Home > Industry/Domain > Consumer electronics > Amplifier

Amplifier

Any electronic device designed to inrease the volume of sound.

Contributors in Amplifier

Amplifier

Microphonic

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

Sensitivity to vibrations causing noises and ringing. Tubes are especially prone to microphonics and will self-oscillate.

Microphonics

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The tendency for a component to induce audible noise into the amplifier circuit when mechanically disturbed. Tubes are the most common microphonic component, and they will usually make an audible ...

Midrange control

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A tone control that affects audio frequencies in the middle range, where the largest concentration of audio energy is usually present.

Half-wave rectifier

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A rectifier that conducts on only the positive or only the negative half of the incoming sinusoidal signal. It produces a "pulsating" DC composed of single-polarity "humps" at the incoming AC ...

Heat sink

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A metal part with maximised surface areas designed to dissipate heat generated by electronic components.

Heater

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

The heating element in an electron tube, also called the "filament".

Hertz (Hz)

Consumer electronics; Amplifier

A unit equal to one cycle per second that measures the frequency of a periodic phenomenon such as an alternating current.

Featured blossaries

Playing RPG Games

Category: Entertainment   1 1 Terms

Political Parties in Indonesia

Category: Politics   1 7 Terms