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EVOLUTION OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - Coggle Diagram
EVOLUTION OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
TRANSISTORS
REPLACED VACUUM TUBES
CAN START AND STOP THE FLOW OF CURRENT, CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF ITS OUTPUT CURRENT IN AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT
REGULATE CURRENT OR VOLTAGE FLOW, ACT AS A SWITCH OR GATE FOR SIGNALS
NPN OR PNP
BJT
MOST USED
3 LAYERS OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL (SILICON)
CAN ACT AS AMPLIFIERS
DIGITAL
BINARY INPUT DATA
PROCESS OR STORE DATA
MIXED
A/D D/A CONVERTERS
ANALOGUE
CONTINUOUS SIGNAL
FILTERING, AMPLIFICATION, MIXING, MODULATION OF SIGNALS
SOC: SYSTEM ON A CHIP
CPU, GRAPHICS AND MEMORY INTERFACES, I/O PORTS, INTERNAL MEMORY AND SECONDARY STORAGE
ADVANTAGES: SAVE SPACE, REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION, IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
DISADVANTAGE: SINGLE PARTS CANNOT BE REPAIRED OR CHANGED
WIDELY USED
MINIATURISATION
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
MOTHER BOARD
PIN
SILIC WAFER