PCB Currents: How They Flow, How They React

Index

A

Absolute zero, 55

AC (alternating current)

converting to DC, 186–187

measuring, 52–53

overview, 20

through capacitors, 80–81

through inductors, 95–96

Active compensation, 270–272

Aggressor trace, 239–240

American wire gauge (AWG), 205

Ampère, André, 47, 303

Ampère’s Law, 91, 304–305

Amplitude, measuring. See also Time constants.

average, 43–44

dB (decibel), 45–46

peak, 42, 43

peak-to-peak, 42, 43

rectified, 44–45

RMS (Root-Mean-Square), 44

Analog meters, 48–50

Angular frequency, 36

Angular velocity, 36

Antennas, 235–236

Antiresonant points, 139

Arsonval, Jacques-Arsene d’, 47

Atomic mass. See Atomic weight.

Atomic number, 5–6

Atomic structure

atomic number, 5–6

atomic weight, 6

bands, 6

conductors, 7–8

electrons, 5–6

free electrons, ...