An electronic circuit is composed of individual electronic components, such as resistors, transistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes, connected by conductive wires or traces through which electric current can flow. To be referred to as electronic, rather than electrical, generally at least one active component must be present. The combination of components and wires allows various simple and complex operations to be performed: signals can be amplified, computations can be performed, and data can be moved from one place to another.[1]Circuits can be constructed of discrete components connected by individual pieces of wire, but today it is much more common to create interconnections by photolithographic techniques on a laminated substrate (a printed circuit board or PCB) and solder the components to these interconnections to create a finished circuit. In an integrated circuit or IC, the components and interconnections are formed on the same substrate, typically a semiconductor such as doped silicon or (less commonly) gallium arsenide.
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (49 KB)
Components of the Book:
- Chapter 1
A mechanistic model of the BLADE platform predicts performance characteristics of 256 different synthetic DNA recombination circuits
- Chapter 2
Decreased reproducibility and abnormal experience-dependent plasticity of network dynamics in Fragile X circuits
- Chapter 3
A spectrum of modularity in multi‐functional gene circuits
- Chapter 4
Dissection of brain-wide resting-state and functional somatosensory circuits by fMRI with optogenetic silencing
- Chapter 5
Robustness to Faults Promotes Evolvability: Insights from Evolving Digital Circuits
- Chapter 6
Entropy considerations in improved circuits for a biologically-inspired random pulse computer
- Chapter 7
Ultra-low-power switching circuits based on a binary pattern generator with spiking neurons
- Chapter 8
The combination of the functionalities of feedback circuits is determinant for the attractors’ number and size in pathway-like Boolean networks
- Chapter 9
The Merging of Biological and Electronic Circuits
- Chapter 10
Engineering orthogonal synthetic timer circuits based on extracytoplasmic function σ factors
- Chapter 11
Redundancy circuits of the commissural pathways in human and rhesus macaque brains
- Chapter 12
LRRTM3 regulates activity-dependent synchronization of synapse properties in topographically connected hippocampal neural circuits
- Chapter 13
GABAergic interneurons form transient layer-specific circuits in early postnatal neocortex
- Chapter 14
Recurrent circuits within medial entorhinal cortex superficial layers support grid cell firing
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in Circuits and Systems.
Jack E. Bowyer
School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Chloe Ding
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Wilson W. Wong
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
and more...