A generator in electrical circuit theory is one of two ideal elements: an ideal voltage source, or an ideal current source. These are two of the fundamental...
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water Generator (circuit theory), an element in an abstract circuit providing a source of electricity Engine-generator, an electric generator with its...
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equivalent circuit in terms of two-port parameters leads to the concept of dependent generators. That is, the value of a voltage or current generator depends...
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external circuit. In most generators which are rotating machines, a source of kinetic power rotates the generator's shaft, and the generator produces...
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A homopolar generator is a DC electrical generator comprising an electrically conductive disc or cylinder rotating in a plane perpendicular to a uniform...
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A Marx generator is an electrical circuit first described by Erwin Otto Marx in 1924. Its purpose is to generate a high-voltage pulse from a low-voltage...
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In electrical circuit theory, a port is a pair of terminals connecting an electrical network or circuit to an external circuit, as a point of entry or...
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synchronous generator, the short circuit ratio is the ratio of field current required to produce rated armature voltage at the open circuit to the field...
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(unproven) circuit lower bounds in computational complexity theory. Hence the construction of pseudorandom generators for the class of Boolean circuits of a...
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clock circuit or signal generator to synchronize its components.: 3–5 Instead, the components are driven by a handshaking circuit which indicates a completion...
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A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator which uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an...
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number generator (HRNG), true random number generator (TRNG), non-deterministic random bit generator (NRBG), or physical random number generator is a device...
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this day. Interconnection of multiple generator sources into an electrical grid required the development of circuit breakers with increasing voltage ratings...
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Alternator (redirect from Synchronous alternating-current generator)
An alternator (or synchronous generator) is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current...
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Sweep generators are commonly used to test the frequency response of electronic filter circuits. These circuits are mostly transistor circuits with inductors...
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Central pattern generators (CPGs) are self-organizing biological neural circuits that produce rhythmic outputs in the absence of rhythmic input. They are...
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Vacuum interrupter (redirect from Vacuum circuit breaker)
is the core component of medium-voltage circuit-breakers, generator circuit-breakers, and high-voltage circuit-breakers. Separation of the electrical contacts...
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Company plc – General Electric – General Radio Corporation – Generator (circuit theory) – Geographic information systems – Georgia School of Technology...
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does: For a circuit using a battery source, the emf is due solely to the chemical forces in the battery. For a circuit using an electric generator, the emf...
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computational complexity theory and circuit complexity, a Boolean circuit is a mathematical model for combinational digital logic circuits. A formal language...
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Electrical network (redirect from Electrical circuit)
battery or a generator. Active elements can inject power to the circuit, provide power gain, and control the current flow within the circuit. Passive networks...
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A noise generator is a circuit that produces electrical noise (i.e., a random signal). Noise generators are used to test signals for measuring noise figure...
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Reactances of synchronous machines (redirect from Two reactions theory)
Blondel in 1899 proposed in his paper "Empirical Theory of Synchronous Generators" the two reactions theory that divided the armature magnetomotive force...
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Passive sign convention (category Electronic circuits)
as an electric generator or battery, will have negative power dissipation. This is the standard definition of power in electric circuits; it is used for...
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having its own internal microcircuitry. Neural circuits in the spinal cord called central pattern generators are responsible for controlling motor instructions...
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Impedance analogy (section Generators)
resistance in the electrical equivalent circuit. It is also natural to think of force as analogous to voltage (generator voltages are often called electromotive...
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Faraday's law of induction (redirect from Generator effect)
principle of transformers, inductors, and many types of electric motors, generators and solenoids. "Faraday's law" is used in the literature to refer to two...
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the path. Magnetic circuits are employed to efficiently channel magnetic fields in many devices such as electric motors, generators, transformers, relays...
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Y-Δ transform (category Circuit theorems)
shapes of the circuit diagrams, which look respectively like the letter Y and the Greek capital letter Δ. This circuit transformation theory was published...
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In theoretical computer science, circuit complexity is a branch of computational complexity theory in which Boolean functions are classified according...
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