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PASSIVE COMPONENT [5 records]

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Record 1 2019-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
  • Optics
  • Electronic Components
DEF

A device that responds to incident light but does not generate light.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques
  • Optique
  • Composants électroniques
CONT

Les composants optiques passifs peuvent fonctionner sans un apport d'énergie exterieur tels que les coupleurs, les multiplexeurs, les isolateurs [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones ópticas
  • Óptica
  • Componentes electrónicos
CONT

Los componentes ópticos activos, son aquellos en que la conversión óptico-eléctrica ocurre cuando el componente está trabajando. En cambio, en los componentes ópticos pasivos, la conversión óptico-eléctrica no ocurre cuando el componente está trabajando.

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Record 2 2016-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
DEF

... a component whose state remains static while it performs its function (e.g., piping, concrete structure) ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
DEF

Composant dont l'état demeure statique lorsqu'il remplit sa fonction (e.g., tuyauterie, structure en béton) [...]

OBS

composant passif : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
CONT

The demonstrations highlight test solutions for passive and active optical components, including: thin-film filter inspection; connector quality check; DWDM filter adjustment; fiber Bragg grating process control; automated passive component test; multiplexer/demultiplexer final test; and optical amplifier test and narrowband filter test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Components
DEF

A device or part employed in a circuit to obtain some desired electrical action, e.g., resistor (passive component), tube (active component).

DEF

Any of the basic part used in building electronic equipment, such as a resistor or capacitor.

Key term(s)
  • passive component
  • active component

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants électroniques
DEF

Élément qui entre dans la composition d'un circuit électronique, d'un circuit intégré.

CONT

Composants actifs et passifs. L'industrie des composants.

CONT

Certains composants automobile sont assemblés à part.

OBS

composante : terme utilisé à tort dans les média du Québec dans le sens de «composant». Le terme «composante» s'applique plutôt aux notions abstraites (cf. autres fiches).

Key term(s)
  • composant passif
  • composant actif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Componentes electrónicos
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Record 5 1985-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Devices
DEF

A nonpowered component generally presenting some loss (expressed in dB) to a system.

DEF

A device which is basically static in operation, i.e., it is ordinarily incapable of amplification or oscillation and usually requires non power for its characteristic operation. Examples: conventional resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode, rectifier, fuse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs électroniques
CONT

Un composant électronique est dit passif lorsqu'il ne nécessite pas d'apport extérieur d'énergie; c'est le cas des résistances, selfs, condensateurs, etc., et actif dans le cas contraire (tubes électroniques, transistors, circuits intégrés, etc.).

Spanish

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