专业英语-PCM.ppt

*UNIT 6 Passage B The principle of PCM Key terms (circuit) a semiconductor device capable of amplification Transistor the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate Emitter the region in a transistor into which charge carriers flow from the base Collector the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector Base relating to a system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND , OR,IF THEN,EXCEPT,NOT Boolean DC direct current AC alternating current a configuration of two or more components connected in a circuit so that the same current flows in turn through each of them Series a configuration of two or more electrical components connected between two points in a circuit so that the same voltage is applied to each parallel an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge Capacitor capacitance an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit inductor the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input Gain a materials opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms Impedance resistance Capacitance inductance resistor an electronic valve having three electrodes, a cathode, an anode, and a grid, the potential of the grid controlling the flow of electrons between the cathode and anode. It has been replaced by the transistor triode a flow of electricity through a conductor; the current was measured in amperes“ Current an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it Filter generator that produces oscillations or alternating current oscillator an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value Ripple electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it Amplifier Op-amps Operational amplifiers Array 数组（特殊词义） a constant number that serves as a measure of some pr