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Doubt on the analysis of $RC$ circuit
I'm studying $RC$ circuits and I'm in doubt on how to deal with one kind of situation. Well, first when we have simply a circuit with just one resistor and one capacitor in series, or a circuit that ...
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Equivalent RC circuit to a RRC circuit?
I'm in doubt about a situation that I've seen sometimes: imagine we have a resistor in parallel with a resistor and a capacitor in series. Since I don't know how to generate figures of circuits to ...
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Circuits using generators and cells and capacitors [closed]
This question was in a science worksheet we had, the description read as follows:
Tim has designed a generator that uses wind power and provides 9V. He decides to design a circuit using diodes ...
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Voltmeter forming a closed circuit
A battery is connected to a 10Ω resistor as shown in Figure 2. The emf (electromotive force) of the battery is 6.0 V.
When the switch is open the voltmeter reads 6.0 V and when it is closed it ...
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Different batteries connected in parallel
If we have 2 batteries one of emf x and the other is of emf y and we connect them in series we get an effective emf of x+y.
But what if we connect them in parallel, how to calculate the emf now?
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How does my hand amplify an FM radio signal?
I have a gizmo that broadcasts an FM radio signal from my phone's headphone socket to my car's radio antenna.
Sometimes, there's another station on the same frequency with a stronger signal and my ...
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Why don't electric workers get electrocuted when only touching one wire? [duplicate]
I know that when electricians work on the poles on the streets, if they only touch one wire at a time they will be fine. However, from my understanding, the negative wire is connected to a large ...
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Experiment to find Ammeter Resistance [closed]
I've been studying experimental electrodynamics and I needed to describe an experiment to find the resistance of an ammeter if I just have the ammeter together with one voltmeter and a protection ...
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Differential BJT Amplifier [closed]
I am trying to solve this assignment
Consider this schematic (the BJT's are in the effective area, with
$\beta=200$ so as to $i_e\approx i_c$).
Define the common and differential gains, ...
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Resistors in Parallel
From my book:
"A length of wire is cut into five equal pieces. The five pieces are then connected in parallel, with the resulting resistance being 2.00 Ω. What was the resistance of the ...
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Capacitor Charging and Discharging when connected to the ground
When we charge a capacitor using a battery and then remove the battery, the plates of capacitor becomes charged. One holds positive charge and the other one gets equal negative charge. o. k. ?
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reflected wave in the transmission line
I am reading a book about the telegraph equations on the transmission line, which is illustrated as follow
where the input impedance is $Z_0$ and the impedance of the load is $Z_L$, we setup the ...
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Capacitors discharging in series [duplicate]
If you connect positive plate of a charged capacitor to ground, it doesn't get discharged. Now consider $4$ capacitors of equal capacitance connected in series to a $10\, \mathrm{V}$ battery. Connect ...
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How we approach RLC circult from RLGC model?
In the text, it introduces a practical model to investigate a transmission line (like BNC cable), it considers the transmission line has resistive $R$, inductance $L$, conductance $G$ and capacitance ...
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Finding the Steady State Charges
Here the problem states to find the steady state charges on the condensers.
But here the capacitor have a resistance in parallel connection , so how can we distribute the potential drop across ...
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Impedance of a circuit
I am trying the following problem. A resistor with $295\Omega$ and an inductor are connected in series across an AC source that has voltage amplitude of $550V$. The rate at which electrical energy is ...
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Voltage of open circuit
A battery with emf $\varepsilon$ and internal resistance $r$ is connected
with a resistor $R$ in the following open circuit. What is the voltage $V_{ab}=V_a-V_b$?
The answer is $- ...
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measuring electromagnetic induction
There is a famous law which says that a potential difference is produced across a conductor when it is exposed to a varying MF. But, how do you measure it to prove? It is quite practical.
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When does Thevenin's theorem not apply (modelling a power source with a ohmic internal resistance)
Most physics text books say that a power source can be modelled as an EMF with a internal resistance. This is also know as Thevenin's theorem or Norton's theorem. However I have read in some sources ...
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Confused on Calculating Resistance Distance Matrix
I am trying to create a computer program to compute the equivalent resistance over any points on any rectangular set of resistors (all with a resistance of 1 ohm). It seems that the resistance ...
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Differentiating a sinusoid [closed]
http://i.stack.imgur.com/ndLgm.png
I don't see the how the author derived that $\frac { dv }{ dt } \leftrightarrow\overrightarrow { V } j\omega$.
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What happens when L/R is much higher and smaller than the period of the square wave?
The time constant for an R-L circuit is found in the formula: L/R.
The problem is what happens when time constant is much higher than the period of the square wave? How can I explain it?
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How can a circuit function with two negative battery terminals facing each other?
Here is a drawing of the circuit that is confusing me:
I don't quite understand how batteries work in this diagram. If a battery has a negative and positive terminal, there must be a barrier ...
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Does a current carrying wire produce electric field outside?
In the modern texts of electromagnetism in the presence of stationary currents the electric field is assumed conservative $\nabla \times E =0 $. Using this we get $E_{||}^{out}=E_{||}^{in}$ which ...
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Electromotive Force Definition for Induced Current
If in DC , Emf is the work done to carry a unit positive charge from -ve to +ve terminal .
