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Pulsed power calculation
I want to calculate power loss across a resistive load during a 1 ms interval. The experimental setup is such that the voltage and current through the load varies the whole period of 1 ms. I have 10,...
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Winding Loss of the Transformer and Choke
Do the number of windings turns (N) proportional to the value of the transformer's winding loss?
Do the number of windings turns (N) reversely proportional to the value of choke's (inductor) winding ...
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Why do we use low resistance cables to minimize power losses?
Generally, one would like to minimize power losses via Joule heat. Intuitively, using low resistance cables (for example by using materials with low resistivity like copper) should do a better job ...
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What causes power losses in transmission lines?
From my understanding there are two causes for power losses in transmission lines:
Losses due to resistance:
\$ R = \frac{\rho l}{A} \$, where \$\rho\$ is the resistivity, \$A=\pi r^2\$ and \$ l \$ ...
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what does Loss Tangent means in capacitor?
As we know the definition of Loss Tangent in capacitor which it is:
When a sinusoidal alternating voltage is applied to an ideal capacitor, the current advances by pi/2 in phase. In the case of a ...
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HC05 Bluetooth Ping without losing connection
I am currently working with the Bluetooth module HC05 using a Teensy 3.2 board. I successfully established a connection between the laptop and the board using Bluetooth. I can send data from the board ...
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Can't achieve the goals in designing and simulating Resonator circuit
Goals
I need to design resonant parallel circuit and simulate it with LTSpice so that it match with the design requirements correctly.
Requirements
Source Impedance \$R_s = 100\ \Omega\$
Load ...
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Dielectric Loss for Constant Impedance
Are dielectric losses the same for two different 50ohm structures that are built in the same dielectric medium?
Eg. Two 50ohm Stripline traces in FR4 where one is very skinny with close GND planes, ...
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Calculation of transmission loss of a power plant
What is the transmission loss due to heat if my power station produces electricity at a power of \$5 kW\$ and the electricity consumer is \$1 km\$ away?
It is a copper line with a material constant ...
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Ohmic power loss due to electric field
Recently I read in the basic EM theory course , that the Ohmic power dissipated in a conductor is directly proportional to the conductivity and the square of the electric field intensity , but we know ...
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Can digital clocks and other electronic devices “ride through” a momentary power interruption?
I recently attended an electric utility training course discussing relay protection practices. One topic that came up was a fuse saving scheme where a protective reclosing device would momentarily ...
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Non-uniform temperatue distribution
Please assume a semiconductor chip like IGBT or MOSFET heated by a specific power loss. It is found that the more the power loss is, the more severe the chip's temperature distribution non-uniformity ...
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Loss due to impedance matching in a filter
I have a quite basic question, after starting to re-read some RF theory. If a voltage source has a resistance of 50 ohms, and the equivalent impedance of a connected bandpass filter and its load are ...
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Determining how much current I can actually run through my Cat6 24AWG Cables in my confirguration?
I want to use a CAT6 (24AWG) RJ45 cable to carry a total of 2A at 48V. As per the AWG Chart, I see that the Maximum amps for power transmission is 0.577A but the <...
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Ground losses in mains delivery network
It is my understanding that the mains distribution system (poles along the road, where I live) has occasional earth ground connections of the Neutral wire. Maybe every pole, or just every few poles, ...
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Link budget - Path-Loss in a Wlan Network
I am struggeling with the dB calculation on an wlan-network. An antenna has dBi but the pathloss in the air is dB with the formula 100 + 20 * log(km). Can I just mix dB, dBi and dBm?
Here is a sample ...
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The effect of rust on a transformer core
I want to make a transformer with a core of laminated electrical steel sheets. I have some EI core sheets, 0.5mm thick. My design is for a gapped core transformer, and the shape of the gap is unusual, ...
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Power losses in long wires with multiple loads
I need to calculate power losses in long wires. I managed this for the case of constant currents. But in the real world, my loads are DC-DC regulators.
The load draws 11W of power, network voltage is ...
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Maximum tolerance for a loop trace-antenna's capacitor
While going through the document at https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/application-notes/AN639.pdf I have read from "Figure 13. Loop Antenna Simulated Mag(Zin) vs. CP1" below that even a 2% ...
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Friction Coefficient of AC motor [closed]
Does the Friction Coefficient "B" of AC Motor changes with the change of a load connected to an AC motor? OR it is always constant?
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Effective or minimal area of core to calculate losses?
I've got a problem regarding the information given in coil's datasheet (PQ35/35: http://www.ferroxcube.com/FerroxcubeCorporateReception/datasheet/pq3535.pdf). There are two different areas given: ...
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Is it important to consider channel bandwidth of the signal to measure cable path loss for RF testing?
I am performing some RF tests for 802.11 and measuring path loss of the RF test setup, it has a mix of PSK & OFDM signals. I see the norm is to use a Continuous Wave signal to perform RF path loss,...
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Do I need to consider shunt admittance for line losses doing load flows?
If I have a long transmission line (Pi model) the current just go through the equivalent impedance of the line, but I've seen demonstrations that include this shunt admittance as if the current flows ...
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RF over-the-air signal loss inside an RF chamber
For cabled/conducted testing, path loss between DUT & Test equipment is calculated from cumulative insertion loss from any adapters, co-axial cables, attenuator pads etc.
But for over-the-air/...
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Capacitor loss in high frequency DC-DC converter
I have designed a boost converter:
Vin = 60 V
Vout = 150 V
Switching frequecny: 340 kHz or maybe higher
Filter capacitor: 1uF
The picture is only a basic structure of boost converter, and what I ...
