Outline of electronics

Branches

Classical electronics

• Analog electronics
• Digital electronics
• Electronic instrumentation
• Electronic engineering
• Microelectronics
• Optoelectronics
• Power electronics
• Printed electronics
• Semiconductor technology
• Schematic capture
• Thermal management
• Automation Electronics

  Advanced topics

• Atomtronics
• Bioelectronics
• Failure modes of electronics
• Flexible electronics
• Low-power electronics
• Microelectromechanical systems
• Molecular electronics
• Nanoelectronics
• Organic electronics
• Photonics
• Piezotronics
• Quantum electronics
• Spintronics

  History of electronics

• History of electronic engineering
• History of radar
• History of radio
• History of television

  General concepts

Data converters

• Analog-to-digital converters
• * Aliasing
• * Successive approximation ADC
• * Dual-slope ADC
• * Quantization
• * Sensor resolution
• * Sampling
• * Sigma–delta ADC
• Digital-to-analog converters
• * Digital potentiometer
• * Binary weighted resistor converter
• * Charge distribution DAC
• * Pulse width modulator
• * Reconstruction filter
• * The R2R ladder

  Digital electronics

• Binary decision diagrams
• Boolean algebra
• Combinational logic
• Counters
• De Morgan's laws
• Digital circuit
• Formal verification
• Karnaugh maps
• Logic families
• Logic gate
• Logic minimization
• Logic simulation
• Logic synthesis
• Registers
• Sequential logic
• State machines
• Truth tables
• Transparent latch

  Electrical element/discretes

• Passive elements:
• * Capacitor
• * Inductor
• * Memristor
• * Resistor
• * Transformer
• Active elements:
• * Diode
• ** Zener diode
• ** Light-emitting diode
• ** PIN diode
• ** Schottky diode
• ** Avalanche diode
• ** Laser diode
• ** Microcontroller
• ** Operational amplifier
• * Thyristor
• ** DIAC
• ** TRIAC
• ** IGBT
• * Transistor
• ** Bipolar transistor
• ** Field effect transistor
• ** Darlington transistor
• Other components
• * Aural devices
• * Battery
• * Crystal oscillator
• * Electromechanical devices
• * Sensors
• * Surface acoustic wave

  Electronics analysis

• Electronic packaging
• Electronic circuit simulation
• Electronic design automation
• Electronic noise
• Mathematical methods in electronics
• Thermal management of electronic devices and systems

  Electronic circuits

• Amplifiers
• * Differential amplifiers
• * Feedback amplifiers
• * Power amplifiers
• Comparators
• Converters
• Filters
• * Active filters
• * Passive filters
• * Digital filters
• Oscillators
• Phase-locked loops
• Timers

  Electronic equipment

• Air conditioner
• Central heating
• Clothes dryer
• Computer/Notebook
• Dishwasher
• Freezer
• Home robot
• Home entertainment system
• Information technologies
• Cooker
• Microwave oven
• Refrigerator
• Robotic vacuum cleaner
• Tablet
• Telephone
• Television
• Water heater
• Washing machine

  Electronic instrumentation

• Ammeter
• Capacitance meter
• Distortionmeter
• Electric energy meter
• LCR meter
• Microwave power meter
• Multimeter
• Network analyzer
• Ohmmeter
• Oscilloscope
• Psophometer
• Q meter
• Signal analyzer
• Signal generator
• Spectrum analyzer
• Transistor tester
• Tube tester
• Wattmeter
• Vectorscope
• Video signal generator
• Voltmeter
• VU meter

  Memory technology

• * Flash memory
• * Hard drive systems
• * Optical storage
• * Probe Storage
• * Programmable read-only memory
• * Read-only memory
• * Solid-state drive
• * Volatile memory

  Microcontrollers

• Features
• * Analog-to-digital converter
• * Central processing unit
• * Clock generator
• * Debugging support
• * Digital-to-analog converters
• * Discrete input and output bits
• * In-circuit programming
• * Non-volatile memory
• * Peripherals
• * Serial interface
• * Serial communications
• * Volatile memory
• 8-bit microcontroller families:

• Some notable suppliers:
• *ARM
• *Atmel
• *Cypress Semiconductor
• *Freescale
• *Intel
• *MIPS
• *Microchip Technology
• *NXP Semiconductors
• *Parallax Propeller
• *PowerPC
• *Rabbit 2000
• *Renesas RX, V850
• *Silicon Laboratories
• *STMicroelectronics
• *Texas Instruments
• *Toshiba TLCS

  Optoelectronics

• Optical fiber
• Optical properties
• Optical receivers
• Optical system design
• Optical transmitters

  Physical laws

• Ampère's law
• Coulomb's law
• Faraday's law of induction/Faraday-Lenz law
• Gauss's law
• Kirchhoff's circuit laws
• * Current law
• * Voltage law
• Maxwell's equations
• * Gauss's law
• * Faraday's law of induction
• * Ampère's law
• Ohm's law

  Power electronics

• Power Devices
• * Gate turn-off thyristor
• * MOS-controlled thyristor
• * Power BJT/MOSFET
• * Static induction devices
• Electric power conversion
• * DC to DC
• ** DC to DC converter
• ** Voltage stabiliser
• ** Linear regulator
• * AC to DC
• ** Rectifier
• ** Mains power supply unit
• ** Switched-mode power supply
• * DC to AC
• ** Inverter
• * AC to AC
• ** Cycloconverter
• ** Transformer
• ** Variable frequency transformer
• ** Voltage converter
• ** Voltage regulator
• Power applications
• * Automotive applications
• * Capacitor charging applications
• * Electronic ballasts
• * Energy harvesting technologies
• * Flexible AC transmission systems
• * High frequency inverters
• * HVDC transmission
• * Motor controller
• * Photovoltaic system Conversion
• * Power factor correction circuits
• * Power supply
• * Renewable energy sources
• * Switching power converters
• * Uninterruptible power supply
• * Wind power

  Programmable devices

• Application-specific integrated circuit
• Complex programmable logic device
• Erasable programmable logic device
• Simple programmable logic device
• Macrocell array
• Programmable array logic
• Programmable logic array
• Programmable logic device
• Field-programmable gate array
• VHSIC Hardware Description Language
• Verilog Hardware Description Language
• Some notable suppliers:

Semiconductors theory

• Properties
• *Bipolar junction transistors
• *Capacitance voltage profiling
• *Charge carrier
• *Charge-transfer complex
• *Deep-level transient spectroscopy
• *Depletion region
• *Density of states
• *Diode modelling
• *Direct band gap
• *Electronic band structure
• *Energy level
• *Exciton
• *Field-effect transistors
• *Metal–semiconductor junction
• *MOSFETs
• *N-type semiconductor
• *Organic semiconductors
• *P–n junction
• *P-type semiconductor
• *Photoelectric effect
• *Quantum tunneling
• *Semiconductor chip
• *Semiconductor detector
• *Solar cell
• *Transistor model
• *Thin film
• *Tight-binding model
• Device Fabrication
• *Semiconductor device fabrication
• *Semiconductor industry
• *Semiconductor consolidation

  Applications

• Audio electronics
• Automotive electronics
• Avionics
• Control Systems
• Consumer electronics
• Data acquisition
• E-health
• Electronic book
• Electronics industry
• Electronic warfare
• Embedded systems
• Home automation
• Integrated circuits
• Marine electronics
• Microwave technology
• Military electronics
• Multimedia
• Nuclear electronics
• Open hardware
• Radar and Radionavigation
• Radio electronics
• Terahertz technology
• Video hardware
• Wired and Wireless Communications