing)
IEC 61000-4-13 (Harmonics and inter-harmonics immunity testing)
IEC 61076 (Connectors for electronic equipments)
IEC 61326 (Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use
- EMC requirements)
IEC 61784 (Industrial communication networks-Profiles-Fieldbus profiles)
IEC 61800 (Adjustable speed electrical power drive systems)
IEC 61850 (Electrical substation automation)
IEC 62040 (Uninterruptible Power Systems/ UPS)
IEEE 488 (GPIB/HPIB)
IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet)
IEEE 802.5 (Token ring)
IEEE 802.6 (MAN)
IEEE 802.11 (WLAN/WiFi)
IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth)
IEEE 802.15.4 (ZIGBEE/WPAN)
IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX/WMAN)
IEEE 896.1 (Futurebus)
IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG)
IEEE 1149.4 (Standard Test Access Port)
IEEE 1149.6 (Boundary Scan)
IEEE 1194.1 (BTL/Back-plane Transceiver Logic)
IEEE 1284 (Bidirectional parallel peripheral interface for PC)
IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
IEEE 1451 (Smart transducer interface standard)
IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000)/ Global 3G
standard for mobile telecommunication services and equipment)
IrDA (Infra red Digital Association) standards. Universal two-way wireless IR
data communications)
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network). Communication standard.
ISO 8879 SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) standard
ISO 9314 (FDDI/Fiber Distributed Data Interface) standard
ISO/IEC 14543 (Home and building control)
ISO/IEC DIS 14908 (Open data communication in building
automation, controls and building management)
ITU G.168 specification (LEC/Line Echo Canceller)
ITU H.261standard (Video coding)
ITU H.263standard (Video compression)
ITU H.264 standard (Advanced video coding)
ITU-T G.711standard (Audio companding)
ITU-T G.723 standard (Speech codec)
ITU-T G.726 standard (ADPCM codec)
ITU-T G.729 standard (Speech compression)
ITU-T G.hn standard. Home network technology
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) standard. Still picture compression
MICS (Medical Implant Communications Service) recommendations.
MPEG (Motion/Moving Pictures Experts Group) standard.
NTSC (National Television System Committee) standard. Video broadcast
ODBC (Open Data Base Connectivity) standard
OPC (Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control) standard
PAL (Phase Alternating Line) standard. Video broadcast
PCI Express/Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (Computer
expansion card standard)
PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) standard. Mobile network system
PX64 (ITU standard for transmitting audio and video in 64 Kbits/s ISDN
channels)
RoHS directive (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in
Electrical and Electronic equipment)
WEEE directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
Switches

Acceleration switch
Analog switch
Bus switch
Cam switch
CMOS switch
Coaxial switch
Coded switch
Crossbar switch
Cross-point switch
DIP switch
DPDT (Double Pole Double Throw) switch
DPST (Double Pole Single Throw) switch
Flame switch
Flow switch
Foot switch
Hall effect switch
Humidity switch
Joystick
Keypad/Keyboard switches
LAN switch
Level switch
Limit switch
Membrane switch
Micro switch
Motion switch
Movement switch
Network switch
Photo-conductive switch
Pressure switch
Proximity switch
Push-button switch
Reed switch
RF (Radio Frequency) switch
Rocker switch
Rotary switch
SCS (Silicon Controlled Switch)/PUT (Programmable Unijunction
Transistor)
Seismic switch
Shock switch
Slide switch
SPDT (Single Pole Double Throw) switch
Speed switch
SPST (Single Pole Single Throw) switch
SUS (Silicon Unilateral Switch)
Tactile switch
Thermal switch
Tilt switch
Time switch
Toggle switch
Touch switch
Transfer switch
Vacuum switch
Vibration switch
Video switch
Voice-operated switch (VOX)
Telephones/Phones

Bluetooth capable cordless phone

CDMA phone
DECT phone
EDGE phone
Feature phone
GPRS phone
GSM phone
IP phone
ISDN phone
Landline phone
Media phone
Mobile phone/Cellular phone
Smartphone
Speakerphone
VoIP phone
Tests/Testers