What is induced EMF then , in a similar sense ? To carry a unit charge around a loop once along a fixed ...
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Is this series or parallel? [closed]
How do you find I? and please explain which resistors are in parallel and which are in series? ("M" and ">" are resistors)
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The heat dissipated in the resistance in a C-R circuit [closed]
If an uncharged capacitor (of capacitance $C$) is charged by connecting it with an ideal battery and a resistance R (The capacitor and resistor are in series combination ), then the heat generated in ...
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Frequency Response RLC circuit - Current against Frequency graph - Symmetry?
I understand that in a Frequency Response experiment dealing with an RLC circuit, the graph of Current against Frequency is supposed to be symmetrical about the resonant frequency theoretically.
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Alternating Current Circuits? [closed]
A 10.0 $\Omega$ resistor, a 12.0 µF capacitor, and a 17.0-mH inductor are connected in At what frequency is the current a maximum?
at resonant frequency the current is max:
$X_L = X_C $
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Why does a capacitor discharge?
Suppose a charged capacitor (parallel plates), the negative and positive charges on two plates attract each other. Which force cause the negative charge carriers (electrons) move through the circuit ...
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Can someone explain this intuitively please?
In a static situation we defined voltage as energy/unit charge, or j/c. As the distance between the charged particles increased, the voltage decreased. Now why do we not apply this in a simple DC ...
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Transfer functions of active filters
I've been looking for some straightforward method or trick to obtain the transfer functions of active filters (like the Sallen-Key filter, the butterworth or Cauer topology etc...) since KCL or KVL ...
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Out of phase voltage current source and resulting power
Examining the following graph, I am trying to understand the power plot. The power appears to take on a negative value when the current changes direction or the voltage changes polarity. Negative ...
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Path of an electron through an electric circuit
When a potential difference is applied across a conductor, and if an electron moves from the negative terminal of the battery and reaches the positive terminal, then I want to know if the electron ...
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How exactly does a resistance reduce current?
I've heard that resistors are used to decrease current to a particular appliance, such as in the regulator of a fan. However, I've also heard that the total current in a circuit is always the same- in ...
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Full wave rectification [duplicate]
In the construction of a full wave rectifier, why is there central tapping in the secondary winding of the power transformer? What's the pure reason behind it? If there was no central tapping, what ...
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half wave rectification [closed]
A.C of frequency 50 Hz was passed through a diode. The electricity thus obtained was used
to glow an led. Is there any peculiarity in the light from the LED? (1)
(b) If the glowing LED is whirled ...
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Electronic filter
Can you explain, please, step-by-step how Electronic filter does work?
For example, high pass filter. I know It's a trivial things, but I can't get it completely. Don't bring me formula and etc... ...
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Am I properly identifying the resistor terminal voltage?
The frequency applied to a circuit of voltage 120 V with a real coil and a resistor has a value of 50 Hz. The resistance of the resistor is 10 $\Omega$. The voltage at the resistor terminals ...
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What is the value of the equivalent resistance? [closed]
Can anyone tell me the value of the equivalent resistance for resistors R7, R8 and R9 in the following image?
Circuit -> { http://www.mediafire.com/view/?ktct310wyvezf2x# }
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Why the CFL light bulb flashes even if there is a power cut?
Today when there was a power cut I saw that the CFL light bulbs were flashing time to time at regular interval. I was amazed as there was no source of power to the CFL bulbs even they were flashing as ...
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Parallel circuits - Overall resistance decreases with additional resistor
Let's say that there is a parallel circuit with two identical resistors in parallel with each other. If a third resistor, identical to the other two, is added in parallel with the first two, the ...
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Round bulb and Long bulb in Series Circuit
If you have a series circuit with a battery, one round bulb (with thicker filament), and one long bulb (with thinner filament), the round bulb does not light up and only the long bulb lights up.
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Capacitor circuits with light bulb
Let's say we have a normal circuit with a light bulb, with wires and a battery.
When one places a capacitor in this circuit, how is the light bulb able to light up, even when the capacitor prevents ...
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What is the role of center-tapping in a full wave rectifier?
Note: I have already tried googling. Although similar questions have been asked on different forums, I couldn't find a detailed explanation, which I could really understand.
Circuit diagram ...
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Relationship between resistance and voltage drop
In a series or parallel circuit, if two bulbs have the same resistance, do they have the same voltage drops? The problem I am asking about is below. Do A, B, and C have the same voltage drops since ...
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a metal bar on a pair of conducting rails that carries a current
This is a homework question, and I solved it already, but something bugs me. So the problem is stated as following:
A metal bar of mass M sits on a pair of long horizontal conducting rails separated ...
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Cable TV version of infinite ladder network [closed]
This is a problem in a college physics textbook, and its bugging me that I can't get it.
The figure shows a circuit model for the transmission of an electrical signal, such as cable TV, to a large ...
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Weird circuitry problem [closed]
I should note that I am asking these questions on behalf of a friend who claims to be too busy. Anyway here is a circuitry problem:
Why is C the correct answer?
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Why is there a potential difference?
The question then asks for the potential difference between $X$ and $Y$, which is claimed to be $3.6\text{ volts}%$.
Why would there be a potential difference in this case? If I connect a lightbulb ...
