Index of electrical engineering articles

This is an alphabetical list of articles pertaining specifically to electrical and electronics engineering. For a thematic list, please see List of electrical engineering topics. For a broad overview of engineering, see List of engineering topics. For biographies, see List of engineers.

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Cable –
Cadmium –
Calculus –
Canadian electrical code –
Canadian Standards Association –
Capacitance –
Capacitor voltage transformer –
Capacitor –
Capacitor-input filter –
Capacitors –
Capacity factor –
Carbon offset –
Carrier current –
Carrier wave –
Category 3 cable –
Category 5e cable –
Category 5e –
Category 6 cable –
Catenary –
Cathode ray oscilloscope –
Cathode-ray tube –
Cathode –
Cat's-whisker detector –
CATV –
Cavity magnetron –
magnetron –
CD –
Cegelec –
Cell energy –
Center tap –
Ceramic resonator –
Charactron –
Charge pump –
Charge transfer switch –
Charge-coupled device –
CHAYKA –
Chebyshev filter –
Chemistry –
Choke (electronics) –
Chopper (electronics) –
Circle diagram –
Circuit breaker panel –
Circuit breaker –
Circuit theory –
Circuit Total Limitation (CTL) –
Clamp meter –
Clapp oscillator –
Class of accuracy in electrical measurements –
Closed-loop controller –
Coal –
Coax cable –
Coaxial cable –
Cochlear implant –
Cockcroft–Walton generator –
Cogeneration –
Cold cathode –
Cold work –
Colossus (computer) –
Combined cycle –
Commercial off-the-shelf –
Communication channel –
Communication system –
Communications satellite –
Communications server –
Commutation cell –
Commutator (electric) –
Compact fluorescent lamp –
Compactron –
Compensation winding –
Complex conjugate –
Complex number –
Complex systems –
Computational biology –
Computational Intelligence –
Computed tomography –
Computer engineering –
Computer hardware –
Computer literacy –
Computer programming –
Computer science –
Computer system –
Computer –
Computer-aided design –
Computers –
Concentric –
Conduction band –
Constant k filter –
Constitutive equation –
Consumer electronics –
Contactor –
Continuous Fourier transform –
Continuous signal –
Control engineering –
Control systems –
Control theory –
Controllability –
Controller (control theory) –
Cooling tower –
Copper cable certification –
Copper loss –
Copper(I) oxide –
Copper –
Copper-clad aluminum –
Copper-clad steel –
Cornell University –
Corona ring –
Corrosion –
Coulomb –
Coulomb's law –
CPU –
Creep (deformation) –
Crest factor –
Crossed-field amplifier –
Crosstalk –
Cruise control –
Crystal oscillator –
Ćuk converter –
Current (electricity) –
Current density –
Current division –
Current source inverter –
Current source –
Current transformer –
Current-to-voltage converter –
Cybernetics –
Cyber-physical system –
Cycloconverter –
Cylinder (geometry) –

