Index of electrical engineering articles
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This is an alphabetical list of articles pertaining specifically to electrical and electronics engineering. For a thematic list, please see List of electrical engineering topics. For a broad overview of engineering, see List of engineering topics. For biographies, see List of engineers.
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A
• AC adapter –
• AC power –
• AC/AC converter –
• AC/DC conversion –
• Actuator –
• Adaptive control –
• Affinity law –
• Agbioeletric –
• AIEE –
• Alloy –
• ALOHAnet –
• Altair 8800 –
• Alternator –
• Altitude –
• AIEE –
• Ammeter –
• Ampacity –
• Ampere –
• Ampère's law –
• Amplidyne –
• Amplifier –
• Analog circuit –
• Analog filter –
• Analog signal –
• Anode –
• Antenna (radio) –
• Apollo program –
• Apparent power –
• Apple Computer –
• Arc converter –
• Arc furnace –
• Arc lamp –
• Arc welder –
• Argon –
• Arithmetic mean –
• Artificial heart –
• ASTM –
• Audio equipment –
• Audio filter –
• Audio frequency –
• Audion tube –
• Automation –
• Autorecloser –
• Autotransformer –
• Avalanche diode –
B
• Balanced line –
• Balun –
• Band-pass filter –
• Band-stop filter –
• Barlow's wheel –
• Bayer filter –
• Beam tetrode –
• Beat frequency –
• Biasing –
• BIBO stability –
• Bimetallic strip –
• Biofuel –
• Biomass –
• Biot–Savart law –
• Black start –
• Blu-ray Disc –
• Bode plot –
• Boost converter –
• Bound charge –
• Braking chopper –
• Branch circuit –
• Bridge rectifier –
• Broadcasting –
• Brush (electric) –
• Buchholz relay –
• Buck converter –
• Building codes –
• Bulb –
• Busbar –
• Buzzer –
C
• Cable –
• Cadmium –
• Calculus –
• Capacitance –
• Capacitor –
• Capacitors –
• Capacity factor –
• Carbon offset –
• Carrier current –
• Carrier wave –
• Category 3 cable –
• Category 5e –
• Category 6 cable –
• Catenary –
• Cathode-ray tube –
• Cathode –
• CATV –
• Cavity magnetron –
• magnetron –
• CD –
• Cegelec –
• Cell energy –
• Center tap –
• Charactron –
• Charge pump –
• CHAYKA –
• Chebyshev filter –
• Chemistry –
• Circle diagram –
• Circuit breaker –
• Circuit theory –
• Clamp meter –
• Clapp oscillator –
• Coal –
• Coax cable –
• Coaxial cable –
• Cochlear implant –
• Cogeneration –
• Cold cathode –
• Cold work –
• Combined cycle –
• Commutation cell –
• Compactron –
• Complex number –
• Complex systems –
• Computer science –
• Computer system –
• Computer –
• Computers –
• Concentric –
• Conduction band –
• Contactor –
• Control systems –
• Control theory –
• Controllability –
• Cooling tower –
• Copper loss –
• Copper(I) oxide –
• Copper –
• Corona ring –
• Corrosion –
• Coulomb –
• Coulomb's law –
• CPU –
• Crest factor –
• Crosstalk –
• Cruise control –
• Ćuk converter –
• Current density –
• Current division –
• Current source –
• Cybernetics –
• Cycloconverter –
D
• Damping ratio –
• Data compression –
• Data networks –
• Decision tree –
• Demand factor –
• Demand response –
• Demodulation –
• Design –
• Desktop computer –
• Detector (radio) –
• DIAC –
• Dielectric –
• Digital circuit –
• Digital control –
• Digital filter –
• Diode bridge –
• Diode –
• Direct current –
• Discrete signal –
• Display device –
• Dissipation –
• Dolby –
• Dot convention –
• Downsampling –
• Dual loop –
• Ductility –
• DVD player –
• DVD –
• Dynamic braking –
• Dynamic system –
• Dynamo –
E
• Earth –
• Earthing system –
• Ebers-Moll –
• Ecotax –
• Eddy current –
