ME2212:Circuit Analysis-I

Fall 2015

Capacitors & Inductors

Lecture 22

M. Tahir Awan
Capital University of Science & Technology (CUST),
Islamabad

Capacitor : Voltage & Current

Relationship
Voltage Current Relation ship in Capacitors

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Capacitors : Power & Energy

Power in a Capacitor

Energy in a Capacitor

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Capacitor : Voltage & Current Example

Voltage across a
4-F capacitor is
shown
Find
the
waveforms for the
current
in
the
capacitor

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Capacitor : Voltage & Current Example

Voltage across a 5-F capacitor is shown
Find the waveforms for the current in the
capacitor

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Math : Equation of a straight line

Equation of a line passing
through two points

Equation of a line : slope

intercept form

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Capacitor : Voltage & Current Example

The waveform for the current in a 2-
F capacitor
is shown. If the capacitor has an initial voltage of
0 V, determine the waveform for the capacitor
voltage

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Capacitor : Voltage & Current Example

The waveform for the current in a 2.5 F capacitor
is shown. If the capacitor has an initial voltage of
0 V, determine the waveform for the capacitor
voltage

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Capacitor : Voltage & Current Example

The waveform for the current in a 1-nF capacitor
is shown. If the capacitor has an initial voltage of
5V, determine the waveform for the capacitor
voltage

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Characteristics of Ideal Capacitor

Characteristics of an ideal capacitor
Current through the capacitor is zero if the
voltage across it is constant. A capacitor is
therefore an open circuit to DC.
A capacitor resists an abrupt change in the
voltage across it
An ideal capacitor never dissipates energy,
but only stores it

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Capacitors in Parallel
Applying KCL

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Capacitors in Series
Applying KVL

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Series & Parallel Capacitors

Capacitors in Series

Capacitors in Parallel

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Series & Parallel Capacitors : Example

Find equivalent capacitance Ceq

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Inductors
An inductor is typically a coil of conducting wire
Inductor stores energy in its magnetic field

Voltage across inductor is proportional to the

rate of change of the current producing the
magnetic field. Constant of proportionality is
inductance, L

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Inductor
Inductor Symbol

Units of
Inductance are
Henry (H) & milli
Henry (mH)

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Inductors : Voltage Current

Relationship
Voltage Current relation-ship in Inductors

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