Click on “Download PDF” for the PDF version or on the title for the HTML version. If you are not an ASABE member or if your employer has not arranged for access to the full-text, Click here for options. INTRODUCTION TO SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICSPublished by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org Citation: (doi:10.13031/2013.17776) in Introduction to Solid-State Electronics. Chapter 16 in Fundamentals of Electricity for Agriculture, 3rd edition, 399-416. St. Joseph, Michigan: ASAE. . Copyright 2004 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich.Authors: Gustafson, Robert J., and Mark T. Morgan Keywords: Semiconductor Structure, Semiconductor Diodes, Example Diode Applications, Diode Testing, Transistors, Example Transistor Applications, Transistor Testing and Conventions, Thyristors, Integrated Circuits
Solid-state electronics are playing an increasingly important role in agriculture and
in our general lives. Devices with solid-state components are used for controls, communication
equipment, indicators, and in a wide variety of other applications. Solidstate
electronics have allowed the development of many useful tools for agriculture
such as tractor, sprayer, combine, and planter monitors, motor and lighting controls,
calculators and computers.
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