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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
Current in a semiconductor device that flows across a PN junction when the junction is reverse-biased. Reverse current is the movement of minority carriers in the semiconductor material. Also called leakage current, it increases with the temperature of the device.
Industry:Aviation
Current induced in the core of a transformer or the armature core of a motor or generator by current flowing in the winding.
Eddy currents cause a power loss and are minimized by making the core of thin soft-iron laminations insulated from each other by a thin coat of varnish. Eddy currents can also be induced in a conductor by a moving or nonuniform magnetic field.
Industry:Aviation
Current supplied to the field coils of a generator to create the magnetic field used to produce a flow of electrons.
Industry:Aviation
Current that flows across the junction in a semiconductor device when it is forward-biased.
Industry:Aviation
Current that flows between the cathode and plate in an electron tube.
Industry:Aviation
Current that flows in a semiconductor when the junction is reverse-biased. Back current is also called reverse current.
Industry:Aviation
Current that flows in the anode of an electrical device. In an electron tube, anode current is commonly called plate current.
Industry:Aviation
Current that flows in the secondary winding of a transformer. Secondary current in a magneto ignition system is the high-voltage current induced in the secondary winding of the magneto coil. It is this secondary current that flows through the distributor and produces the spark at the spark plug.
Industry:Aviation
Daily. This term applies to a cycle complete within a 24-hour period and which recurs every 24 hours.
Industry:Aviation
