TO-3 at Motorola around 1955. The lead spacing was originally intended to allow plugging the device into a then-common tube socket. The metal package can be attached to a heat sink, making it suitable for devices dissipating several watts of heat. Thermal compound is used to improve heat transfer between the device case and the heat sink. Since the device case is one of the electrical connections, an insulator may be required to electrically isolate the component from the heatsink. Insulating washers may be made of mica or other materials with good thermal conductivity. The case is used with high-power and
Electrical element Circuit analysis using electric elements is useful for understanding many practical electrical networks using components. By analyzing the way a network is affected by its individual elements it is possible to estimate how a real network will behave. Circuit elements can be classified into different categories. One is how many terminals they have to connect them to other components: Elements can also be divided into active and passive: Another distinction is between linear and nonlinear: Only nine types of element (memristor not included), five passive and four active, are required to model any electrical component or circuit. Each element is