Relaxation Time, Collision Time and Mean Free Path: The relaxation time is closely related to the mean time of flight between collision and also to the mean free path of…
What is Intrinsic Semiconductor? An intrinsic semiconductor is one which is made of the semiconductor material in its extremely pure form. A semiconductor is not truly intrinsic unless its impurity…
Drift Current and Diffusion Current in Semiconductor: The two basic processes which cause electrons and holes to move in a semiconductor are : drift, which is the movement caused by…
Types of Power Supply in Electronics: There are two types of Power Supply in Electronics viz. dc supply and ac supply. The voltage or current available from batteries or solar…
Effects of Harmonics: The relationship between line and phase quantities for wye and delta connections as derived earlier are strictly valid only if the source voltage is purely sinusoidal. Such…
Basic Static Relays in Protective System Articles: Basic Elements of Static Relay: The basic elements of a static relay are namely, Input Element: Mixing circuits are needed to sum the…
Circuit Breaker Analyzer: Short Circuit Generator: This is of a special design having very low reactance in order to give the maximum short-circuit output of the Circuit Breaker Analyzer. The…
Insulation Design of Circuit Breaker: Insulation Design system of a circuit breaker requires solution of the following problems: Choice and calculation of the various clearances to be provided between the…