- Industry: Aviation
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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 ...
The electrode in a bipolar transistor from which conventional current leaves the transistor. The collector is the electrode in the transistor symbol on the same side of the base line as the emitter, but it does not have the arrowhead.
Industry:Aviation
The electrode in a field effect transistor (FET) through which load current flows. Load current flowing from the source to the drain is controlled by the amount of voltage applied to the gate. The drain of an FET corresponds to the collector in a bipolar transistor.
Industry:Aviation
The electrode in a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), triac, or field effect transistor (FET), to which trigger pulses of electrical energy are applied to cause a flow of electrons between the other electrodes.
Industry:Aviation
The electrode in a vacuum tube or semiconductor diode to which the electrons travel after they leave the cathode. The anode in a vacuum tube is called the plate.
The anode of a semiconductor diode is the end made of P-type material. It is not marked — the cathode has the mark. In the diode symbol, the anode is shown by the arrowhead.
Industry:Aviation
The electrode, or target, in an X-ray tube which, when struck by the stream of electrons from the cathode, emits X-rays.
Industry:Aviation
The electrodes in an electron tube between the cathode and the anode. Grids are used to control the amount, the shape, and the velocity of the stream of electrons between the cathode and the anode.
Industry:Aviation
The electromotive force induced in a circuit by a changing magnetic field is determined by the rate of change of the magnetic flux linking the circuit.
Industry:Aviation
The elevation of the highest point of the landing area.
Industry:Aviation
The elongated and flattened end of the exhaust stack used on an aircraft reciprocating engine. The gases leave the stack through a slot parallel to its length.
Bayonet stacks decrease both exhaust back pressure and noise and prevent cold air from flowing into the exhaust stack during such maneuvers as slips. This cold air could cause the valves to warp.
Industry:Aviation
The emission of electromagnetic radiation, especially in the frequency of visible light, stimulated in a substance by the absorption of incident radiation and persisting only so long as the stimulating radiation is continued fluorescent lamp. A tubular electric lamp in which ionized mercury vapor causes a fluorescent coating inside the tube to glow.
Industry:Aviation
