Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Classroom Manual Fifth Edition Update by John F. Kershaw

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Automotive
Electronics
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion and review of this chapter, you
should be able to:
• Identify the basic types and construction of
solid-state devices used in automotive electronic
circuits.
• Identify an ESD symbol and explain its use.
• Explain the use and function of diodes in an
automotive circuit.
• Explain forward-biased diodes and reversebiased
diodes.
• Explain the use and function of transistors and
the different types used in automotive circuits.
• Explain the operation of a silicon-controlled
rectifier (SCR).
• Identify and explain the operation of photonic
semiconductors.
• Identify and explain the term integrated circuit
and how one uses electronic signals.
KEY TERMS
Anode
Cathode
Diode
Doping
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
Field-Effect Transistor (FET)
Forward Bias
Integrated Circuit (ICs)
Light-Emitting Diode (LED)
N-Type Material
P-Type Material
PN Junction
Photonic Semiconductors
Rectifier
Reverse Bias
Semiconductors
Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR)
Transistor
Zener Diode
INTRODUCTION
This chapter will review the basic semiconductors
and the electronic principles required to understand
how electronic and computer-controlled
systems manage the various systems in today’s
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