Méthode des maillesMesh analysis (or the mesh current method) is a method that is used to solve planar circuits for the currents (and indirectly the voltages) at any place in the electrical circuit. Planar circuits are circuits that can be drawn on a plane surface with no wires crossing each other. A more general technique, called loop analysis (with the corresponding network variables called loop currents) can be applied to any circuit, planar or not.
Film capacitorFilm capacitors, plastic film capacitors, film dielectric capacitors, or polymer film capacitors, generically called film caps as well as power film capacitors, are electrical capacitors with an insulating plastic film as the dielectric, sometimes combined with paper as carrier of the electrodes. The dielectric films, depending on the desired dielectric strength, are drawn in a special process to an extremely thin thickness, and are then provided with electrodes.
Résistance (composant)thumb|Différentes variétés de résistances. Une résistance ou resistor est un composant électronique ou électrique dont la principale caractéristique est d'opposer une plus ou moins grande résistance (mesurée en ohms) à la circulation du courant électrique. C'est par métonymie que le mot « résistance », qui désigne avant tout une propriété physique, en est venu à désigner aussi un type de composant que certains préfèrent appeler un « dipôle résistant ».
GyratorA gyrator is a passive, linear, lossless, two-port electrical network element proposed in 1948 by Bernard D. H. Tellegen as a hypothetical fifth linear element after the resistor, capacitor, inductor and ideal transformer. Unlike the four conventional elements, the gyrator is non-reciprocal. Gyrators permit network realizations of two-(or-more)-port devices which cannot be realized with just the conventional four elements. In particular, gyrators make possible network realizations of isolators and circulators.
Linear circuitA linear circuit is an electronic circuit which obeys the superposition principle. This means that the output of the circuit F(x) when a linear combination of signals ax1(t) + bx2(t) is applied to it is equal to the linear combination of the outputs due to the signals x1(t) and x2(t) applied separately: It is called a linear circuit because the output voltage and current of such a circuit are linear functions of its input voltage and current. This kind of linearity is not the same as that of straight-line graphs.
ÉlectrotechniqueL’électrotechnique se rapporte . Elle concerne par exemple la production, le transport, la distribution, le traitement, la transformation, la gestion et l’utilisation de l’énergie électrique. Parfois appelée « génie électrique », elle remonte à l'invention, en 1600, par William Gilbert, d'un électromètre permettant de déterminer la présence des charges électriques, et à l'invention, en 1672, par Otto von Guericke, d'un générateur électrostatique permettant de séparer des charges électriques à l'aide d'une machine.
Electrolytic capacitorAn electrolytic capacitor is a polarized capacitor whose anode or positive plate is made of a metal that forms an insulating oxide layer through anodization. This oxide layer acts as the dielectric of the capacitor. A solid, liquid, or gel electrolyte covers the surface of this oxide layer, serving as the cathode or negative plate of the capacitor. Because of their very thin dielectric oxide layer and enlarged anode surface, electrolytic capacitors have a much higher capacitance-voltage (CV) product per unit volume than ceramic capacitors or film capacitors, and so can have large capacitance values.
Motor capacitorA motor capacitor is an electrical capacitor that alters the current to one or more windings of a single-phase alternating-current induction motor to create a rotating magnetic field. There are two common types of motor capacitors, start capacitor and run capacitor (including a dual run capacitor). Motor capacitors are used with single-phase electric motors that are in turn used to drive air conditioners, hot tub/jacuzzi spa pumps, powered gates, large fans or forced-air heat furnaces for example.
Montage en pontUn montage en pont est un montage électrique comportant 4 dipôles câblés entre 4 nœuds A, B, C et D. Entre A et C on applique la tension d'entrée, la tension de sortie est alors la tension entre B et D. pont de diodes pont de Maxwell pont de Wheatstone pont de Wien Le montage en pont est très fréquemment utilisé en mesure (pont de jauges, pont de mesure). Deux des dipôles placés entre A et B et entre C et D sont des dipôles dont les caractéristiques dépendent de la grandeur physique à mesurer : jauges de contrainte ou résistance de platine.
Series and parallel circuitsTwo-terminal components and electrical networks can be connected in series or parallel. The resulting electrical network will have two terminals, and itself can participate in a series or parallel topology. Whether a two-terminal "object" is an electrical component (e.g. a resistor) or an electrical network (e.g. resistors in series) is a matter of perspective. This article will use "component" to refer to a two-terminal "object" that participate in the series/parallel networks.
Tantalum capacitorA tantalum electrolytic capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, a passive component of electronic circuits. It consists of a pellet of porous tantalum metal as an anode, covered by an insulating oxide layer that forms the dielectric, surrounded by liquid or solid electrolyte as a cathode. Because of its very thin and relatively high permittivity dielectric layer, the tantalum capacitor distinguishes itself from other conventional and electrolytic capacitors in having high capacitance per volume (high volumetric efficiency) and lower weight.
Condensateur de découplageUn condensateur de découplage est un condensateur destiné à réduire le couplage entre signal et alimentation. Le condensateur relie le canal d'alimentation à la masse pour abaisser son impédance dans la bande passante du signal. On n'a pas besoin d'une grande précision sur la valeur du composant. Celle-ci dépend de l'intensité qui traverse le canal et de la fréquence du signal. Le module de l'impédance d'un condensateur de capacité est de la forme (avec ).