TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEFINITION 1

HISTOR 2

THE VACUUM TUBE ERA 2

THE SEMICONDUCTOR REVOLUTION 4

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS 4

MOORE’S LAW 6

APPLICATION 7

APPLICATION OF ELECTRONICS 7

MEDICAL 7

ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNICATION 7

DEFENCE 7

INDUSTRIES 7

CONSUMERS ELECTRONICS 8

ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL ENTILIGENCE 8

AUTOMOBILES 8

COMMON COMPONENTS OF ELECTRONICS 9

TWO GENERAL CATEGORIES OF ELECTRONICS COMPONENT 9

ACTIVE COPONENTS 9

TRANSISTORS 9

DIODE 9

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS 10

PASSIVE COMPONENTS 10

RESISTOR 10

FIXED RESISTOR 10

VARIABLE RESISTOR 10

CAPACITOR 11

INDUCTOR 11

REFFERENCES 12