Basic Concepts

Fuse, Circuit Breaker and Protection Symbols

Protection, Circuit Breaker and Fuses Symbols Fuse These are some of the symbolic representation of a generic fuse in any electrical circuit. A fuse is used for protection of any…
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Switches and Pushbutton Symbols

Switches Symbols & Pushbuttons Symbols The following chart shows different symbols used for pushbuttons and switches, with a description for each symbol below the diagram. Generic Switch Symbol It is…
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Relay Symbols – Electrical and Electronic Symbols

Relays Symbols – Coil, Solenoid, Electromagnet & Contacts Symbols Solenoid operated Relay The solenoid operated relay has a coil wound around a core that produces magnetic field when the coil…
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Diode Symbols – Electronic and Electrical Symbols

Diodes Symbols Generic Diode This symbol represents a generic diode or a rectifier diode. It is an electronic component made of semiconductor that allow current flow in one direction and…
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Transistor, MOSFET and IGFET Symbols

Transistors, IGFET and MOSFETS Symbols NPN BJT Transistor An NPN bipolar Junction transistor (BJT) made up of 3 layers of semiconductor material. A P type semiconductor material is sandwiched between…
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Thyristor, DIAC and TRIAC Symbols

Thyristors, Triacs and Diacs Symbols Thyristor SCR SCR stands for silicon controlled rectifier are a 4 layered PNPN semiconductor device. It has three terminals Anode, Cathode & Gate. Just like…
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Electronic Logic Circuits and Programming Symbols

Logic Circuits and Digital Programming Symbols Generic IC Symbol It is a symbol of generic IC (integrated circuit). It is a small chip made up of semiconductor material upon which…
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Digital Logic Gates Symbols

Logic Gates Symbols The following terms are used for basic Logic Gates symbols in the post. ANSI: It stands for American National Standards Institute DIN : It stands for Deutsches…
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Digital Flip-Flop and Latches Symbols

Electronic Flip Flop and Latches Symbols Flip Flop & Latches are sequential circuits & they are the building block of memory units. It stores a single bit of data. Sequential…
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Electronic Filters Symbols – Electrical & Electronic Symbols

Electronic Filters Symbols Generic Frequency Filter This is a generic symbol representing a frequency filter. A frequency filter is an electronic circuit that rejects or attenuates specific frequencies & allows…
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