inductor
Magnetic energy storer
An inductor is an electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when current flows through it, typically a coil of wire.
Inductors resist changes in current, making them essential in filters, transformers, and power supplies.
The property they exploit is inductance, measured in henrys.
Current-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- diodeOne-way semiconductor
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
choke · ferrite · varistor · thermistor · potentiometer · relay · oscillator · amplifier
Current-carrying wire helix
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- spiralCurve winding around center
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- loopCurve closing on itself
turns · wire · copper · bobbin · toroid · core · lamination · ferrite
Electrical inductance unit
SI energy quantity
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- currentDirected flow of charge
power · loss · dissipation · efficiency · saturation · hysteresis · watt
resistor
Current-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- diodeOne-way semiconductor
transformer · choke · ferrite · varistor · thermistor · potentiometer · relay · oscillator · amplifier · rectifier
solenoid
Current-carrying wire helix
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- spiralCurve winding around center
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
loop · turns · wire · copper · bobbin · toroid · core · lamination · ferrite · tapped
henry
Electrical inductance unit
- impedanceAC circuit opposition
- reactanceOpposition to alternating current
- fluxContinuous change or flow
faraday · saturation · permeability · reluctance · coupling
joule
SI energy quantity
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
current · power · loss · dissipation · efficiency · saturation · hysteresis · watt
filter
Porous separation device
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
tank · bandpass · lowpass · highpass · smoothing · ripple · buck · boost · flyback · snubber
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- electronicscomputer, resistors, capacitors, TVs, TV
- analogturntable, hourglass, phonograph, gramophone, reel-to-reel
- Coilscoil, spiral, solenoid, helix, choke
- Electricity HistoryMichael Faraday, Faraday, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Thomas Edison
- AC electricityAC, alternating current, hertz, sine wave, voltage
inductorcapacitor
Charge-storing circuit element
condenser · capacitance · cap · supercapacitor · resistor
- induction stoveMagnetic-field heated cooktop
- electromagnetic inductionVoltage from field changes
- induction cookingMagnetic field heats pot
- induction coilDevice producing high voltage
- labor inductionArtificially starting childbirth
- Hall of Fame inducteePerson formally honored for excellence
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