Basic Concepts

Capacitor Symbols

Capacitor and Condenser Symbols Generic Capacitor Capacitor is an electronic component that stores energy in its electric field. It is the symbol of a generic capacitor. It is a non-polar…
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Inductor Symbols -Solenoid, Chock and Coils Symbols

Inductor Symbols – Coils and Choke Symbols Generic Fixed Inductor This is the symbols used for representing a generic Inductor whose inductance value is fixed. An inductor is also known by…
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Fuse, Circuit Breaker and Protection Symbols

Protection, Circuit Breaker and Fuses Symbols Fuse These are some of the symbolic representation of a generic fuse in any electrical circuit. A fuse is used for protection of any…
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Switches and Pushbutton Symbols

Switches Symbols & Pushbuttons Symbols The following chart shows different symbols used for pushbuttons and switches, with a description for each symbol below the diagram. Generic Switch Symbol It is…
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Relay Symbols – Electrical and Electronic Symbols

Relays Symbols – Coil, Solenoid, Electromagnet & Contacts Symbols Solenoid operated Relay The solenoid operated relay has a coil wound around a core that produces magnetic field when the coil…
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Diode Symbols – Electronic and Electrical Symbols

Diodes Symbols Generic Diode This symbol represents a generic diode or a rectifier diode. It is an electronic component made of semiconductor that allow current flow in one direction and…
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Transistor, MOSFET and IGFET Symbols

Transistors, IGFET and MOSFETS Symbols NPN BJT Transistor An NPN bipolar Junction transistor (BJT) made up of 3 layers of semiconductor material. A P type semiconductor material is sandwiched between…
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Thyristor, DIAC and TRIAC Symbols

Thyristors, Triacs and Diacs Symbols Thyristor SCR SCR stands for silicon controlled rectifier are a 4 layered PNPN semiconductor device. It has three terminals Anode, Cathode & Gate. Just like…
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Electronic Logic Circuits and Programming Symbols

Logic Circuits and Digital Programming Symbols Generic IC Symbol It is a symbol of generic IC (integrated circuit). It is a small chip made up of semiconductor material upon which…
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Digital Logic Gates Symbols

Logic Gates Symbols The following terms are used for basic Logic Gates symbols in the post. ANSI: It stands for American National Standards Institute DIN : It stands for Deutsches…
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