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DC Direct Current
current
time
When using AC circuits, inductors and
capacitors have a delayed response to the
changing voltage and current
current
AC Alternating Current
time
R
V = VMAX sin(2ft)
I
time
V
V Vmax
I
sin( 2ft )
R
R
I rms
peak
Vrms
peak
Now we can use all of the regular DC circuit equations we just need to substitute in I rms,
and Vrms for I and V.
2
2
rms
rms
rms rms
PI
V
I V
R
V = VMAX sin(2ft)
I
So the peak current will occur when
V
t
Q
V
Q CV I
C
t
t
voltage will lag behind cycle or 90 degrees. This resistance to current flow is called the capacitive
reactance:
1
Xc
2fC
Vrms = Irms XC
V L
I
t
V = VMAX sin(2ft)
I
The inductive reactance is:
X L = 2fL
Vtotal V (VL VC )
2
R
VC
tan
VL VC
VR
Just like the voltages add like vectors so to does the resistances of each component:
C
R
xC
xC
xL
Z R 2 X C2
Z
Z
xL
Z R 2 X L2
XL
R
XC
Z R2 X L X C
X L - XC
XC
X L X C 2f R L
fR
1
2
4 2 f R LC 1
2f R C
1
2 LC
This special frequency is called the resonant frequency. When a circuit operates at it resonant
frequency its impedance is minimum!
Z R 2 X L X C R 2 0 min
2
VLC
I will be a maximum!
voltage
V
I
Z
VR
fR
frequency