パスコン

noun

bypass capacitor; decoupling capacitor

Wasei abbreviation of 'bypass condenser' (condenser is an older term for capacitor). Used in electronics to refer to a capacitor that shunts high-frequency noise to ground or decouples power supply lines.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from (by)pass con(densor)

• ICの電でん源げんピンの近ちかくにパスコンを入いれてください。

  Place a bypass capacitor near the power supply pin of the IC.

• この回かい路ろでは、ノイズ対たい策さくとしてパスコンが重じゅう要ようです。

  In this circuit, bypass capacitors are important for noise suppression.