• Edge detection –
• Edison effect –
• Edison Pioneer –
• Electret –
• Electric arc –
• Electric charge –
• Electric circuit –
• Electric current –
• Electric field –
• Electric motor –
• Electric power –
• Electric shock –
• Electrical code –
• Electrical grid –
• Electrical load –
• Electrical steel –
• Electrical wiring in Hong Kong –
• Electricity –
• Electrification –
• Electrodes –
• Electrodynamics –
• Electrolytic –
• Electromagnet –
• Electromagnetism –
• Electromote –
• Electronics –
• Electrophorus –
• Electrostatics –
• Embedded system –
• Enameled wire –
• Energy economics –
• Energy subsidies –
• Engineering –
• Engine-generator –
• ENIAC –
• Epstein frame –
• Error correction –
• Error detection –
• Ethernet –
• Ethical code –
• Euler's formula –
• Euler's identity –
F
• Farad –
• Faraday shield –
• Faraday–Lenz law –
• Fax –
• Feedback –
• Feed-in tariff –
• Ferranti –
• Ferrite core –
• Ferroelectricity –
• Fiber optic –
• Filter capacitor –
• Firmware –
• First principles –
• Fleming valve –
• Fluorescent lamp –
• Flux linkage –
• Fourier series –
• FPGA –
• Free-space optical communications –
• Frequency –
• Fuzzy control –
G
• Gain scheduling –
• Galvanometer –
• Gas-filled tube –
• Gauss's law –
• General Electric –
• Geoscience –
• Geothermal power –
• Germanium –
• Gigabit –
• Gold –
• GPS –
• Gradient descent –
• GSM –
• Gunn diode –
• Gyrotron –
H
• H infinity –
• Harmonic –
• H-bridge –
• HDTV –
• Headphone –
• Heat transfer –
• Heatsink –
• Henry (unit) –
• Hertz –
• Heterostructure –
• Hewlett-Packard –
• Hi-Fi –
• High voltage –
• High-pass filter –
• Holography –
• Home appliance –
• Homopolar motor –
• Horsepower –
• Hughes Aircraft –
• Humidistat –
• HVAC –
• HVDC –
• Hybrid coil –
• Hydroelectricity –
• Hydropower –
• Hysteresis –
I
• IEC61850 –
• IEEE Xplore –
• IGBT –
• Image impedance –
• Image processing –
• Impulse response –
• Inductance –
• Induction coil –
• induction cooker –
• Induction motor –
• Inductor –
• Inductors –
• Information –
• Inga–Shaba –
• Input/output –
• Inrush current –
• Instrumentation –
• Intel 4004 –
• Intel 8080 –
• Intel –
• Interrupter –
• Iron loss –
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K
L
• Lacquer –
• LAN –
• Laser diode –
• Least squares –
• Line integral –
• Linear motor –
• linear –
• Litz wire –
• Load flow study –
• Load-loss factor –
• Load management –
• Load profile –
• LORAN –
• Loss power –
• Loudspeaker –
• Low-pass filter –
• Lumen (unit) –
• Lynch motor –
M
• Macroscopic –
• Machine learning --
• Magnet wire –
• Magnet –
• Magnetic blowout –
• Magnetic circuit –
• Magnetic core –
• Magnetic field –
• Magnetic flux –
• Magnetic moment –
• Magnetics –
• Magnetism –
• Magnetization –
• Magnetostatics –
• Magnetostriction –
• Mains hum –
• Manitoba Hydro –
• Marine energy –
• Marx generator –
• Maser –
• Mathematics –
• Mean free path –
• Measurement –
• Mechatronics –
• Memistor –
• Mendocino motor –
• Mesh analysis –
• Mesh networking –
• Mesh –
• Metadyne –
• Metal detector –
• Metal rectifier –
• Metalworking –
• Microcontroller –
• Microelectronics –
• Microfabrication –
• Microgeneration –
• Microphone –
• Microprocessor –
• Microprocessors –
• Microwave oven –
• Microwave radio –
• Microwave –
• Mobile phone –
• Modbus –
• Modem –
• Modulation –
• Monoscope –
• Moon landing –
• Moore's law –
• Morse code –
• MOSFET –
• Motion control –
• Motor controller –
• Mp3 –
• MRI –
• Multics –
