The Art of Electronics

Index (partial: "W" entries only)

WAIT mode, in CMOS microprocessor, 979
wake-up, 938, 965
  pulse, 968
  start-up time, 975, 977
``walking bit'' display, 792, 808
wall plug-in power supply, 384
water velocity sensor, 965
wave soldering, 834
Weston cell, 1025
wet mask, 834
Wheatstone bridge, 105, 1001f., 1025
whiskers, 834
wideband amplifier, 863ff.
  op-amp, 876, 878t
Widlar, R., 211, 307, 371
Wien bridge, 296
Wilkinson converter, 1035
Wilson mirror (see also current mirror), 89
winchester disk, 676, 717
window, quartz, 765
window discriminator  669
wire, Kynar, 829
Wire-Wrap, 711f., 828
  backplane, 853
  CAD-based, automatic, 849
  panel, 828ff.
  PC board, 830f.
  pin connector, 852
  poor for memories, 816
  socket, 829f.
wired-AND, 490
wired-OR, 490, 764
word, 744
  long (32 bits), 744, 794
  recognizer, 824f.
  size in microprocessors, 820
word, defined, 675
Words and Phrases 484
workstation, 677
WORM, 676, 718
worst-case, 475
  design, 68, 161, 768
  spec, ignoring, 983
wristwatch, analog display, 968
write, spurious, 977
WWVB, 1018
WYSIWYG, 716