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AC Test
Second Test for SCC AC class
Term | Definition |
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Q, Circuit | XL/R ac, circuit |
E xl | Q Circuit Egen |
QCircuit | E xl/ Egen or XL / RT |
fo | 1 / 2pi (sq rt)LC |
Bandwidth | BW = (tr)f |
Q coil | XL/R ac, coil or XL / RW |
Frequency | number of cycles per second in sine wave |
Period | The time taken in one cycle in seconds |
Cycle | waveform reaches complete set of positive and negative values |
RMS (or effective value) | AC produces same average power as steady (DC) power |
Phase Shift | Delay between two waveforms |
Fc | boundary in frequency response where energy begins to reduce |
Fo | natural frequency where a medium vibration at highest amplitude |
Bandwidth | range of frequencies where output voltage (current volue) equals 70.7% of max amps |
Q | ratio of energy stored/dissipates per cycle |
Low Pass Filter | filter that passes signals with f lower than cutoff f |
High Pass Filter | filter that passes signals with f higher than cutoff f |
Bandpass filter | passes f within range |
Notch Filter | Weakens small range f signals and allows other f to pass |
Phase relationship between current through and voltage across an inductor | Current lags voltage by 90 deg. |
Phase relationship between current through and voltage across an capacitor | voltage lags current by 90 deg. |
Phase relationship between current through and voltage across an resistor | In Phase (out of phase 0 deg) |
What is reactance and how is it calculated? | non-resistive component of impedence XL-XC or XC-XL |
What is impedance and how is it calculated? | opposition to electric flow Z = √ (R 2 + (|X L - X C | |
At resonance, reactance (XL-XC) is | Zero (XL=XC) |
Minimum impedance | Z=R |
Angle between EL and EC | 180 deg. |
Angle between ET and ER | 0 deg |
Desired value of Q | 10 or more |
Desired value of R | Low |
When f is greater than f0 | Inductive |
Phase angle between I line and E line | Leading Current |
I Line | Max value (IC=IL) |
EL or EC | Q x E line |
RL Circuit Low Pass Filter | XL = 2 pi FL (FL up XL up) (Inductor) |
RL Circuit High Pass Filter | XL - 0 ohms (F up XL up) parallel with output |
RC Circuit Low Pass Filter | XC-0 ohms (F up XL down) |
RC Circuit High Pass Filter | XC = 0 ohms (Capacitor) XC=1 / 2 pi FC |
RC Coupling Circuit | Blocks DC (low f), Passes AC (high f) |
At Cutoff, f of RC coupling circuit output V is | 70.7% of Emax |
When f of V applied to inductor doubles | Reactance doubles |
When current doubles | Power becomes 4 x original power |
When V is applied to capacitor | Current leads V by 90 deg |
When V is applied to resistor | Voltage and Current are in Phase |
When V is applied to inductor | Voltage leads current by 90 deg |
Resonance | XL=XC Phase angle is 0 deg |
XL and XC are how out of phase with each other | 180 deg. |
BW Formula | Fr / QCircuit |
Fr occurs at same time as | Fco |
At Resonance what is at minimum? | Zt |
At Resonance what is at maximum? | It |