Circuit designThe process of circuit design can cover systems ranging from complex electronic systems down to the individual transistors within an integrated circuit. One person can often do the design process without needing a planned or structured design process for simple circuits. Still, teams of designers following a systematic approach with intelligently guided computer simulation are becoming increasingly common for more complex designs.
Signal propagation delayPropagation delay is the time duration taken for a signal to reach its destination. It can relate to networking, electronics or physics. In computer networks, propagation delay is the amount of time it takes for the head of the signal to travel from the sender to the receiver. It can be computed as the ratio between the link length and the propagation speed over the specific medium. Propagation delay is equal to d / s where d is the distance and s is the wave propagation speed. In wireless communication, s=c, i.
Through-hole technologyIn electronics, through-hole technology (also spelled "thru-hole") is a manufacturing scheme in which leads on the components are inserted through holes drilled in printed circuit boards (PCB) and soldered to pads on the opposite side, either by manual assembly (hand placement) or by the use of automated insertion mount machines. Through-hole technology almost completely replaced earlier electronics assembly techniques such as point-to-point construction.
Bruit de grenaillevignette|Illustration d'un bruit d'émission de photons : le nombre moyen de photons par pixel augmente, de gauche à droite et de haut en bas, dans une simulation d'un processus de Poisson à partir d'une photo. Un bruit de grenaille, bruit de Schottky ou bruit quantique (en anglais, shot noise) est un bruit de fond qui peut être modélisé par un processus de Poisson. En électronique, il est causé par le fait que le courant électrique n'est pas continu mais constitué de porteurs de charge élémentaires (en général des électrons).
Robert NoyceRobert Norton Noyce, né le à Burlington et mort le à Austin, surnommé « le maire de la Silicon Valley », est un physicien, informaticien et chef d'entreprise américain. Il est cofondateur de la société Intel en 1968 avec Gordon Moore et Andrew Grove. Robert Norton Noyce est le troisième des quatre fils de Ralph Noyce, un pasteur qui travaillait pour la Conférence des églises paroissiales de l'Iowa, et d'Harriet Norton Noyce. Robert grandit dans la petite ville de Grinnell,dans l'Iowa, ville de puritains fondée au début du .
Operating temperatureAn operating temperature is the allowable temperature range of the local ambient environment at which an electrical or mechanical device operates. The device will operate effectively within a specified temperature range which varies based on the device function and application context, and ranges from the minimum operating temperature to the maximum operating temperature (or peak operating temperature). Outside this range of safe operating temperatures the device may fail. It is one component of reliability engineering.