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E

Earth-leakage circuit breaker –
Earth potential rise –
Earth –
Earthing system –
Ebers-Moll –
Ecotax –
Eddy current –
Edge detection –
Edison effect –
Edison Pioneer –
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors –
Electret –
Electric arc –
Electric charge –
Electric circuit –
Electric current –
Electric displacement field –
Electric distribution systems –
Electric field gradient –
Electric field –
Electric generator –
Electric motor –
Electric multiple unit –
Electric potential –
Electric power conversion –
Electric power distribution –
Electric Power Research Institute –
Electric power transmission –
Electric power –
Electric shock –
Electrical circuit –
Electrical code –
Electrical conductivity –
Electrical conductor –
Electrical contact –
Electrical discharge machining (EDM) –
Electrical element –
Electrical engineering –
Electrical equipment –
Electrical generator –
Electrical grid –
Electrical impedance –
Electrical insulation paper –
Electrical insulation –
Electrical load –
Electrical machine –
Electrical measurements –
Electrical network –
Electrical polarity –
Electrical power transmission –
Electrical resistance –
Electrical steel –
Electrical substation –
Electrical Technologist –
Electrical wiring in Hong Kong –
Electrical wiring in North America –
Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom –
Electrical wiring regulations –
Electrical wiring –
Electricity distribution –
Electricity generation –
Electricity meter –
Electricity pylon –
Electricity –
Electrification –
Electroactive polymers –
Electrocardiograph –
Electrochemical engineering –
Electrodes –
Electro-diesel locomotive –
Electrodynamics –
Electrolytic –
Electromagnet –
Electromagnetic compatibility –
Electromagnetic field –
Electromagnetic induction –
Electromagnetic radiation –
Electromagnetic spectrum –
Electromagnetic wave equation –
Electromagnetism –
Electromechanical –
Electro-mechanical –
Electromote –
Electromotive force –
Electron microscope –
Electronic amplifier –
Electronic circuit –
Electronic component –
Electronic Control Unit –
Electronic design automation –
Electronic engineering –
Electronic filter –
Electronic speed control –
Electronics –
Electrophorus –
Electrostatic motor –
Electrostatics –
Embedded operating system –
Embedded software –
Embedded system –
Enameled wire –
Energy demand management –
Energy economics –
Energy efficient transformer –
Energy returned on energy invested –
Energy subsidies –
Engineering economics –
Engineering education –
Engineering ethics –
Engineering management –
Engineering society –
Engineering –
Engine-generator –
ENIAC –
Environmental engineering –
Epstein frame –
Equalization (audio) –
Equalization (communications) –
Equivalent circuit –
Equivalent impedance transforms –
Error correction and detection –
Error correction –
Error detection –
Ethernet –
Ethical code –
Euclidean geometry –
Euler–Lagrange equation –
Euler's formula –
Euler's identity –
Exponential stability –
Extended Kalman filter –
External electric load –

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H infinity –
Hall-effect sensor –
Harmonic distortion –
Harmonic oscillator –
Harmonic –
Harmonics (electrical power) –
H-bridge –
HDTV –
Headphone –
Heat transfer –
Heatsink –
Heaviside step function –
Henry (unit) –
Hertz –
Heterostructure –
Hewlett-Packard –
Hi-Fi –
High-voltage cable –
High voltage –
High-pass filter –
High-voltage direct current –
High-voltage switchgear –
Hilbert transform –
History of electrical engineering –
Holography –
Home appliance –
Homopolar generator –
Homopolar motor –
Horsepower –
Hot wire barretter –
Hradec substation –
Hughes Aircraft –
Humidistat –
HVAC –
HVDC converter station –
HVDC –
Hybrid coil –
Hybrid electric vehicle –
Hybrid Synergy Drive –
Hydroelectricity –
Hydrogen embrittlement –
Hydropower –
Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system –
Hysteresis –

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Idaho National Laboratory –
IEC61850 –
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society –
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society –
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society –
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society –
IEEE Communications Society –
IEEE Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society –
IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society –
IEEE Electron Devices Society –
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society –
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society –
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society –
IEEE Industry Applications Society –
IEEE Information Theory Society –
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society –
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society –
IEEE Magnetics Society –
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society –
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society –
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society –
IEEE Photonics Society –
IEEE Power & Energy Society –
IEEE Reliability Society –
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society –
IEEE Signal Processing Society –
IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology –
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society –
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society –
IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society –
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society –
IEEE Xplore –
IGBT –
Image impedance –
Image noise reduction –
Image processing –
Impulse response –
Incandescent lamp –
Incandescent light bulb –
Inchworm motor—
Inductance –
Induction coil –
induction cooker –
Induction generator –
Induction motor –
Induction regulator –
Inductive coupling –
Inductive output tube –
Inductor –
Inductors –
Industrial and multiphase power plugs and sockets –
Industrial automation –
Industrial Control Systems –
Infinite impulse response –
Information appliance –
Information communication technology –
Information Theory –
Information –
Inga–Shaba –
Input/output –
Inrush current –
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) –
Institution of Electrical Engineers –
Institution of Engineering and Technology –
Instrumentation engineering –
Instrumentation –
Insulation monitoring device –
Insulator (electrical) –
Integrated circuit –
Intel 4004 –
Intel 8080 –
Intel Corporation –
Intel –
Intelligent control –
Intelligent Transportation System –
Intermittent energy source –
Internal combustion engine –
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) –
International Organization for Standardization –
Interrupter –
Invention of radio –
Inverter (electrical) –
Iron loss –
Isolated-phase bus –
Isolation transformer –
Iterative learning control –

