Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.

schematic
a diagram that shows how an electronic device is constructed.
schematic capture
a design entry method wherein the designer draws the schematic of the desired circuit using a library of standard cells. The program outputs a netlist of the schematic.
schematic diagram
a circuit diagram, divorced of biasing subcircuits, that depicts only the dynamic signal flow paths of an electronic circuit.