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Thermistor

Thermal means temperature. In this resistor, the resistance varies with temperature. If heat increases, the resistance decreases and…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Non- linear Resistors

There are many types of resistors according to the type of material used, the manufacturing procedure and their…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Resistors in Parallel

Let us observe what happens, when few resistors are connected in Parallel. Let us consider three resistors with…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Circuit Connections in Resistors

A Resistor when connected in a circuit, that connection can be either series or parallel. Let us now…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Resistors Important Terms

There are a few terms which we need to discuss before going into the type of resistors we…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Resistors Colour Coding

A process called colour coding is used to determine the value of resistance for a resistor, just as shown in…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Resistors

Resist is the word which means “to oppose”. Resistance is the property of opposing the flow of electrons, in a…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Types of Currents

Coming to the types of currents in semiconductors, there are two terms need to be discussed. They are Diffusion…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Hall Effect

Hall Effect was named after Edwin Hall, its discoverer. This is somewhat similar to Fleming’s right hand rule. When…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL
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Extrinsic Semiconductor

An impure semiconductor, which is formed by doping a pure semiconductor is called as an extrinsic semiconductor. There are…

August 15, 2021 · Prabhu TL