Electronic Glossary

Unit or piece of equipment used to receive information.

Involves the recovery of value from waste, through recycling, composting or incineration with energy recovery.

Process that converts alternating current to direct current.

What is a Rectifier?   A Rectifier is an electrical device, which converts alternating current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC) by allowing a current to flow through the device in one direction. The reverse operation is …

Involves the reprocessing of wastes, either into the same material (closed-loop) or a different material (open-loop recycling). Commonly applied to non-hazardous wastes such as paper, glass, cardboard, plastics and metals. However, hazardous wastes (such as solvents) can also be recycled …

What’s Reference Designator in PCB?   Reference Designator (abbreviation “Ref Des” or “REFDES“) is the name of component on a printed circuit by convention beginning with one or more letters followed by a numeric value. The letter designates the class …

A Reflection on a transmission line is an echo. A portion of the signal power (V&I) transmitted down the line goes into the load, & a portion is reflected. Reflections are prevented if the load & the line have the …

What Is A SMT Reflow Oven?   A Reflow Oven is an electronic heating machine used to mount electronic components to printed circuit boards (PCBs) through surface mount technology (SMT) in PCB assembly process. The thermal processing of solder for …

Registration in PCB manufacturing relates to many fabrication process. The accuracy of the layer to layer registration is an important parts of PCB fabrication process and it relates too: Pattern to Pattern Registration of an Inner Layer Core. (e.g. L5-L6). …

What is a Regulated Power Supply?   A Regulated Power Supply is an embedded circuit, which converts unregulated AC into a constant DC. With the help of a rectifier, it converts AC supply into DC. Its function is to supply …