E5D - Electrical Principles
Extra Class
AC and RF circuits: skin effect, inductance, capacitance calculations
12 questions
What is the result of conductor skin effect?
Why is it important to keep lead lengths short for components used in circuits for VHF and above?
What is the phase relationship between current and voltage for reactive power?
Why are short connections used at microwave frequencies?
What parasitic characteristic causes electrolytic capacitors to be unsuitable for use at RF?
What parasitic characteristic creates an inductor’s self-resonance?
What combines to create the self-resonance of a component?
What is the primary cause of loss in film capacitors at RF?
What happens to reactive power in ideal inductors and capacitors?
As a conductor’s diameter increases, what is the effect on its electrical length?
How much real power is consumed in a circuit consisting of a 100-ohm resistor in series with a 100-ohm inductive reactance drawing 1 ampere?
What is reactive power?