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Power losses of a switch
A power transistor is used to switch a 25 A, 600 V inductive load at a switching frequency of 100kHz with D=0.5. Turn-on and turn-off each occur in 100ns and the collector on-state voltage is clamped ...
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Why return loss gets ripples?
I tested an amplifier on a circuit board with a network analyzer. It was tested under input power of -20dBm, which is well within the linear region.The amplifier uses SMA connectors.
The simulated ...
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Methods for measuring cable path loss in RF Testing
I have been reading about various methods to perform a Cable Path Loss for RF Testing but not being a core RF person, I needed some insights on how it is done in Field or Lab. Here is my understanding ...
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Compensating for power loss through resistor in high/low pass filter circuit?
Circuit design of a Low-pass filter borrowed from Wikipedia Article on the subject:
Circuit design of a High-pass filter borrowed from Wikipedia Article on the subject:
I'm thinking of implementing ...
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Cascade impedances and Return Loss
I have 75 Ohm connector connected to 75 Ohm Load trough 50 OHM PCB to PCB connector. What trace impedance should be on PCBs to get optimal Return Loss?
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Flyback Transformer core heating up
I am designing a Discontinous conduction mode flyback converter, 100kHz using UC3844 IC with the spec. 220V,50Hz to 5V 5A. The issue is that after testing it for an hour, the transformer starts ...
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Flyback converter losses
i have been designing flyback converter of a 5Volt 5 ampere specifications output deriving from 220v ac mains. But i have been stuck at one point and can't seem to get out it. Efficiency is ...
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Switching loss in a synchronous converter (buck, boost or buck-boost) when light load occurs
When a synchronous converter operates in high load condition,if the inductor current is always positive, the switching loss of the Synchronous mosfet is minor in comparison to the switching loss of ...
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Heat Cable: directly powered with 230V AC vs. 12V DC with step-down efficiency
Is it any less efficient to drive a 12V version of a heat cable from a step-down buck than directly powering a 230V version of it directly from the wall?
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Which of the two connections is best for reducing losses?
I have a choice between the following two set-ups for a project. Option One is to have the motor controller mounted close to the batteries but further away from the motor. Option Two is to have the ...
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Calculating copper losses of transformer given iron loss and maximum efficiency
I wonder if anyone can help me understand copper losses in transformers a bit better.
I'm having problems understanding the highlighted part on the attached picture half way down the page. I sure its ...
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A problem on Relay Power loss
On our quadcopter, we're carrying a switching circuit that would allow the switching between two batteries. When using the 2 Channel Relay Module, the quadcopter is having a hard time flying with it. ...
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Calculating power received and V (rms) given powr loss
The transmission line cable below is 10m long and has a power loss of 1 dB/m at the frequency of the source. What is the power received at the receiver (in dBm), and the voltage (RMS) of the signal at ...
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Which oscilloscopes can reliably measure losses in an inverter for an AC motor?
For my next project at my workplace I am looking for an oscilloscope which gives me good support in measuring the losses in one of the half-bridge switches over one commutation period. The last time I ...
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Insertion Loss vs Transmission Loss
Today I was told that something was causing Transmission Loss and not Insertion Loss. Can someone clarify what these two phenomena are? I always thought they were the same thing expressed in dB or dB/...
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Transformer core maximum power
so i am an EE undergrad, and i am wondering if and how exactly does a transformer core limit its power capacity. From my understanding, the rated power of a transformer is due to the current carrying ...
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What causes cables to get heated up and melt in a circuit? (DC Circuit)
I know lots of current can cause heat but what else? Can too much resistance in thin cables cause heat?
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Backup Battery for 12V DC Motor
Ok so here's my idea to run backup 12V DC motor power, but I'm stuck on a part of the wiring.
120V AC Plug---> 120V AC to 12V DC Converter---> SPDT Relay (This is where I'm stuck. How would you wire ...
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How is the heat lost in a peltier distributed?
I'm looking at peltier elements to heat my project. I seem to find that most are about 5% efficient, but how is the 95% turned into heat distributed?
Does the cold side get 47.5% and the warm side ...
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Dual active bridge converter
I'm having issues calculating the power losses associated with the operation of a bidirectional isolated Dual Active Bridge DC/DC converter. The converter is controlled using Phase Shift Modulation (...
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Losing sensitive data when trying to send them via GSM
I am working on a system which collects data from a set of ultrasonic sensors. Those sensors work at 40Hz frequency, and each data they send are valuable to me. I need to send those data to a mqtt ...
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Definition and Explanation of Insertion Loss and Return Loss
I'm trying to understand the physical meaning on Insertion Loss and Return Loss on a transformer, specifically RF transformers.
The values are often quoted as figures of merit in datasheets, but I'm ...
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Antenna: RF, need help
I am trying to find a path loss model for "wireless sensor network". More specifically, I am looking for model for Cellular tower 100~1000MHz) and (60~600W) as transmitter and a small wireless sensor ...
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What does limit transferable power through a transformer?
Assume that there is a transformer as in the image above. The applied primary side voltage \$E_1\$ is always AC. We design the transformer so that the magnetizing flux \$\Phi_m\$ does not saturate the ...
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Safe shutdown/restart Raspberry Pi due to a power loss
I am a total beginner in electronics so I need your advice. Does this simple circuit provide for a safe shutdown, with two super caps of 10F?
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