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Maynard A. Philbrook Jr. Maynard A. Philbrook Jr. is offline
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Default Active device nonsense
In article ,
says...

"dave" wrote in message
m...

active component: A component requiring power to operate,
e.g. a transistor. Contrast with passive.

passive component: A component that does not require power
to operate, e.g., a resistor. Contrast with active.

That isn't the way I learned. As someone else said, an active device provides
amplification of some sort.

The question of /control/ is another matter.

It's a very simple concept...

Any device that operates as intended with out power or
biasing is passive.



jamie
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