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Electronic Components and Their Symbol

This document provides symbols and descriptions of common electronic components. It lists components such as vacuum tubes, diodes, transistors, capacitors, coils, and speakers. For each component, it gives the electrical symbol and a brief explanation of its electrical characteristics and functionality. The document serves as a reference for identifying electronic components based on their symbols.

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Electronic Components and Their Symbol

This document provides symbols and descriptions of common electronic components. It lists components such as vacuum tubes, diodes, transistors, capacitors, coils, and speakers. For each component, it gives the electrical symbol and a brief explanation of its electrical characteristics and functionality. The document serves as a reference for identifying electronic components based on their symbols.

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ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND THEIR SYMBOL

COMPONENTS SYMBOL DESCRIPTION ELECTRICAL


CHARACTERISTICS

Has a three Used to convert


terminals: the alternating
Vacuum Tube Cathode, current into direct
anode and current.
electrode

It allows electric
current in only one
Double-ended direction while
Semconductor
blocks the electric
Diode current in opposite
or reverse
direction.

Doesn’t conduct
Silicon Controlled Has a three even though the
Rectifier terminal, four anode voltage is
layer and greater that cathode
thysistor.
bvoltage unless until
the (third terminal)
gate terminal is
triggered.

Three terminal A negative


Unijunction are named as resistance
Transistor Base1, Base2 characteristics.
and the Emitter.
Triac Has three Used for switching
terminals. medium power ac

Consist of two Resistance does not


Fixed Resistor terminals. change with the
change in voltage or
temperature.

Adjustable Controls (increase


resistor-has or decrease) the
Variable Reistor two terminals. flow of electric
charge.

Two types
based on the Change resistance
Photo Sensitive material used to with light
Resitor construct them: intensively change.
Intrinsic
photoresistors
and extrinsic
photoresistors.

Has two Allows current flow


Photo Sensitive terminals: when exposed to
diode Cathode and light.
an anode.

Led consists of
Light Emitting three layers: Led emits light
Diode P-type, n-type, when flows
and depletion through
layer.
Field Effect FET has a three N-channel field
Transistor terminal device effect transistor

NPN Transistor Has two Allows current flow


diodes when high
connected potential at base
back to back. (middle)

PNP Transistor Has two Allows current flow


crystal diodes when low potential
at base (middle)

Two terminal Activating device


Diac device for the traic

Zener Diode Zener diode was


named after the Allows current flow
American in one direction
physicist
Clarance Melvin
Zener

Varicap diode,
tuning diode, Store electric
Varactor Diode variable charge not to
reactance conduct electric
diode, or
current.
variable
capacitance
diode.
Has a three Electric current is
terminal caused by
Tunnel Diode “tunneling”.

Fixed
capacitors are
classified into Stored
different types fixednamount of
Fixed Capacitor electric charge
based on the
dielectric which is not
material used adjustable.
to construct
them.

Made of two
Variable sets of Adjustable
Capacitor semicircular capacitance
metal plates
separated by
air gaps.

Inductive
A linear curve components
Coil (Air Core) magnetization. without a
ferromagnetic core
and have relatively
low inductance.

A permite core Hight level of


Coil (Iron Core) magnetic
permeability

Measured by:
Efficiency,
nloise,
frequency Converts electrical
Speaker signal to sound
response,
distortion, waves.
impedance.
Rizal Technological University
Mandaluyong Campus and Pasig Campus
College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

ECE 01 LABORATORY

PUDADERA, JOSE CARLO LABANERO


BSEE CEIT-04-403P

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