Time constant of resistor-capacitor circuit¶

The time constant of an RC circuit is the time it takes for the current to become \(e\) times smaller its original value. Also see exponential decay.

Links:

Wikipedia, second formula.

time_constant¶

electric_time_constant of the circuit.

Symbol:: tau
Latex:: \(\tau\)
Dimension:: time

resistance¶

electrical_resistance of the resistor.

Symbol:: R
Latex:: \(R\)
Dimension:: impedance

capacitance¶

capacitance of the capacitor.

Symbol:: C
Latex:: \(C\)
Dimension:: capacitance

law¶

tau = R * C

Latex:: \[\tau = R C\]