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Lacquer –
LAN –
Laplace transform –
Laser diode –
Leakage inductance –
Least squares –
Light-emitting diode –
Line integral –
Linear alternator –
linear differential equation –
Linear matrix inequality –
Linear motor –
Linear transformation in rotating electrical machines –
Linear variable differential transformer –
linear –
Lineman (occupation) –
List of calculus topics –
List of chemistry topics –
List of railway electrification systems –
List of electrical engineering topics –
List of electrical engineers –
List of electronics topics –
List of mathematical topics –
List of people in systems and control –
List of physics topics –
List of Russian electrical engineers –
Litz wire –
Load flow study –
Load following power plant –
Load-loss factor –
Load management –
Load profile –
Local positioning system –
LORAN –
Lorentz force law –
Loss power –
Lossless data compression –
Lossy data compression –
Loudspeaker –
Low-pass filter –
LTI system theory –
Lumen (unit) –
Lumped parameters –
Lyapunov stability –
Lynch motor –

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Macroscopic –
Machine learning --
Magnet wire –
Magnet –
Magnetic blowout –
Magnetic circuit –
Magnetic constant –
Magnetic core –
Magnetic-core memory –
Magnetic field –
Magnetic flux density –
Magnetic flux –
Magnetic moment –
Magnetics –
Magnetism –
Magnetization –
Magnetization current –
Magnetostatics –
Magnetostriction –
Magnifying transmitter –
Main distribution frame –
Mainframe computer –
Mains electricity –
Mains hum –
Mains power systems –
Manitoba Hydro –
Manufacturing engineering –
Marginal stability –
Marine energy –
Marx generator –
Maser –
Massachusetts Institute of Technology –
Mathematical model –
Mathematics –
Matrix (mathematics) –
Maximum prospective short-circuit current –
Maxwell equations –
Maxwell's equations –
Mead and Conway revolution –
Mean free path –
Measurement –
Mechanical rectifier –
Mechatronics –
Medical equipment –
Memistor –
Mendocino motor –
Mercury-arc rectifier –
Mercury-arc valve –
Mercury-vapor lamp –
Mesh analysis –
Mesh networking –
Mesh –
Metadyne –
Metal detector –
Metal rectifier –
Metalworking –
Micro combined heat and power –
Microcontroller –
Microelectromechanical systems –
Microelectronics –
Microfabrication –
Microgeneration –
Microphone –
Microprocessor –
Microprocessors –
Microwave oven –
Microwave radio –
Microwave –
Millman's theorem –
Mineral-insulated copper-clad cable –
Mobile phone –
Modbus –
Model predictive control –
Modem –
Modulation transformer –
Modulation –
Monoscope –
Moon landing –
Moore's law –
Morse code –
MOSFET –
Motion control –
Motor controller –
Motor soft starter –
Mp3 –
MRI –
Multics –
Multimeter –
Multisim –

N

Nameplate capacity –
Nanoengineering –
Nanoinverter –
Nanomotor –
Nanotechnology –
National electrical code –
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) –
Natural gas –
Negative feedback –
Negative resistance –
Negawatt power –
Nelson River Bipole –
Neodymium magnets –
Neon sign –
Neon-sign transformer –
Net metering –
Network analyzer (AC power)--
Network cable –
Network protector –
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Company –
Niagara Falls –
Nodal analysis –
Node (circuits) –
Noise cancelling –
Noise reduction –
Nominal impedance –
Nonlinear control –
Nonode –
Norton theorem –
Norton's theorem –
Notch filter –
NTSC –
Nuclear power –
Numerical control –
Nuvistor –
Nyquist frequency –
Nyquist stability criterion –
Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem –

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Observability –
Occupations in electrical/electronics engineering –
Ohm –
Ohmmeter –
Ohm's law –
Oil shale –
One-line diagram –
On-premises wiring –
Open-circuit test –
Open-circuit voltage –
Open-circuit time constant method –
Open-circuit voltage –
Operational amplifier –
Optical fiber –
Optimal control –
Oscillation –
Oscilloscope –
Oudin coil –
Out of phase –
Outline of electrical engineering –
Overhead line –
Oversampling –
Overshoot (signal) –
Overvoltage –
Oxidation –
Oxygen –
Oxygen-free copper –

