Topic Catalog

Topics beginning with "F"
Face
Failure Analysis examination of faults, determine root cause and recommend corrective actions.
Failure Analyzer The examination of faults, determination of a failure's cause (root cause), and recommendation of corrective actions.
Faraday Cages a space surrounded by an electromagnetic radiation barrier
Far-Field Antenna under test (AUT) measurements in the radiation zone (far zone).
Far InfraRed 15-1,000 µm
Fast Ethernet Data transfer rate of 100 Mbps throughput local area network.
Fast Fourier Transform Fast Fourier Transform
Fat the most efficient form of animal energy storage.
Fault Finders Determine the location of faults.
Fault Indicators
Fault Location Determine the location of faults.
Fault Locators Determine the location of faults.
Fault Recorders log events and disturbances.
Fax Facsimile machine requirements, interoperability and performance testing.
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FDDI 100 megabits per second fiber optic local area network
Femtosecond one quadrillionth of a second.
FET Rely on an electric field to control the shape and channel of a charge carrier in a semiconductor material.
FF Antenna under test (AUT) measurements in the radiation zone (far zone).
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
FFT Spectrum Analyzers
FIB Focused Ion Beam
Fiber Couplers Split or connect light from fibers.
Fiber Distributed Data Interface 100 megabits per second fiber optic local area network
Fiber Identifiers Pinpoint a particular fiber.
Fiber Loopbacks create a loop to test fiber optic I/O.
Fiber Optic Field of optic fiber application.
Fiber Optic Converters
Fiber Optic Gyros measure very precisley the rotation rate of a device.
Fiber Optic Meters Measure the optical strength of light in a fiber.
Fiber Optic Microscopes Reveal quality of fiber end faces, splices and connectors.
Fiber Optic Multiplexers Process multiple optical signals into one single optical signal.
Fiberoptics Field of optic fiber application.
Fiber Optic Switching
Fiber Optic Test
Fiberscopes flexible fiber optic bundle with eyepiece and lens that allows for visual inspection in confined areas.
Fibre Channel Data transfer interface with speeds up to 2 Gigabit per second that maps to common transport protocols, i.e. IP and SCSI.
Fibre Optical Field of optic fiber application.
Fibre Optics Field of optic fiber application.
Fidelity ability to sense accurately.
Fieldbus An all-digital, serial, two-way communications system that interconnects measurement and control instrumentation such as sensors, actuators and controllers.
Field Effect Transistor Rely on an electric field to control the shape and channel of a charge carrier in a semiconductor material.
Filters Electronic circuits which refine signal by blocking certain frequencies, while allowing other frequencies to pass.
Fine Pitch Fine Pitch Probes range from 0.25 mm to 0.50 mm pitch. They are suitable for sockets and contactors with high pin count.
FIR 15-1,000 µm
Fired Weapon acoustic localization of gunfire
Firewall Deny or permit network traffic based upon inspection to a set of rules.
FireWire FireWire is a high speed serial databus as defined by IEEE 1394.
Fish
Fixed Attenuators Fix the degree of attenuation.
Fixtures orient and afix UUT.
Fixturing orient and afix UUT.
Flammability the facility to burn.
Flash Device
Flash Memory retains data absent of power.
Flatness variance measure across a 2-D plane.
FlexRay Protocol with data rate of 10Mbit/sec on two channels resulting in a rate up to 20Mbit/sec.
Flexure action is to bend (flex).
Flicker a short moment of waning.
Flicker Analyzers
Flightline service area for aircraft.
Flight Line Service area for aircraft.
FLIR Forward looking infrared focal plane array detector.
Flowmeters measure the movement of fluid or gas.
Flow Meters Measure the movement of fluid or gas.
Fluence The incident of EMR on a surface.
Fluid freely flowing substance.
Fluid Level
Fluorescence Absorbed light emission.
Fluxmeters measure magnetic field density, strength, moment and polarization.
Flying Leads one ended cable unconnected (flying) for custom patchcord routing. Also know as acronym VFL.
Flying Probes multiple probes move robotically to contact integrated circuits, printed circuit and SMT boards.
Flywheel is a synchronous compensator.
FM Amplitude remains constant as frequency is varied, Frequency Modulation.
FM/AM Generators
Focused Ion Beam A scanning electron microscope with the electron source replaced by a gallium ion gun. Used for fault analysis and modification of modern microchips and semiconductor devices. (http://www.empa.ch)
FOG measure very precisley the rotation rate of a device.
Food edible nutriment.
Foot Strap Ground a person to prevent ESD damage. 2) Check on electrical shock resistance.
Footwear Ground a person to prevent ESD damage. 2) Check on electrical shock resistance.
Force Transducers
Forward Looking Infrared Forward looking infrared focal plane array detector.
Fourier Transform Mathematically converts a time domain into a function of frequency and their amplitudes.
Four Point Probes measure semiconductor resistivity.
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array enable reconfigurable integrated circuits.
FPGA Modules
FRA Analyze a circuit's or system's response to different frequencies.
Frame Grabbers Digitize and record a single frame of video information.
Frame Relay
Frameworks provide structure to the DNA of a build while fomenting collaborative development.
Frequency number of times waves occur per unit time.
Frequency Analyzers Demodulates sound into basic frequencies for analysis.
Frequency Converters
Frequency Counters measure frequency by comparing the signal to the counter's time base oscillator.
Frequency Generators Generate repeating electronic signals.
Frequency Meters Meters that measure the number of cycles or events per unit time
Frequency Response Analyzers Analyze a circuit's or system's response to different frequencies.
Frequency Sources A stable oscillator used for frequency calibration or reference. (atis.org)
Frequency Standards Devices that produce a known frequency.
Frequency Synthesizers Generate programmable or a preprogrammed set of stable and precise frequencies.
Frequency to Voltage Converters A device which cleans AC Sinewave signals from an AC source.
FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared.
FT-IR Fourier transform infrared.
FTP 1) Foiled Twisted Pair 2) File Transfer Protocol.
FTTx Fiber to the x is a generic term describing the local last mile of optic fiber.
Full Bridges A Wheatstone bridge circuit having four active arms.
Functional ATE Automated application specific testing system.
Functional Test black box type testing via interface level inputs and resulting output analysis.
Function Generators produce repeating sawtooth, sine, square, or triangle waveforms.
Fungus Wood Wide Web
Fuzzing automatically finds program defects by introducing unexpected inputs. 2) piece of fabric fluffs out.
F/V Converters A device which cleans AC Sinewave signals from an AC source.