Lesson 2 - Introduction To Basics Electronics
Lesson 2 - Introduction To Basics Electronics
Basic Electronics
Definition of Electronics:
Electronics is the branch of science that deals with the study of flow and control
of electrons (electricity) and the study of their behavior and effects in vacuums,
gases, and semiconductors, and with devices using such electrons. This control
of electrons is accomplished by devices that resist, carry, select, steer, switch,
store, manipulate, and exploit the electron.
Electronics isn't always easy, but you can learn. And you can do it without
memorizing theories and formulas belong in a Physics text. the focus of this
program is learning how things work. Electronics may defined as an art of
knowledge to make such impossible things work. Things such as Televisions,
AM/FM Radios, Computers and of course the mobile phones and etc. We are
surrounded by electronics....
Learning how things work can be fun. With this skill you can Build things. make
better use of things
and repair things..
have better job opportunities
What is voltage? An analogy would be a huge water tank filled with thousands
of gallons of water high on a hill.
The difference between the pressure of water in the tank and the water that
comes out of a pipe connected at the bottom leading to a faucet is determined by
the size of the pipe and the size of the outlet of the faucet. This difference of
pressure between the two can be thought of as potential Voltage.
What is resistance? An analogy would be the size of the water pipes and the
size of the faucet. The larger the pipe and the faucet (less resistance), the more
water that comes out! The smaller the pipe and faucet, (more resistance), the less
water that comes out! This can be thought of as resistance to the flow of the
water current.
All three of these: voltage, current and resistance directly interact in Ohm's law.
Change any two of them and you effect the third.
Info: Ohm's Law was named after Bavarian mathematician and physicist Georg
Ohm.
Ohm's Law can be stated as mathematical equations, all derived from the same
principle.
In the following equations,
V is voltage measured in volts (the size of the water tank),
If the circuit has a current of 2 amperes, and a resistance of 1 ohm, (< these are
the two "known"), then according to Ohms Law and the formulas above, voltage
equals current multiplied by resistance:
To find the current in the same circuit above assuming we did not know it but we
know the voltage and resistance:
I = 2 volts divided by the resistance 1 ohm = 2 amperes.
In this third example we know the current (2 amperes) and the voltage (2
volts). .. what is the resistance?
Substituting the formula:
R = Volts divided by the current (2 volts divided by 2 amperes = 1 ohm
Sometimes it's very helpful to associate these formulas Visually. The Ohms Law
"wheels" and graphics below can be a very useful tool to jog your memory and
help you to understand their relationship.
Example:
To find the current of a circuit (I), just cover the I or Amps section in your mines
eye and what remains is the V volts above the dividing line and the R ohms
(resistance) below it. Now substitute the known values. Just divided the known
volts by the known resistance. Your answer will be the current in the circuit.
The same procedure is used to find the volts or resistance of a circuit!
Just cover the voltage section with your minds eye...what's left is the I X R
sections. Just multiply the I value times the R value to get your answer! Practice
with the wheel and you'll be surprised at how well it works to help you
remember the formulas without trying!
You'll have to insert the X between the I and R in the graphic and imagine the
horizontal divide line but the principal is just the same.
In the above Ohm's law wheel you'll notice that is has an added section (P) for
Power and the letter E* has been used instead of the letter V for voltage.
This wheel is used in the exact same fashion as the other wheels and graphics
above. You will also notice in the blue/green areas there are only two known
values with the unknown value in the yellow sections. The red bars separate the
four units of interest.
Info: Typically, Ohm's Law is only applied to DC circuits and not AC circuits. *
The letter "E" is sometimes used in representations of Ohm's Law for voltage
instead of the "V" as in the wheel above.
Series Circuit
A circuit composed solely of components connected in series is known as a
series circuit
A Simple Series Circuit
Let's start with a series circuit consisting of three resistors and a single battery:
The first principle to understand about series circuits is that the amount of
current is the same through any component in the circuit. This is because there is
only one path for electrons to flow in a series circuit, and because free electrons
flow through conductors like marbles in a tube, the rate of flow (marble speed)
at any point in the circuit (tube) at any specific point in time must be equal.
