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3D Chip Architectures

A

AC DC Converter
Analog-to-Digital Converter
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)

B

Baseboard Component Replacement (BCR)
Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)
Bluetooth Module
Boost Converter
Bootstrap Circuit
Breakover Voltage
Bridge Rectifier
Brushless DC Motor Technology (BLDC)
Buck Converter
Buffer Amplifier
Buffer Circuit
Buffer Layer
Buffers

C

C Charger (USB Type-C Charger)
Capacitor
Class D Amplifier
Clock Generator
Current Sensor

D

DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter)
DC Conversion
DC-DC Converter
Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)

E

EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory)
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR)

F

Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Flash ROM (Flash Read-Only Memory)
FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory)
Freewheeling Diode

G

Gallium Nitride (GaN)
General Diode
General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)

H

H-Bridge
Hall Effect Sensor

I

Inductor
Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)
Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)

J

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)

L

LED Driver
Low Dropout Regulator (LDO)
Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)
Low Power Double Data Rate (LPDDR)

M

Magnetic Sensor
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Microcontroller (MCU)
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC)
MOSFET
Motor Controller
Multiplexer (MUX)

N

NFC Tag (Near Field Communication Tag)
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM)
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM)

O

OBD2 Compliant (On-Board Diagnostics II)
Operational Amplifier (Op-Amp)
Oscillators

P

PIN Diode
PLL (Phase-Locked Loop)
Position Sensor
Power Diode
Power Factor Correction (PFC)
Power Line Communication (PLC)
Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC)
Power Transistor
Pressure Sensor
Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory (PSRAM)
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
PWM Controller

R

Radar Sensor
Rectifier Diode
Regulator
RF Amplifier (Radio Frequency Amplifier)

S

Schottky Diode
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Silicon on Insulator
Single Board Computer (SBC)
Slew Rate
Smart Card
Smart Power Output Chip (SPOC)
Solid-State Relay (SSR)
Static Random Access Memory (SRAM)
Surface-Mount Device (SMD)
Switched-Mode Power Supply (SMPS)
Switching Regulator
System on Chip (SoC)

T

Thermistor
Thermocouple
Thyristor
TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System)
Transceiver
Tuner

U

Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART)
USB Hub

V

Voltage Divider
Voltage Regulation in Alternator
Voltage Regulator

X

XOR Gate
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