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INPUT BIAS CURRENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2016-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Currents
CONT

Input leakage current is the bias current flowing either into or out of the digital input terminal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courants (Électrocinétique)

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Electronics
DEF

[The] operation of an active device in which the bias and signal amplitude are so chosen that output current flows throughout each cycle of input signal(assumed sinusoidal), i. e. the angle of flow is 360°.

CONT

Class-A operation. Class-A amplifier operation is characterized by a conduction period of the output current (collector or drain) of 360°. That is, the operating point is chosen to have a constant voltage and current. In effect, the amplifier power is on all the time. This is referred to as linear operation. By operating in the linear region of the transistor’s characteristics, the amplified signal suffers minimum distortion. This comes at a price of inefficiency in the amplifier. The theoretical maximum possible efficiency of a class-A amplifier is 50%, but due to linearity requirements of the applications, the efficiency may be no more that 25%.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Électronique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
  • Electrónica
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Record 3 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Specified input current of either polarity to produce rated flow. Rated current must be specified for a particular coil connection(differential, series, or parallel) and does not include null bias current.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Courant d'entrée donné de l'une ou l'autre polarité pour produire le débit nominal. Le courant nominal doit être précisé pour chaque branchement des bobines (différentiel, série ou en parallèle) et ne doit pas inclure le courant de décalage de zéro.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
OBS

Amplificateurs opérationnels.

Spanish

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