From the way that the 9 volt battery is arranged, we can tell that the electrons in
this circuit will flow in a counter-clockwise direction, from point 4 to 3 to 2 to 1
and back to 4. However, we have one source of voltage and three resistances.
How do we use Ohm's Law here? An important caveat to Ohm's Law is that all
quantities (voltage, current, resistance, and power) must relate to each other in
terms of the same two points in a circuit. For instance, with a singlebattery,
single-resistor circuit, we could easily calculate any quantity because they all
applied to the same two points in the circuit:
Since points 1 and 2 are connected together with wire of negligible resistance, as
are points 3 and 4, we can say that point 1 is electrically common to point 2, and
that point 3 is electrically common to point 4. Since we know we have 9 volts of
electromotive force between points 1 and 4 (directly across the battery), and
since point 2 is common to point 1 and point 3 common to point 4, we must also
have 9 volts between points 2 and 3 (directly across the resistor). Therefore, we
can apply Ohm's Law (I = E/R) to the current through the resistor, because we
know the voltage (E) across the resistor and the resistance (R) of that resistor.
All terms (E, I, R) apply to the same two points in the circuit, to that same
resistor, so we can use the Ohm's Law formula with no reservation.
However, in circuits containing more than one resistor, we must be careful in
how we apply Ohm's Law. In the three-resistor example circuit below, we know
that we have 9 volts between points 1 and 4, which is the amount of
electromotive force trying to push electrons through the series combination of
R1, R2, and R3. However, we cannot take the value of 9 volts and divide it by 3k,
10k or 5k Ω to try to find a current value, because we don't know how much
voltage is across any one of those resistors, individually.
The figure of 9 volts is a total quantity for the whole circuit, whereas the figures
of 3k, 10k, and 5k Ω are individual quantities for individual resistors. If we were
to plug a figure for total voltage into an Ohm's Law equation with a figure for
individual resistance, the result would not relate accurately to any quantity in the
real circuit.
For R1, Ohm's Law will relate the amount of voltage across R1 with the current
through R1, given R1's resistance, 3kΩ:
But, since we don't know the voltage across R1 (only the total voltage supplied
by the battery across the three-resistor series combination) and we don't know
the current through R1, we can't do any calculations with either formula. The
same goes for R2 and R3: we can apply the Ohm's Law equations if and only if
all terms are representative of their respective quantities between the same two
points in the circuit.
So what can we do? We know the voltage of the source (9 volts) applied across
the series combination of R1, R2, and R3, and we know the resistances of each
resistor, but since those quantities aren't in the same context, we can't use Ohm's
Law to determine the circuit current. If only we knew what the total resistance
was for the circuit: then we could calculate total current with our figure for total
voltage (I=E/R).
This brings us to the second principle of series circuits: the total resistance of
any series circuit is equal to the sum of the individual resistances. This should
make intuitive sense: the more resistors in series that the electrons must flow
through, the more difficult it will be for those electrons to flow. In the example
problem, we had a 3 kΩ, 10 kΩ, and 5 kΩ resistor in series, giving us a total
resistance of 18 kΩ:
Now we have all the necessary information to calculate circuit current, because
we have the voltage between points 1 and 4 (9 volts) and the resistance between
points 1 and 4 (18 kΩ): Knowing that current is equal through all components of
a series circuit (and we just determined the current through the battery), we can
go back to our original circuit schematic and note the current through each
component:
Now that we know the amount of
current through each resistor, we can use Ohm's Law to determine the voltage
drop across each one (applying Ohm's Law in its proper context):
Notice the voltage drops across each resistor, and how the sum of the voltage
drops (1.5 + 5 + 2.5) is equal to the battery (supply) voltage: 9 volts. This is the
third principle of series circuits: that the supply voltage is equal to the sum of the
individual voltage drops.
