Monday, October 14, 2013

Capacitors and Inductors

Capacitors
           are components that are used to store an electrical charge and are used in timer circuits. A capacitor may be used with a resistor to produce a timer. Sometimes capacitors are used to smooth a current in a circuit as they can prevent false triggering of other components such as relays. When power is supplied to a circuit that includes a capacitor - the capacitor charges up. When power is turned off the capacitor discharges its electrical charge slowly.


                                                                  
The capacitor is said to store the electric charge. The amount of charge stored, represented by q, is directly proportional to the applied voltage v so that..

illustration below shows some types of 
capacitor



Series and parallel Capacitors


series formula
                                             







parallel formula
                                            





Inductors
                An inductor is a passive electronic component that storesenergy in the form of a magnetic field. In its simplest form, an inductor consistsof a wire loop or coil. The inductance is directly proportional to the number of turns in the coil. Inductance also depends on the radius of the coil and on the type of material around which the coil is wound.


series and parallel inductors

series
                       Inductance = L
         

Inductors in series are combined in exactly the same way as resistors in series.

Parallel

                       

Inductors in series are combined in exactly the same way as resistors in parallel.



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