1 7 Electronics 1 (EDI ctronistet branch of angina and phystes. W doula with the emision, bohesious and effects of electrons for Lhe generation, transmission, reception, and storage of information, This information can be audio signals in a radia, images (video signals} on a television screen, or numbers and other da‘a in a computer. Hectronic »ystems are insportant In commusicalion, entertainment, and control systems. JHlectronte citeuits consis! of interconnections of electronic components, al the heatt of which are semiconductors, Transistors. which are made siliean or germaninum, sire made from semiconductors, Commercial products range front eellalar railivtelephonte systems avd video ceasselLe recorders to high-perlormance supercomputers and sophisticated weapons systems. fi. industry. electronic deviers have led 10 dramatic improvements in productivity and quality. For exumple, computer-aided desig too's facilitate the design of comples parts, sueh asairerait swings, or intricate structures, such as integrated circuits, BBB «ss aarp st eroctoctroics has bade major trpmchon the elciconcstndustry. fecronic components are expected to deliver ever higher performanoe, while dectranic circuits seat Bane en Ali ‘unction of electronic circuits amplification * demodulation + electronic nmooassing « generation information extraction» modulation * radio weve + recovery (of audio signal) Electronic components abS0Ib * active ballsry capacitor + diode © cheray + generator” inductor ‘passive + resistor ¢ transcucer + trensistor + vacuum éube (Ame) = vaWve (Bre) Impacts cetioe size + digitization + fidelity ~ high speed’ + inereased reliatiiy’ manufacturing cost * storage capeclty » storage system « ultrahigh image vefintion ZS owe way of increasing your vocabulary is to learn the associated words fom a key word. Look at the word table belaw, which showss words related to the key word presented above: Noun Verb Adjective activation activate ective amplification amplify amplified emission emit emitted entertainment entertain entertaining extraction contract extracted generation generate generative integration integrate integrated/integrative reception receive reoeptnve recovery recover recovered reliability rey reliable storage store stored werismission transit ‘tansmittable transmissible