However, the method we just used to analyze this simple series circuit can be
streamlined for better understanding. By using a table to list all voltages,
currents, and resistances in the circuit, it becomes very easy to see which of
those quantities can be properly related in any Ohm's Law equation:
The rule with such a table is to apply Ohm's Law only to the values within each
vertical column. For instance, ER1 only with IR1 and R1; ER2 only with IR2 and
R2; etc. You begin your analysis by filling in those elements of the table that are
given to you from the beginning:
As you can see from the arrangement of the data, we can't apply the 9 volts of ET
(total voltage) to any of the resistances (R1, R2, or R3) in any Ohm's Law
formula because they're in different columns. The 9 volts of battery voltage is
not applied directly across R1, R2, or R3. However, we can use our "rules" of
series circuits to fill in blank spots on a horizontal row. In this case, we can use
the series rule of resistances to determine a total resistance from the sum of
individual resistances:
Now, with a value for total resistance inserted into the rightmost ("Total")
column, we can apply Ohm's Law of I=E/R to total voltage and total resistance
to arrive at a total current of 500 µA: Then, knowing that the current is shared
equally by all components of a series circuit (another "rule" of series circuits),
we can fill in the currents for each resistor from the current figure just
calculated:
Finally, we can
use Ohm's Law to determine the voltage drop across each resistor, one column at
a time:
Just for fun, we can use a computer to analyze this very same circuit
automatically. It will be a good way to verify our calculations and also become
more familiar with computer analysis. First, we have to describe the circuit to
the computer in a format recognizable by the software. The SPICE program we'll
be using requires that all electrically unique points in a circuit be numbered, and
component placement is understood by which of those numbered points, or
"nodes," they share. For clarity, I numbered the four corners of our example
circuit 1 through 4. SPICE, however, demands that there be a node zero
somewhere in the circuit, so I'll re-draw the circuit, changing the numbering
scheme slightly:
All I've done here is re-numbered the lower-left corner of the circuit 0 instead of
1. Now, I can enter several lines of text into a computer file describing the
circuit in terms SPICE will understand, complete with a couple of extra lines of
code directing the program to display voltage and current data for our viewing
pleasure. This computer file is known as the netlist in SPICE terminology:
series circuit
v1 1 0
r1 1 2 3k
r2 2 3 10k
r3 3 0 5k
.dc v1 9 9 1
.print dc v(1,2) v(2,3) v(3,0)
.end
Now, all I have to do is run the SPICE program to process the netlist and output
the results: v1 v(1,2) v(2,3) v(3) i(v1)
9.000E+00 1.500E+00 5.000E+00 2.500E+00 -5.000E-04
This printout is telling us the battery voltage is 9 volts, and the voltage drops
across R1, R2, and R3 are 1.5 volts, 5 volts, and 2.5 volts, respectively. Voltage
drops across any component in SPICE are referenced by the node numbers the
component lies between, so v(1,2) is referencing the voltage between nodes 1
and 2 in the circuit, which are the points between which R1 is located. The order
of node numbers is important: when SPICE outputs a figure for v(1,2), it regards
the polarity the same way as if we were holding a voltmeter with the red test lead
on node 1 and the black test lead on node 2.
We also have a display showing current (albeit with a negative value) at 0.5
milliamps, or 500 microamps. So our mathematical analysis has been vindicated
by the computer. This figure appears as a negative number in the SPICE
analysis, due to a quirk in the way SPICE handles current calculations.
In summary, a series circuit is defined as having only one path for electrons to
flow. From this definition, three rules of series circuits follow: all components
share the same current; resistances add to equal a larger, total resistance; and
voltage drops add to equal a larger, total voltage. All of these rules find root in
the definition of a series circuit. If you understand that definition fully, then the
rules are nothing more than footnotes to the definition.
REVIEW:
Components in a series circuit share the same current: ITotal = I1 = I2 = . . . In
Total resistance in a series circuit is equal to the sum of the individual
resistances: RTotal =
R1 + R2 + . . . Rn
Total voltage in a series circuit is equal to the sum of the individual voltage
drops: ETotal =
E1 + E2 + . . . En
Parallel Circuit
One connected completely in parallel is known as a parallel circuit.
Simple Parallel Circuit
Let's start with a parallel circuit consisting of three resistors and a single battery:
The first principle to understand about parallel circuits is that the voltage is equal
across all components in the circuit. This is because there are only two sets of
electrically common points in a parallel circuit, and voltage measured between
sets of common points must always be the same at any given time. Therefore, in
the above circuit, the voltage across R1 is equal to the voltage across R2 which is
equal to the voltage across R3 which is equal to the voltage across the battery.
