MEMRISTORS- THE FOURTH PASSIVE ELEMENT
Resistors, inductors and capacitors are known as the three basic passive elements in electrical and electronic engineering all…
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WHAT ARE NONLINEAR RESISTORS?
A linear resistor has a constant ratio of voltage to current (Ohm’s Law), so doubling the voltage ideally…
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC CIRCUITS?
Electrical and magnetic circuits behave in similar manner in several aspects. They share similar principles, laws and energy…
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MAGNETIC RELUCTANCE- WHAT IS IT?
Magnetic reluctance is measure of opposition a material or magnetic circuit offers to the flow of magnetic flux….
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WHAT IS MEANT BY SKIN EFFECT?
Skin effect is the tendency of alternating current (AC) to concentrate near a conductor surface rather than flowing…
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WHAT IS DYNAMIC RESISTANCE?
Some components do not have strictly proportional relationship between current and voltage, and they do not follow the…
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HYSTERSIS LOOP AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
The word ‘Hysteresis’ comes from original Greek word ‘hustérēsis’ meaning shortcoming or deficiency. It was coined in 1881…
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AC AND DC RESISTANCE
A resistance measured with steady state DC current passing between two points on an object, conductor or any…
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HOW DOES A CONSTANT VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER WORK?
Constant voltage transformers (CVTs), also known as ferroresonant transformers, is a type of transformer that provides a stable…