Accelerated aging test

Accelerated life test
Acceleration test
Acceptance testing
Alpha testing/Beta testing
Analog IC tester
ATE (Automated Test Equipment)
Bed-of-nails testing
BIST (Built In Self Test)
Bond testing
BST (Boundary-scan test)
Burn-in test
Cable/harness testers
Component tester
Conducted emission (CE) test
Conducted susceptibility (CS) test
Continuity tester
Damp heat test
Dielectric strength tester/Dielectric voltage withstand tester/Hipot tester
Digital IC tester
Earth tester
EFT (Electrical Fast Transients) test
Electromagnetic field radiation tester
ESD (Electro Static Discharge) test
Fatigue test
Fungus/mold test
Ground bond tester
HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Test)/HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress
Screen) testing
In-circuit testing
Insulation Resistance (IR) tester/Insulation tester
KGD (Known Good Die) testing
Leakage current test/Earth leakage current test/Line leakage test
Microwave leakage tester
NDT (Non Destructive Testing)
Neyman-Pearson hypothesis testing
OATS (Open Area Test Site)
Parametric test
PAT (Portable Appliance Testing)
Partial Discharge (PD) test
PCB tester
Phase rotation tester
Radiated emission (RE) test
Radiated susceptibility (RS) test
Rain and spray testing
Reliability testing
RCD (Residual Current Devices) tester
Sand and dust testing
Shorts testing
Surge test
Temperature cycling test
Thermal cycle test
Thermal shock test
Turing test
X-ray testing
Theorems /Laws

Compensating theorem
Faraday’s law of induction
Fortescue’s theorem
Joule’s law
Kepler’s law
Kirchoff’s laws
Maximum power transfer theorem
Miller’s theorem
Millman’s theorem
Norton’s theorem
Nyquist sampling theorem
Ohm’s law
Reciprocity theorem
Small gain theorem
Superposition theorem
Tellegen’s theorem
Thevenin’s theorem
Thyristors

BCT (Bidirectional Control Thyristor)

FCD (Field Controlled Diode)/FCT (Field Controlled Thyristor)
GTO (Gate Turn Off) thyristor
Reverse Blocking IGCT (Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor)
Reverse Conducting IGCT (Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor)
SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier)
TRIAC
Transformers

Audio transformer
Auto transformer
CBCT (Core Balance CT)
Control transformer
Coupling transformer
CT (Current Transformer)
CVT (Constant Voltage Transformer)
DCCT (DC CT)
Impedance matching transformer
Instrument transformer
Isolation transformer
Line coupling/Line isolation transformer
MOCT-P (Magneto Optic CT)
Planar transformer
Power transformer
Pulse transformer
RF (Radio Frequency) transformer
Single-phase transformer
Three-phase transformer
Toroidal transformer
Variable transformer
VT (Voltage Transformer)/PT (Potential Transformer)
Transforms/Transformations

Abel transform
Anscombe transform
Bilinear transform
Binary field wavelet transform
Block transform
Burrow’s-Wheeler Transform (BWT)
Chirplet transform
Clarke-Concordia transformation
Clarke transformation (alpha, beta, gamma transformation)
Concordia transform
CWT (Continuous Wavelet Transform)
DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform)
Delta-star transform
DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform)
Direct-quadrature-zero (dq0) transform
Discrete Gabor Transform (DGT)
Distance transform
DWT (Discrete Wavelet Transform)
Fourier transform
Fractal transform
Frequency transformation
Geometric transformation
Gray-level transformation
Hadamard transform
Haar wavelet transform
Hilbert transform
Hough transform
Laplace transform
Linear Fractional Transformation (LFT)
Linear Canonical Transformation (LCT)
Mellin transform
Park’s Transformation
Radon transform
Spatial transformation
Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT)
Walsh transform
Walsh-Fourier transform
Walsh-Hadamard transform
Wavelet transform
Window level transformation
Z transform
Transistors

BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor)

Darlington transistor
FET (Field Effect Transistor)
GaAs FET
HBT (Hetero-junction Bipolar Transistor)
HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor)
IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor)
ISFET (Ion Sensitive FET)
JFET/Junction FET (Junction Field Effect Transistor)
MESFET (MEtal Semiconductor FET/ Metal Epitaxial Semiconductor FET)
Photo transistor
SiC (Silicon Carbide) BJT
TFT (Thin Film Transistor)
MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET)
Windows

Blackman
Exponential
Flat top
Gaussian
Kaiser-Bessel
Hamming
Hann
Rectangular
Wireless transmitters/receivers/transceivers

AM
Amateur radio
ASK
Audio/Video
CB (Citizens’ Band) radio
CW (Continuous Wave)
Direct conversion/Zero IF/homo-dyne/single conversion receiver
Diversity receiver
DSB (Double Side Band)
FM
FSK
GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver
HF
IR
Key fob
Optical
RC (Radio Control)
RF
SSB (Single Side Band)
Super-heterodyne
UHF
VHF