This equality of voltages can be represented in another table for our starting
values:
Just as in the case of series circuits, the same caveat for Ohm's Law applies:
values for voltage, current, and resistance must be in the same context in order
for the calculations to work correctly. However, in the above example circuit, we
can immediately apply Ohm's Law to each resistor to find its current because we
know the voltage across each resistor (9 volts) and the resistance of each
resistor:
At this point we still don't know what the total current or total resistance for this
parallel circuit is, so we can't apply Ohm's Law to the rightmost ("Total")
column. However, if we think carefully about what is happening it should
become apparent that the total current must equal the sum of all individual
resistor ("branch") currents:
As the total current exits the negative (-) battery terminal at point 8 and travels
through the circuit, some of the flow splits off at point 7 to go up through R1,
some more splits off at point 6 to go up through R2, and the remainder goes up
through R3. Like a river branching into several smaller streams, the combined
flow rates of all streams must equal the flow rate of the whole river. The same
thing is encountered where the currents through R1, R2, and R3 join to flow back
to the positive terminal of the battery (+) toward point 1: the flow of electrons
from point 2 to point 1 must equal the sum of the (branch) currents through R1,
R2, and R3.
This is the second principle of parallel circuits: the total circuit current is equal
to the sum of the individual branch currents. Using this principle, we can fill in
the IT spot on our table with the sum of IR1, IR2, and IR3:
Finally, applying
Ohm's Law to the rightmost ("Total") column, we can calculate the total circuit
resistance:
Please note something very impo rtant here. The total circuit resistance is only
625 Ω: less than any one of the individual resistors. In the series circuit, where
the total resistance was the sum of the individual resistances, the total was bound
to be greater than any one of the resistors individually. Here in the parallel
circuit, however, the opposite is true: we say that the individual resistances
diminish rather than add to make the total. This principle completes our triad of
"rules" for parallel circuits, just as series circuits were found to have three rules
for voltage, current, and resistance. Mathematically, the relationship between
total resistance and individual resistances in a parallel circuit looks like this:
The same basic form of equation works for any number of resistors connected
together in parallel, just add as many 1/R terms on the denominator of the
fraction as needed to accommodate all parallel resistors in the circuit.
Just as with the series circuit, we can use computer analysis to double-check our
calculations. First, of course, we have to describe our example circuit to the
computer in terms it can understand. I'll start by re-drawing the circuit:
Once again we find that the original numbering scheme used to identify points in
the circuit will have to be altered for the benefit of SPICE. In SPICE, all
electrically common points must share identical node numbers. This is how
SPICE knows what's connected to what, and how. In a simple parallel circuit, all
points are electrically common in one of two sets of points. For our example
circuit, the wire connecting the tops of all the components will have one node
number and the wire connecting the bottoms of the components will have the
other. Staying true to the convention of including zero as a node number, I
choose the numbers 0 and 1:
An example like this makes the rationale of node numbers in SPICE fairly clear
to understand. By having all components share common sets of numbers, the
computer "knows" they're all connected in parallel with each other.
In order to display branch currents in SPICE, we need to insert zero-voltage
sources in line (in series) with each resistor, and then reference our current
measurements to those sources. For whatever reason, the creators of the SPICE
program made it so that current could only be calculated through a voltage
source. This is a somewhat annoying demand of the SPICE simulation program.
With each of these "dummy" voltage sources added, some new node numbers
must be created to connect them to their respective branch resistors:
The dummy voltage sources are all set at 0 volts so as to have no impact on the
operation of the circuit. The circuit description file, or netlist, looks like this:
Parallel circuit
v1 1 0
r1 2 0 10k
r2 3 0 2k
r3 4 0 1k
vr1 1 2 dc 0
vr2 1 3 dc 0
vr3 1 4 dc 0
.dc v1 9 9 1
.print dc v(2,0) v(3,0) v(4,0)
.print dc i(vr1) i(vr2) i(vr3)
.end
Running the computer analysis, we get these results (I've annotated the printout
with descriptive labels):
These values do indeed match those calculated through Ohm's Law earlier: 0.9
mA for IR1, 4.5 mA for IR2, and 9 mA for IR3. Being connected in parallel, of
course, all resistors have the same voltage dropped across them (9 volts, same as
the battery).