• Multimeter –
• Multisim –
N
• Nanoengineering –
• Nanoinverter –
• Nanomotor –
• Nanotechnology –
• National electrical code –
• Natural gas –
• Negawatt power –
• Neon sign –
• Net metering –
• Network cable –
• Niagara Falls –
• Nodal analysis –
• Node (circuits) –
• Noise cancelling –
• Noise reduction –
• Nonode –
• Norton theorem –
• Norton's theorem –
• Notch filter –
• NTSC –
• Nuclear power –
• Nuvistor –
O
• Observability –
• Ohm –
• Ohmmeter –
• Ohm's law –
• Oil shale –
• One-line diagram –
• Optical fiber –
• Optimal control –
• Oscillation –
• Oscilloscope –
• Oudin coil –
• Out of phase –
• Overhead line –
• Oversampling –
• Overvoltage –
• Oxidation –
• Oxygen –
P
• Paraformer –
• Park transform –
• Patch cables –
• Peak demand –
• Pentode –
• Permanent magnet –
• Petroleum –
• pH meter –
• Phase (waves) –
• Phase converter –
• Phase modulation –
• Phasor –
• Phasor –
• Phonograph –
• Photocell –
• Photodetector –
• Photodiode –
• Photometer –
• Photonics –
• Photoresistor –
• Phototransistor –
• Physics –
• Physis –
• PID controller –
• Pigovian tax –
• PIN diode –
• Pirelli –
• Planar graph –
• Plasma (physics) –
• Plenum cable –
• Plug-in hybrid –
• p–n junction –
• Polyethylene –
• Polymer –
• Polyphase coil –
• Polyphase system –
• Polypropylene –
• Potentiometer –
• Potentiometers –
• Power –
• Power BJT –
• Power cable –
• Power converter –
• Power factor –
• Power-flow study –
• Power generation –
• Power grid –
• Power inverter –
• Power inverter –
• Power MOSFET –
• Power plant –
• Power rating –
• Power quality –
• Power station –
• Power storage –
• Power supplies –
• Precious metal –
• Pressure –
• Process control –
• Product safety –
• Prolec GE –
• Protective relay –
• Push switch –
Q
R
• Radar –
• Radio frequency –
• Radio –
• Railroad –
• Rankine cycle –
• Rapid transit –
• Reactive power –
• Receiver (radio) –
• Record player –
• Rectifier –
• Rectiformer –
• Reed switch –
• Reis telephone –
• Relay –
• Reluctance motor –
• Remanence –
• Remote Sensing –
• Repeating coil –
• Repowering –
• Repulsion motor –
• Resettable fuse –
• Resistivity –
• Resistor –
• Resistors –
• Resonant cavity –
• RF connector –
• RF engineering –
• RG-6 –
• Rheoscope –
• Rheostat –
• RLC circuit –
• Robotics –
• Robust control –
• Rogowski coil –
• Root locus –
• Root mean square –
• Rotary converter –
• Rotary encoder –
• Rotary switch –
• Rotor (electric) –
S
• Sample and hold –
• Satellite radio –
• Satellite –
• SCADA –
• Schmitt trigger –
• Schottky diode –
• s-domain –
• SDTV –
• Semiconductor –
• Sensor –
• SETI –
• Shaft voltage –
• Short circuit –
• SI –
• Siemens & Halske –
• Siemens (unit) –
• Siemens –
• Signal noise –
• Signal strength –
• Silicon Valley –
• Silicon –
• Silver –
• Sine wave –
• Single-phase –
• Skin effect –
• Slip ring –
• Smart grid –
• Smith chart –
• Software –
• Solar cell –
• Solar energy –
• Solar power –
• Soldering –
• Solenoid –
• Sound recording –
• Space flight –
• Spark spread –
• SPICE –
• Split phase –
• Square wave –
• Stability theory –
• Stacking factor –
• State observer –
• Stator –
• Steady-state –
• Steam turbine –
• Steel –
• Step response –
• Stepper motor –
• Stokes' theorem –
• Storage tube –
• Structure gauge –
• Sun Microsystems –
• Super grid –
• Supercomputer –
• Superfluid –
• Surge arrester –
• Surge protection –
• Switch –
• Switchgear –
• Synchro –
• Synchroscope –
• Syncom –
• System on a chip –
• System on module –
