Electronic Glossary

What’s MLP Package?   Micro Leadframe Package (MLP) is a JEDEC-compliant, very thin, near-CSP square-shaped or rectangular surface-mount plastic package uses metal pads instead of leads for electrical connection to be outside world. The MLP belongs to the same to …

What is Modulation?   In electronics and telecommunications, Modulation is the process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform, called the carrier signal, with a separate signal called the modulation signal that typically contains information to be …

What Is Moisture Absorption for PCB?   When printed circuit boards (PCBs) are under fabrication in wet processes, exposed to humid ambient conditions an absorption of moisture will occur, which calls PCB Moisture Absorption.   Failure Mechanisms of PCB Moisture …

The Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET), also known as the Metal–Oxide–Silicon Transistor (MOS transistor, or MOS), is a type of insulated-gate field-effect transistor that is fabricated by the controlled oxidation of a semiconductor, typically silicon. The voltage …

A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, system board, baseboard, planar board, logic board, and mobo) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems. It holds and allows communication between many of the …

These are also known as perforated Brake-Away Tabs in printed circuit boards and are an alternative to v-scoring.

What’s MQFP?   Metric Quad Flat Pack (MQFP) is a surface-mount IC package with gull wing leads on all four sides of the package body. This package is a leadframe based, plastic encapsulated package with gull wing shaped leads on …

Mini Small Outline Package, Mini-SOP or MSOP, is a very small rectangular plastic package with gull wing leads protruding out of its longer sides. It is a miniaturized version of the SSOP (small outline integrated circuit) package, having a smaller …

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is the statistical average time interval, based on the probability of failure of a product, to be expected between operating unit failures. Usually quoted in hours.

Device made of several light emitting diodes arranged in a numeric or alphanumeric pattern. By lighting selected segments numeric or alphabet characters can be displayed.