In summary, a parallel circuit is defined as one where all components are
connected between the same set of electrically common points. Another way of
saying this is that all components are connected across each other's terminals.
From this definition, three rules of parallel circuits follow: all components share
the same voltage; resistances diminish to equal a smaller, total resistance; and
branch currents add to equal a larger, total current. Just as in the case of series
circuits, all of these rules find root in the definition of a parallel circuit. If you
understand that definition fully, then the rules are nothing more than footnotes to
the definition.
REVIEW:
Components in a parallel circuit share the same voltage: ETotal = E1 = E2 = . . .
En Total resistance in a parallel circuit is less than any of the individual
resistances: RTotal =
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Circuit Symbols
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connected together. The actual layout of the components is usually quite
different from the circuit diagram. To build a circuit you need a different
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To conduct or pass current from one part of a circuit to another. Wires joined
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omitted. Wires connected to another wire should be staggered slightly to form
two T-junctions, as shown. Such help to transmitted current to other paths Wires
not joined
In diagrams it is often necessary to draw wires crossing even though they are not
connected. It is preferred to have the 'hump' symbol as shown because the simple
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Supplies electrical energy. The larger terminal indicates the positive (+).A single
cell is often interpreted and called a battery, but a battery is two or more cell
joined together. Battery
Supplies electrical energy. A battery is more than one cell. The larger terminal is
the positive (+).
A safety device, which will 'blow' or melt if the current flowing through it
exceeds a specified value. Used as a protection for electrical circuits.
Transformer Two coils of wire linked by an iron core. Transformers are used to
step up(increase) and step down (decrease) AC voltages. Energy is transferred
between the coils by the magnetic field in the core. There is no electrical
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Resistances less than 100 ohms are written: 100, 220, 470. The final zero
represents ten to the power zero, which is 1. For example:
100 = 10 × 1 Ω = 10 Ω 220 = 22 × 1 Ω = 22 Ω
Resistances less than 10 ohms have 'R' to indicate the position of the decimal
point (radix point). For example:
4R7 = 4.7 Ω
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Precision resistors are marked with a four-digit code, in which the first three
digits are the significant figures and the fourth is the power of ten. For example:
This are the Capacitors may look like that are being used in mobile phones
circuit.
The Polarized Capacitor
Tantalum Capacitors which is polarized, and may be used in DC circuits.
Typical values range form 0.1uF
to 470uF.
Standard Tantalum values change in multiples of 10, 22, 33, and 47. Normal
Temperature Coefficient
Polarity is critical to these devices. They are marked with the voltage rating
(usually double the circuit
Non-Polarized Capacitor
Non-polarized are similar to polarized except the plates are similar metal.
Polarized caps are typically used in large voltage situations, such as DC line
filtering to reduce noise related to uneven voltage levels after rectification from
an AC source. Mainly measured in microfarads. Polarity is critical to these
devices. They are marked with the voltage rating (usually double the circuit
non-polarized caps are typically used in low voltage situations, both AC and DC.
Polarity is not critical. Measured in pico farads typically.
Decimal multiplier prefixes are in common use to simplify and shorten the
notations of quantities such as component values.
Capacitance, for example, is measured in Farads, but the Farad is far too large a
unit to be of practical use in most cases. For convenience, we use sub-multiples
to save a lot of figures. For example, instead of writing 0.000000000001 Farads,
we write 1pF (1 picofarad).
The more common prefixes and the relationships to one another are as follows.
Abbrev. Prefix Multiply by or
A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the
current flowing through another pair of terminals. Because the controlled
(output) power can be much more than the controlling (input) power, the
transistor provides amplification of a signal. Some transistors are packaged
individually but many more are found embedded in integrated circuits.
The leads are labeled base (B), collector (C) and emitter (E).
These terms refer to the internal operation of a transistor but they are not much
help in understanding how a transistor is used, so just treat them as labels!
Diodes - Surface Mounted
In electronics, a
Diodes are used to regulate voltage (Zener diodes), electronically tune radio and
TV receivers (varactor diodes), generate radio frequency oscillations (tunnel
diodes), and produce light (light emitting diodes).
