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qwerty

2007-06-27, 1:25 pm

I read on a book that when a circuit has an AC voltage source as
the input then it's input resistance is

Ri= ui/ii

where ui is the instantaneous input voltage and ii the
instantaneous input current.

Isn't this false?
operator jay

2007-06-28, 3:25 am


"qwerty" <qwerty@ihopethisisnotadomain.com> wrote in message
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>I read on a book that when a circuit has an AC voltage source as
> the input then it's input resistance is
>
> Ri= ui/ii
>
> where ui is the instantaneous input voltage and ii the
> instantaneous input current.
>
> Isn't this false?


It's not a definition that I've seen. It doesn't strike me as a good
definition in general because the math would get a little dicey at the
zero crossings. Otherwise I guess it would be basically correct for a
resistive network, even if resistances changed with time.


Govind

2007-06-28, 1:25 pm

On Jun 27, 11:19 pm, qwerty <qwe...@ihopethisisnotadomain.com> wrote:
> I read on a book that when a circuit has an AC voltage source as
> the input then it's input resistance is
>
> Ri= ui/ii
>
> where ui is the instantaneous input voltage and ii the
> instantaneous input current.
>
> Isn't this false?


Yes. Its wrong. Input resistance of an ideal voltage source is Zero.
pls click the following link for more iformation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_source

Don Kelly

2007-06-28, 9:25 pm

"Govind" <govindarul@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 27, 11:19 pm, qwerty <qwe...@ihopethisisnotadomain.com> wrote:
>
> Yes. Its wrong. Input resistance of an ideal voltage source is Zero.
> pls click the following link for more iformation
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_source
>

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The input resistance implied is not that of the source but that of the
circuit supplied by the load-as seen by the source and is independent of the
source.

In any case, an ideal voltage source is a convenient fiction useful in
circuit analysis but hard to find in the real world (sure with fast enough
feedback one can come close).

As for the definition- it simply notes that v(t)=R*i(t) rather than
v(t)=L*(di/dt) or i(t)=C*(dv(t)/dt
That is correct.

If R is constant over the range of possible v(t), i(t) then be happy, Ohm's
Law is valid and life is simple(?)
..--

Don Kelly dhky@shawcross.ca
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