Electronics Technology Examples

Electronics Technology Examples

A computer contains millions of small electronic components and integrated circuits. These electronic components send and receive information in the form of digital electronic signals. These signals are essentially rapid pulses of electricity that switch on and off the components. This rapid voltage creates a long string of 1’s and 0’s (letters of code). One digit in this string of information is called a bit, eight digits are called a byte, and one trillion bytes is called a gigabyte.

Integrated circuits

Integrated circuits have been around for decades and are a vital part of many electronics technology applications. Originally designed by British radar engineer Geoffrey Dummer, ICs have advanced through several generations. They have increased in size and capacity as well as the number of transistors and logic gates on a chip. In the early years, they were limited to only a few transistors and 10 logic gates, but by the early 1960s they were capable of processing thousands of transistors and up to ninety-nine logic gates.

Initially, integrated circuits were designed as multi-die devices, which were then known as System-In-Package or SIPP. These devices had many more transistors and were smaller than a standard printed circuit board. In the 1950s, the British radar engineer Geoffrey W. A. Dummer published his design for an integrated circuit in Washington, D.C. and tried to build a working one in 1956. This later evolved into Small-Scale Integration, which used circuits made of tens of transistors.

Vacuum tubes

Vacuum tubes are used in electronic …

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