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Schmitt trigger
A Schmitt trigger (Shmidt trigger) is an electronic circuit that switches at two thresholds, so its hysteresis converts noisy, slowly changing signals into sharp logic edges.
Selective harmonic elimination
Selective harmonic elimination (SHE), also called programmed PWM, is a technique for power converters whose precomputed switching angles eliminate chosen low-order harmonics, suiting high-power applications.
Sense amplifier
A sense amplifier is a circuit in a semiconductor memory array that amplifies the small bit line signal into a full digital level, setting read speed.
SEPIC converter
A SEPIC (single-ended primary inductance converter) is a DC-to-DC converter topology that produces an output voltage higher or lower than its input, with non-inverting polarity.
SerDes
A SerDes (serializer/deserializer) is a pair of integrated circuits that converts parallel data into a high-speed serial stream and reconstructs it, letting an ASIC or FPGA use fewer pins.
Series resonant converter
A series resonant converter is a DC-DC power converter in which a series LC tank transfers energy through a high-frequency transformer, with output regulated mainly by varying switching frequency.
Sigma-delta ADC
The sigma-delta ADC (Σ-Δ ADC, also written delta-sigma ADC) is an analog-to-digital converter that oversamples with a coarse 1-bit quantizer in a feedback loop, achieving high resolution for precision, low-bandwidth measurement.
Signal
A signal, also called an electrical signal, is a physical quantity conveying information, typically a voltage or current representing another quantity such as sound or temperature.
Signal conditioning
Signal conditioning is the set of electronic techniques that convert a raw sensor output into an amplified, filtered, isolated, and linearized signal suited to measurement, processing, or digitization.
Signal generator
A signal generator, also known as a frequency generator or test oscillator, is electronic test equipment producing signals with controllable frequency, amplitude, and modulation for testing devices.
Signal processing
Signal processing, also called signal theory, is a branch of electrical engineering and applied mathematics that analyzes, modifies, and synthesizes signals like sound, images, and radar returns.
Signal-flow graph
A signal-flow graph is a directed graph representing linear algebraic equations, introduced by Samuel J. Mason at MIT in 1953 and used in control systems.
Small-signal model
A small-signal model is a linear approximation of a nonlinear circuit or device, valid for small signals and used in amplifier, RF, and control design.
Snubber
A snubber is a network of resistors, capacitors, and sometimes diodes connected across a switch or inductive load to limit voltage spikes, slow voltage rise, and damp ringing.
Source follower
A source follower, also called the common-drain amplifier, is a single-transistor amplifier whose output at the FET source follows the gate input with gain just below one, making it a standard buffer and impedance-matching stage.
Spin Hall nano-oscillator
A spin Hall nano-oscillator (SHNO) is a nanoscale spintronic device in which spin Hall effect spin currents drive magnetic precession, generating tunable microwave signals for neuromorphic computing.
Static transfer switch
A static transfer switch is a solid-state device that switches critical loads between two AC power sources within milliseconds, used mainly in data centers and hospitals.
Statistical static timing analysis
Statistical static timing analysis (SSTA) is a method for verifying digital circuit timing that models gate and interconnect delays as probability distributions instead of worst-case numbers.
Switched-capacitor converter
A switched-capacitor converter (SCC) is a DC–DC power converter built from switches and capacitors alone, transferring charge between capacitors to step voltage up, down, or invert it.
Synchronous rectification
Synchronous rectification is a power-conversion technique in which a controlled MOSFET replaces the rectifier diode in a switching converter, cutting the diode's voltage drop and improving efficiency at low voltage and high current.
Thévenin's theorem
Thévenin's theorem, or the Helmholtz–Thévenin theorem, replaces any linear two-terminal circuit with a single voltage source VTh and series resistance RTh that behave identically at the terminals.
Topological electrical circuits
Topological electrical circuits, also called topolectrical circuits (TECs), are electrical networks whose wiring graph encodes topological band theory, formalized in 2018 and used to study topological phases robustly.
Transconductance
Transconductance, formerly called mutual conductance, is an electrical parameter relating a change in a device's input voltage to the resulting change in output current, measured in siemens.
Transient response
Transient response is the behavior of a dynamic system between a disturbance, such as a switch closure or load change, and the establishment of a new steady state.
Transmission gate
A transmission gate, or analog switch, is a CMOS switch of parallel NMOS and PMOS transistors that conducts in either direction and builds latches, flip-flops, and multiplexers.
Two-port network
A two-port network, or two port, is an electrical network with four terminals grouped into two pairs, described by a 2 × 2 parameter matrix.
Unlimited sampling
Unlimited sampling is a signal acquisition method in which a modulo ADC folds amplitudes beyond its threshold, and a reconstruction algorithm recovers the original signal.
Vienna rectifier
The Vienna rectifier is a three-phase, three-level boost rectifier that converts AC to DC with near-sinusoidal input currents, first published in 1994 by Johann W. Kolar and colleagues at TU Wien.
Virtual synchronous machine
A virtual synchronous machine, also called a virtual synchronous generator, is a control strategy for grid-forming inverters that emulates a synchronous generator's complete behavior, including inertia and damping.
Voltage doubler
A voltage doubler is an electronic circuit that produces a DC output equal to twice the peak of its AC input, using only capacitors and diodes instead of a step-up transformer.