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Pad-mounted transformer –
Pantograph (rail) –
Paraformer –
Parameter estimation –
Park transform –
Park's transformation –
Partial discharge –
Passivity (engineering) –
Patch cables –
Peak demand –
Pearl Street Station –
Peltier–Seebeck effect –
Pentagrid converter –
Pentode –
Permanent magnet synchronous generator –
Permanent magnet –
Permeability (electromagnetism) –
Personal computer –
Personal digital assistant –
Perturbation theory –
Petroleum –
pH meter –
Phase (waves) –
Phase converter –
Phase-fired controllers –
Phase-locked loop –
Phase modulation –
Phasor –
Phasor measurement unit –
Phasor –
Phonograph –
Photocell –
Photodetector –
Photodiode –
Photometer –
Photonics –
Photoresistor –
Phototransistor –
Physics –
Physis –
PID controller –
Piezoelectric effect –
Piezoelectric motor –
Pigovian tax –
PIN diode –
Pirelli –
Planar graph –
Plasma (physics) –
Plenum cable –
Plug-in hybrid –
p–n junction –
Polarization density –
Polyethylene –
Polymer –
Polyphase coil –
Polyphase system –
Polypropylene –
Polytetrafluoroethylene –
Pontryagin's minimum principle –
Port (circuit theory) –
Positive feedback –
Potential difference –
Potentiometer –
Potentiometers –
Power –
Power BJT –
Power cable –
Power conditioner –
Power consumption –
Power converter –
Power distribution –
Power electronics –
Power engineering –
Power-factor correction –
Power factor –
Power-flow study –
Power generation –
Power grid –
Power inverter –
Power inverter –
Power-line carrier communication –
Power-line communication –
Power MOSFET –
Power plant –
Power rating –
Power quality –
Power station –
Power storage –
Power supplies –
Power-system automation –
Power-system protection –
Precious metal –
Pressure –
Printed circuit board –
Printer (computing) –
Process control –
Product lifecycle management –
Product safety –
Professional communication –
Professional engineer –
Programmable logic controller –
Programming language –
Project management –
Projection (mathematics) –
Prolec GE –
Protective relay –
Proximity effect (electromagnetism) –
Pulse transformer –
Pulse-width modulation –
Pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) –
Pulse-code modulation –
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity –
Push switch –
Push–pull converter –

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Radar cross-section –
Radar –
Radio frequency –
Radio transmitter –
Radio –
Railroad –
Railway electrification system –
Rankine cycle –
Rapid transit –
Reactive power –
Real-time operating system –
Receiver (radio) –
Rechargeable battery –
Reciprocity (electromagnetism) –
Record player –
Rectifier –
Rectiformer –
Recursive least squares –
Reed switch –
Regenerative braking –
Regenerative circuit –
Reis telephone –
Relaxation oscillator –
Relay –
Reliability engineering –
Reluctance motor –
Remanence –
Remote racking system –
Remote Sensing –
Renewable electricity –
Renewable Energy Certificates –
Renewable energy payments –
Renewable energy policy –
Repeating coil –
Repowering –
Repulsion motor –
Resettable fuse –
Residual-current circuit breaker –
Resistive circuit –
Resistivity –
Resistor –
Resistors –
Resolver (electrical) –
Resonant cavity –
Resonant inductive coupling –
Reverse engineering –
RF connector –
RF engineering –
RG-6 –
Rheoscope –
Rheostat –
Right hand grip rule –
Ripple (electrical) –
RLC circuit –
Robotics –
Robust control –
Rogowski coil –
Root locus –
Root mean square –
Rotary converter –
Rotary encoder –
Rotary switch –
Rotary transformer –
Rotary variable differential transformer –
Rotation (mathematics) –
Rotor (electric) –
Routh–Hurwitz stability criterion –
Routh–Hurwitz theorem –

