Passive Component Design

Component Design

Component Chip Sizes (Surface Mount) {L x W size Table, Resistor and Capacitor surface mount chip Dimensions}

Resistor Information {5% Standard Resistor Values, 1% Standard Resistor Values, Chip Sizes, Ring Band/Colors}
.... Resistor Mil Specifications {Military Document Numbers}
.... Resistor Manufacturers {Vendors}
.... Resistor Dictionary {Engineering Dictionary of Resistor Terms}
.... Potentiometer Information {Trimmer Shunt Design example, Graph and Description of types}

Capacitor Information {Capacitor Layout descriptions, Dielectric Material, Temperature Ranges, Surface mount Chip Sizes}
.... Capacitor Sizes {EIA Surface mount Chip Sizes}
.... Capacitor Values {Common SMD Capacitor Values}
.... Plastic Film {Value Change Over Temperature}
.... Military Capacitor Specifications {Military Capacitor Standard Document Numbers}
.... Capacitor Dictionary {Engineering Dictionary of Capacitor Terms}
.... Compound Capacitor By-Passing {Text and Graphic}
.... Capacitor Manufacturers {Vendors}

Inductor Values {Common SMD Inductor Values}

Op Amp - Compensation Design Information {Compensate for input parasitic capacitance, Supply inductance and large capacitive loads on Operational Amplifiers}

Graph of RC Time Constant, Rising Voltage {Graph of Resistor x Capacitor TC}

Graph of RC Time Constant, Falling Voltage {Graph of Resistor x Capacitor TC}

How to Debounce a Switch {Switch Debounce Circuits and definition}

Glue Logic IC Resistor Pull-Up values {Determine how to calculate resistor pull-up values for inputs or outputs}

Temperature

Logic Family Prefix Listing {Part Number prefix to IC Operational Temperature Range}
Component Derating Design Guidelines {Temperature-Current Operation}
Thermal Conductivity {Table}

Noise

Electrostatic Charge Definition [ESD related terms and definitions]
Chassis Grounding
PWB Ground and Power Planes {Design Links and information}
Noise EMI/RFI Issues

Wire

Copper Wire Sizes {Copper wire Diameter vs available current it can carry}
.... Aluminum Wire Sizes
.... Brown and Sharpe Wire Sizes [listed as a reference only]
.... Wire Gauge Resistance by Temperature
.... Wire Resistance per Foot by Gauge
.... Metric Wire Gauges {Copper weight, Wire length and wire resistance}

Wire Insulation Color Codes {Color Coding used to indicate wire function}
.... Fiber Insulation Color Codes {Color Coding used to indicate function}
Wire insulation color coding may not follow a standard.

Board related data

PWB data {Printed Wiring Board Sites, Military Specification, Calculators}
.... Graph of PWB External Etched Copper Current Capacity: current rating based on trace cross section in square mils, x temperature rise.
.... Graph of PWB Internal Etched Copper Current Capacity: current rating based on trace cross section in square mils, x temperature rise.
.... Definition of PWB Terms [terms and definitions used with printed circuit boards]
.... Definition of Minimum Annular Ring [copper pad area]
.... Definition of Compliant pin [compression fit into the PWB]

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