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CURRENT ELECTRICITY - Current ο flow of charge within a circuit. - A circuit must be closed for there to be a current. More current means a brighter bulb. Just like an object in a gravitational field will naturally move from high to low potential (think a dropped ball), the same will happen to a charge in an electrical field ο This is why charge flows through a circuit. - This potential difference creates the electric field that drives the current in the wire. ο Aka: voltage, electric potential ο Units: Volts (V) π πΌ= π‘ - I ο current ο Units: Amperes (A) ο 1 A = 1 C/s - Charges donβt flow through a wire in a single-file, orderly fashion. - Conservation of Current ο the current entering the load is the same as the current leaving the load. ο Load ο what is hooked up to the circuit. It takes energy carried by the charge and transforms it into another type of energy. ο Ex: a light bulb transforms electric energy into light and thermal energy (heat) ο Ex: a motor transforms electric energy into mechanical energy (spins the motor) ο Having no load connected to a circuit leads to a short circuit. Law of Conservation of Current ο the current is the same at all points in a current-carrying wire. - - Junction ο a point where a wire branches. ο Current must still be conserved. Kirchoffβs Junction Law ο The rate at which charges flow into a junction must match the rate at which they flow out. ο A result of the Law of Conservation of Charge. Ξ£πΌππ = Ξ£πΌππ’π‘ - - A battery is a source of potential difference. Resistance ο how hard it is to push a charges through a wire. Factors that increase resistance: ο Length of the wires ο Cross-section of the wires ο Resistivity of the material πΏ π = π π΄ - R ο resistance ο Units: Ohms (Ξ©) Ο ο resistivity (Ξ©·m) L ο length of wire A ο cross-sectional area of wire - Ohmβs Law - Ξπ = πΌπ π = ππΌ π = πΌ2π π2 π= π - - Ohmβs Law does not apply to all instances. ο Limited to materials where the resistance remains constant. ο Ohmic ο materials to which Ohmβs law applies. Ex: wires or lightbulb filaments. ο Nonohmic ο Ohmβs law does not apply. Ex: the internal workings of batteries and capacitors. Resistors ο circuit elements designed to create resistance to control current. ο Not all resistance is bad. - Circuit Diagrams - - The net change in potential difference around a closed loop (when connected to a load/loads) must be zero. ο Just like dropping a ball results in gravitational U being zero, a charge reaches the negative terminal with zero electric U. Kirchoffβs Loop Law βπππππ = Ξ£Ξπ = 0 - Electric potential drops as it moves through a resistor. Series Circuits ο ο ο ο - A circuit with no junctions. Current has only one path to flow through. All bulbs will have the same brightness. As you connect more bulbs, all the lights become more dim. Equivalent resistance ο the sum of all resistances in a circuit. π ππ = π 1 + π 2 + π 3 β¦ - - Current is the same everywhere across a series circuit. ο I1 = I2 = I3 β¦ The sum of your voltage drops is the voltage of your battery. (Kirchoffβs Loop Law) Downside of series circuits: If one bulb goes out, they all do, since there no longer is a closed circuit. Remember, a battery is a source of potential difference, not a source of current. ο The amount of current depends on both the potential difference supplied by the battery and the resistance in the circuit. Parallel Circuits - A circuit with junction. ο Charges have multiple paths through with to flow. The sum of the current branches is the same as the current outside of the battery. ο Kirchoffβs Law of Junctions πΌπ‘ππ‘ππ = πΌ1 + πΌ2 + πΌ3 β¦ - βVbattery = βV1 = βV2 = βV3 β¦. 1 1 1 1 = + + β¦ π ππ π 1 π 2 π 3 - The equivalent resistance of several resistors in parallel is always less than any single resistor in the group. - Ammeter ο measures current in a circuit. ο Ideal ammeter has no resistance. Voltmeter ο measures potential differences in a circuit. ο Ideal voltmeter has infinite resistance to avoid drawing any current. (Theyβre actually pretty close to that ideal). -