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Sallen–Key filter –
Sample and hold –
Sampling (information theory) –
Sampling frequency –
Satellite radio –
Satellite –
Saturation (magnetic) –
SCADA –
Schmitt trigger –
Schottky diode –
Scott-T transformer –
s-domain –
SDTV –
Segmentation (image processing) –
Selenium rectifiers –
Semiconductor device –
Semiconductor fabrication –
Semiconductor –
Sensor –
Serial communication –
Series and parallel circuits –
SETI –
Shaded-pole motor –
Shaft voltage –
Shielded twisted pair –
Short-circuit test –
Short circuit –
Shunt (electrical) –
SI –
Siemens & Halske –
Siemens (unit) –
Siemens –
Signal (electrical engineering) –
Signal (information theory) –
Signal noise –
Signal processing –
Signal strength –
Signal-flow graph –
Signal-to-noise ratio –
Silicon controlled rectifier –
Silicon Valley –
Silicon –
Silver –
Sine wave –
Single-phase electric power –
Single-phase –
Single-sideband modulation –
Skin effect –
Sliding mode control –
Slip ring –
Small-signal model –
Smart grid –
Smith chart –
Snowy Mountains scheme –
Software engineering –
Software –
Solar cell –
Solar energy –
Solar micro-inverter –
Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert –
Solar power –
Soldering –
Solenoid –
Solid state (electronics) –
Solid state physics –
Solid-state circuit –
Sound recording –
Space flight –
Space vector modulation –
Spark spread –
Spark-gap transmitter –
Spectrum analyzer –
Speech processing –
SPICE –
Split phase –
Square wave –
Stability theory –
Stable polynomial –
Stacking factor –
Star-mesh transform –
State observer –
State-space representation –
Static VAR compensator –
Stator –
Steady-state –
Steam turbine –
Steel –
Step response –
Stepper motor –
Stereophonic sound –
Stokes' theorem –
Storage tube –
Stray capacitance –
Structure gauge –
Structured cabling –
Submarine communications cable –
Sulfur hexafluoride circuit breaker –
Sulfur hexafluoride –
Sun Microsystems –
Super grid –
Supercomputer –
Superconducting electric machine –
Superconductivity –
Superfluid –
Superheterodyne receiver –
Superposition theorem –
Surge arrester –
Surge protection –
Switch –
Switched reluctance motor –
Switched-mode power supply –
Switchgear –
Symbolic circuit analysis –
Symmetrical components –
Synchro –
Synchronization (alternating current) –
Synchronous circuit –
Synchronous motor –
Synchronous rectification –
Synchroscope –
Syncom –
System identification –
System on a chip –
System on module –
Systems analysis –

T

Tachometer –
Tap (transformer) –
Tap changer –
Taylor series –
Technical drawing –
Technology –
Telecommunication –
Telecommunications cable –
Telecommunications engineering –
Telecommunications Industry Association –
Telecommunications –
Telegraph –
Telephone balance unit –
Telephone line –
Telephone –
Television –
Tellegen's theorem –
Temperature –
Tensile strength –
Tensile stress –
Tesla (unit) –
Tesla coil –
Tetrode –
Thermal conductivity –
Thermal expansion –
Thermionic emission –
Thermistor –
Thermocouple –
Thermodynamic efficiency –
Thermodynamics –
Thermoelectric effect –
Thermostat –
Thévenin theorem –
Third rail –
Three-phase AC railway electrification –
Three-phase electric power –
Three-phase power –
Three-phase –
Thyristor drive –
Thyristor –
Tidal power –
Time sharing –
Time-invariant system –
Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering –
Tin –
Topology (electrical circuits) –
Toroidal inductors and transformers –
Torque –
Total harmonic distortion (THD) –
Traction battery –
Traction current –
Traction motor –
Traction substation –
Transatlantic communications cable –
Transatlantic telegraph cable –
Transceiver –
Transducers –
Transfer function –
Transformer oil testing –
Transformer oil –
Transformer types –
Transformer –
Transformerboard –
Transient response –
Transils –
Transistor –
Transistors –
Transmission (telecommunications) –
Transmission line –
Transmission system operator –
Transmission tower –
Transmitter –
Traveling-wave tube –
Trembler coil –
TRIAC –
Triangle wave –
Trigger transformer –
Triode –
Trolley pole –
Trolleybus –
TRW Inc. –
Tuned circuit –
Twisted pair –
Two-phase electric power –
Two-port network –
Two-sided Laplace transform –
Tyco Electronics –
Types of capacitor –

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