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Electronic switch
Article By:
Geiger, Randall L. Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Last reviewed:January 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.225800
An electronic device in which one or more input signals can be routed to one or more outputs by the application of the appropriate electrical control signals. The term is most often applied when analog signals are involved, but the terminology is occasionally used when digital signals are involved.
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