Passive Components Question

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What are the characteristics of Passive Components?

 

[wwfeldman]

interesting question
the primary common characteristic of passive components is "no power supply needed" .
that is, the component works without adding connections to some sort of power supply

quote from google-ing passive component:
"A passive component is an electronic component which can only receive energy,
which it can either dissipate, absorb or store it in an electric field or a magnetic field.
Passive elements do not need any form of electrical power to operate."

there are several types of passive components
resistors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor
capacitors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor
inductors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductor

based on the definition above, one could also add diodes and transformers,

other components, such as transistors and any integrated circuit, are active components,
because they need a power supply to operate correctly.