Abbreviations/Acronyms

AC thin film electroluminescent display devices

airborne intelligent display; area imaging device

charge-coupled device

Center for Devices and Radiological Health

charge-injection device

charge-primed device

charge-transfer device

deformable membrane device

digital map processor; digital micromirror device

excimer moderate-power Raman shifted laser device

forward radar enhancement device

field transfer charge-coupled device

intensified charge-coupled device

infrared charge-coupled device

infrared charge-swept device

laser-energized explosive device; low-energy electron diffraction

linear imaging device; laser injection diode; local injection detection

media access unit — A media access unit (MAU) is a unique device utilized to connect token ring devices from multiple network stations into a star topology. There are two types of MAUs, passive and active. Passive MAUs are powered from their network connections while active MAUs are powered electrically from an external source.

molecular beam epitaxy — A well-controlled thin film technique for growing films with good crystal structure in ultra high vacuum environments at very low deposition rates. MBE is also commonly used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices and solar cells.

night observation device

plasma-coupled device

reconfigurable optical interconnect device

radar planning device

symmetric self-electro-optic effect device

self-electro-optic effect device

silicon imaging device; Society for Information Display

surface-mount device

superconducting quantum interference device

transferred electron device

vertical to surface transmission electrophotonic device