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Overview of Electronics Engineering

Electronics involves the control of electrical energy using active electronic components such as transistors and diodes. It uses these components to amplify weak signals, making information processing, telecommunications, and signal processing possible. Electronics is distinguished from electrical and electromechanical technologies by its use of non-mechanical devices like the triode vacuum tube to amplify signals electronically. Today, most electronics use semiconductors to control electron flow and electronic circuits are designed to solve practical problems.

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Overview of Electronics Engineering

Electronics involves the control of electrical energy using active electronic components such as transistors and diodes. It uses these components to amplify weak signals, making information processing, telecommunications, and signal processing possible. Electronics is distinguished from electrical and electromechanical technologies by its use of non-mechanical devices like the triode vacuum tube to amplify signals electronically. Today, most electronics use semiconductors to control electron flow and electronic circuits are designed to solve practical problems.

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Electronics is the science of controlling electrical energy electrically, in which the electrons have

a fundamental role. Electronics deals with electrical circuits that involve active electrical
components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes, integrated circuits, associated passive
electrical components, and interconnection technologies. Commonly, electronic devices contain
circuitry consisting primarily or exclusively of active semiconductors supplemented with passive
elements; such a circuit is described as an electronic circuit.
The science of Electronics is also considered to be a branch of Physics and Electrical
Engineering.[1]
The nonlinear behaviour of active components and their ability to control electron flows makes
amplification of weak signals possible, and electronics is widely used in information
processing, telecommunication, and signal processing. The ability of electronic devices to act
as switches makes digital information processing possible. Interconnection technologies such
as circuit boards, electronics packaging technology, and other varied forms of communication
infrastructure complete circuit functionality and transform the mixed components into a regular
working system.
Electronics is distinct from electrical and electro-mechanical science and technology, which deal
with the generation, distribution, switching, storage, and conversion of electrical energy to and
from other energy forms
using wires, motors, generators, batteries, switches, relays, transformers, resistors, and
other passive components. This distinction started around 1906 with the invention by Lee De
Forest of the triode, which made electrical amplification of weak radio signals and audio signals
possible with a non-mechanical device. Until 1950 this field was called "radio technology"
because its principal application was the design and theory of radio transmitters, receivers,
and vacuum tubes.
Today, most electronic devices use semiconductor components to perform electron control. The
study of semiconductor devices and related technology is considered a branch of solid-state
physics, whereas the design and construction of electronic circuits to solve practical problems
come under electronics engineering. This article focuses on engineering aspects of electronics.

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