For example, you can insert a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, a diode, or a transistor and get a readout of which pin is which. It seems like magic, but [Andreas Spiess] did the research on ...

The first transistor was about half an inch high. That's mammoth by today's standards, when 7 million transistors can fit on a single computer chip. It was nevertheless an amazing piece of technology.

However, this is not the case, as anyone can attest to who has looked at transistor curves on a curve tracer. We need to consider the effects of base-width modulation to account for the fact that the ...

Investopedia / Yurle Villegas A Lorenz curve, developed by American economist Max Lorenz in 1905, is a graphical representation of income inequality or wealth inequality. The graph plots ...

When Bell Labs introduced the transistor in June of 1948, a spokesman proudly announced "This cylindrical object . . . can amplify electrical signals. . . . It is composed entirely of cold ...

To a lot of us, curve tracing seems to be one of those black magic things that only the true wizards understand. But as [DiodeGoneWild] explains, curve tracing really isn’t all that complicated, ...

Perawit Boonchu / Getty Images The Coppock Curve (CC) was introduced by economist Edwin Coppock in an October 1962 issue of Barron's. While useful, the indicator is not commonly discussed among ...

A transistor – a word blend of "transfer" and "resistor" – is a fundamental component of today's advanced electronics. Essentially, a transistor, as one of the foundational elements of modern ...

In these circuits, the number of transistors can range from a few to a few billion. The transistor is considered to be one of the most important inventions of the 20 th century because of its abundant ...

The event – commonly dubbed a yield curve inversion – was largely viewed as a signal the U.S. economy would likely slip into recession in the near future. An inverted yield curve occurs when ...