Diodes that can be made to conduct backwards. This effect, called Zener
breakdown, occurs at a precisely defined voltage, allowing the diode to be used
as a precision voltage reference. In
practical voltage reference circuits Zener and switching diodes are connected in
series and
as high-voltage Zener diodes are actually avalanche diodes (see above). Two
(equivalent) Zeners
a registered trademark). The Zener diode is named for Dr. Clarence Melvin
Zener of Southern
Wiring regulations often define a maximum fuse current rating for particular
circuits. Overcurrent protection devices are essential in electrical systems to limit
threats to human life and property damage.
Fuses are selected to allow passage of normal current and of excessive current
only for short periods.
A fuse was patented by Thomas Edison in 1890 [1] as part of his successful
electric distribution system.
SMT Inductors
An
Inductance (
L) (measured in henries) is an effect resulting from the magnetic field that forms
around a current-carrying conductor which tends to resist changes in the current.
Electric current through the conductor creates a magnetic flux proportional to the
current, and a change in this current creates a corresponding change in magnetic
flux which, in turn, by Faraday's Law generates an electromotive
force (EMF) that opposes this change in current. Inductance is a measure of the
amount of EMF
generated per unit change in current. For example, an inductor with an
inductance of 1 henry produces an EMF of 1 volt when the current through the
inductor changes at the rate of 1 ampere per second. The number of loops, the
size of each loop, and the material it is wrapped around all affect the inductance.
For example, the magnetic flux linking these turns can be increased by coiling
the conductor around a material with a high permeability such as iron. This can
increase the inductance by 2000 times, although less so at high frequencies.
Inductors are used extensively in analog circuits and signal processing. Inductors
in conjunction with capacitors and other components form tuned circuits which
can emphasize or filter out specific signal frequencies. Applications range from
the use of large inductors in power supplies, which in conjunction with filter
capacitors remove residual hums known as the Mains hum or other fluctuations
from the
direct current output, to the small inductance of the ferrite bead or torus installed
around a cable to prevent radio frequency interference from being transmitted
down the wire. Smaller inductor/capacitor combinations provide tuned circuits
used in radio reception and broadcasting, for instance.
Oscillators
An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a repetitive
electronic signal, often a sine wave or a square wave.
A low-frequency oscillator (LFO) is an electronic oscillator that generates an AC
waveform at a frequency below ≈20 Hz. This term is typically used in the field
of audio synthesizers, to distinguish it from an audio frequency oscillator.
Oscillators designed to produce a high-power AC output from a DC supply are
usually called inverters.
The waveform generators which are used to generate pure sinusoidal waveforms
of fixed amplitude and frequency are called oscillators.
Crystal oscillator
A crystal oscillator is an electronic circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of
a vibrating crystal of piezoelectric material to create an electrical signal with a
very precise frequency. This frequency is commonly used to keep track of time
(as in quartz wristwatches), to provide a stable clock signal for digital integrated
circuits, and to stabilize frequencies for radio transmitters and receivers. The
most common type of piezoelectric resonator used is the quartz crystal, so
oscillator circuits designed around them were called "crystal oscillators".
Quartz crystals are manufactured for frequencies from a few tens of kilohertz to
tens of megahertz. More than two billion (2×109) crystals are manufactured
annually. Most are small devices for consumer devices such as wristwatches,
clocks, radios, computers, and cellphones. Quartz crystals are also found inside
test and measurement equipment, such as counters, signal generators, and
oscilloscopes.
Voltage-controlled oscillator
Below are common types of EMI-ESD protection chips used among various
mobile phone's circuit.
Electromagnetic interference (or EMI, also called radio frequency
interference or RFI) is a disturbance that affects an electrical circuit due to
either electromagnetic conduction or electromagnetic radiation emitted from
an external source. The disturbance may interrupt, obstruct, or otherwise
degrade orlimit the effective performance of the circuit. The source may be
any object, artificial or natural, that carries rapidly changing electrical
currents, such as an electrical circuit, the Sun or the Northern Lights. EMI can
be intentionally used for radio jamming, as in some forms of electronic
warfare, or can occur unintentionally, as a result of spurious emissions for
example through intermodulation products, and the like. It frequently affects
the reception of AMradio in urban areas. It can also affect cell phone, FM
radio and television reception, although to a lesser extent.