Usually, in electric theory and circuits, the components of an electric circuit are called "elements"... however, depending on the subject matter, the answer could vary from electrons, current, or voltage to something like wires, integrated circuits, chips, or even lead!
Answer #1:
power supply
battery
wires
volt meter
amp meter
lights
switches
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Answer #2:
An electrical circuit may or may not contain meters, lights, or switches.
But every operating electrical circuit ALWAYS contains these three things: -- Power supply
-- At least one thing that does one of the following with electrical energy:
. . . . . Dissipates it (resistance)
. . . . . Stores it in a magnetic field (inductance)
. . . . . Stores it in an electrostatic field (capacitance)
-- Good conductors that connect all other parts of the circuit in a path that leads from one terminal of the power supply to the other one (wires). If it doesn't have any of the second item, then it's a "short" circuit, and
it doesn't last long ... It exceeds the capability of the power suppply,
it either activates protective features or else the power supply fails,
and the circuit stops operating.
small scale integrated circuits contain about 10 transistorsmedium scale integrated circuits contain about 100 transistorslarge scale integrated circuits contain about 1000 transistorsvery large scale integrated circuits contain about 10,000 transistorsultra large scale integrated circuits contain about 100,000 transistorsetc.modern digital integrated circuits contain about 100,000,000,000 transistors and sometimes much more
There is no true advantage of RC circuits over RL circuits, as they perform different functions. RC circuits contain resistors and capacitors, while RL circuits contain resistors and inductors.
A transformer does not normally contain a capacitor. However, you might be thinking of a 'd.c. power supply', which consists of a transformer, rectifier, and smoothing circuits. The smoothing circuits will contain capacitors.
Yes. There are also more complicated circuits, that can't be described ONLY as a combination of series and parallel circuits - basically, circuits that contain several loops.
Sequential Logic circuits are a type of logic circuits in which its output depends on the current and last input (memory). a digital circuits that contain filp-flop is called as sequential ckt because its output at any time depend not only on its current input but also past sequence memory of past event.
small scale integrated circuits contain about 10 transistorsmedium scale integrated circuits contain about 100 transistorslarge scale integrated circuits contain about 1000 transistorsvery large scale integrated circuits contain about 10,000 transistorsultra large scale integrated circuits contain about 100,000 transistorsetc.modern digital integrated circuits contain about 100,000,000,000 transistors and sometimes much more
All electrical circuits do.
Active
Passive backplane
There is no true advantage of RC circuits over RL circuits, as they perform different functions. RC circuits contain resistors and capacitors, while RL circuits contain resistors and inductors.
Active backplanes
A transformer does not normally contain a capacitor. However, you might be thinking of a 'd.c. power supply', which consists of a transformer, rectifier, and smoothing circuits. The smoothing circuits will contain capacitors.
Yes. There are also more complicated circuits, that can't be described ONLY as a combination of series and parallel circuits - basically, circuits that contain several loops.
Yes, many toys which use batteries contain parallel and series circuits.
computer chips
The absolute minimum for a circuit is continuity. Without this it is not yet a circuit.
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