Maxwell’s Equations
/ˈmækswɛlz ɪˈkweɪʒənz/
noun … “the laws that choreograph electricity and magnetism.”
Electromagnetic Wave
/ɪˌlɛktroʊˈmæɡnɛtɪk weɪv/
noun … “energy rippling through space at light speed.”
Electromagnetic Field
/ɪˌlɛktroʊˈmæɡnɛtɪk fiːld/
noun … “a dynamic interplay of electricity and magnetism.”
High Bandwidth Memory
/ˌeɪtʃ biː ɛm/
n. "3D-stacked DRAM interface delivering terabyte-per-second bandwidth via TSVs and 1024-bit channels unlike narrow DQS DDR."
Light Emitting Diode
/ˌɛl iː ˈdiː/
n. "Semiconductor p-n junction emitting photons via electron-hole recombination unlike incandescent filaments."
LED, short for Light Emitting Diode, forward-biases GaN/AlGaInP junction dropping 2.8-3.4V while radiating 450-470nm blue light—phosphor conversion creates white CCT 2700-6500K as Stokes shift down-converts 30% energy to yellow filling spectrum gap. Contrasts OLED organic emissive layers by leveraging III-V epitaxy achieving 200lm/W efficacy; PWM dimming at 1-10kHz modulates 0-100% without color shift.
Clock
/siːˈkeɪ/
n. "Differential DDR clock pair CK/CK# synchronizing command/address at every rising edge unlike source-synchronous DQS."
Data Strobe
/ˌdiː kjuː ˈɛs/
n. "DDR memory strobe signal capturing DQ data on both clock edges via source-synchronous timing unlike common system CLK."
Pulse Amplitude Modulation 4-level
/ˌpiː eɪ ɛm ˈfɔːr/
n. "Four-level pulse amplitude modulation encoding two bits per symbol via voltage levels unlike binary NRZ."
Non-Return-to-Zero
/ˌɛn ɑːr ˈziː/
n. "Binary line code maintaining constant voltage levels for each bit without returning to zero between symbols unlike RZ."
VHSIC Hardware Description Language
/ˌviː eɪtʃ diː ˈɛl/
n. "Ada-derived HDL for modeling RTL behavior and structure in ASICs and FPGAs unlike C++ SystemVerilog."