• Systems analysis –
T
• Tachometer –
• Tap changer –
• Taylor series –
• Technology –
• Telegraph –
• Telephone line –
• Telephone –
• Television –
• Temperature –
• Tensile strength –
• Tensile stress –
• Tesla (unit) –
• Tesla coil –
• Tetrode –
• Thermistor –
• Thermocouple –
• Thermodynamics –
• Thermostat –
• Thévenin theorem –
• Third rail –
• Three-phase –
• Thyristor drive –
• Thyristor –
• Tidal power –
• Time sharing –
• Tin –
• Torque –
• Traction battery –
• Traction current –
• Traction motor –
• Transceiver –
• Transducers –
• Transformer oil –
• Transformer –
• Transformerboard –
• Transils –
• Transistor –
• Transistors –
• Transmitter –
• Trembler coil –
• TRIAC –
• Triangle wave –
• Triode –
• Trolley pole –
• Trolleybus –
• TRW Inc. –
• Tuned circuit –
• Twisted pair –
• Two-port network –
• Tyco Electronics –
U
• Ultrasonic motor –
• Ultrasonics –
• Undersampling –
• Unipolar motor –
• Unix –
• Upsampling –
• Utility pole –
V
• Vacuum capacitor –
• Vacuum tube –
• Variac –
• Varicap –
• Varistor –
• Varnish –
• Vector calculus –
• Vector group –
• Vehicle-to-grid –
• Velcro –
• Versorium –
• Video processing –
• VLSI –
• Volt –
• Voltage division –
• Voltage doubler –
• Voltage source –
• Voltage spike –
• Voltage –
• Volt-ampere –
• Voltmeter –
W
• Watt –
• Wattmeter –
• Waveguide –
• Weber –
• Welding –
• Wet transformer –
• Whole-life cost –
• Wiener filter –
• Wiener process –
• Williams tube –
• Wind farm –
• Wind power –
• Wind speed –
• Wind turbine –
• Wire –
• Wireless network –
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Biographies
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B
• Bardeen, John –
• Baudot, Emile –
• Bellman, Richard –
• Bláthy, Ottó –
• Blondel, André –
• Blumlein, Alan –
• Boucherot, Paul –
• Brattain, Walter –
• Bruch, Walter –
C
D
• Darrieus, George –
• De Forest, Lee –
• Dennis, Jack –
• Deprez, Marcel –
• Déri, Miksa –
• Dibner, Bern –
• Doherty, Robert –
• Dolby, Ray –
• Duddell, William –
• DuMont, Allen B. –
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F
• Faggin, Federico –
• Faraday, Michael –
• Farmer, Moses G. –
• Fink, Donald G. –
• Fischer, Gerhard –
• Flowers, Thomas –
• Forbes, George –
• Forrester, Jay –
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• Gabor, Dennis –
• Gaulard, Lucien –
• Gilbert, William –
• Giorgi, Giovanni –
• Gramme, Zénobe –
• Gray, Elisha –
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• Hadfield, Robert –
• Hartley, Ralph –
• Heil, Oskar –
• Héroult, Paul –
• Hertz, Heinrich –
• Hoff, Marcian –
• Hopkinson, John –
• Hopper, Grace –
• Horowitz, Paul –
• Hirst, Hugo –
• Hull, Albert –
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J
K
• Kálmán, Rudolf –
• Kando, Kálmán –
• Kilby, Jack –
• Knoll, Max –
• Kraus, John D. –
• Kroemer, Herbert--
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M
• Mäkitalo, Östen –
• Marx, Erwin Otto –
• Mauchly, John –
• Metcalfe, Robert –
• Moll, John L. –
• Moog, Robert –
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R
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• Tarzian, Sarkes –
• Tesla, Nikola –
• Thomson, Elihu –
• Thomson, William –
• Thury, René –
• Tihanyi, Kálmán –
• Tukey, John –
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W
• Wadley, Trevor –
• Watt, James –
• Widlar, Bob –
• Wiener, Norbert –
• Wirth, Niklaus –
• Wozniak, Steve –
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