Saturday, 16 March 2019

Can inductor voltage and capacitor current change abruptly?


I understand that inductor current and capacitor voltage cannot change abruptly, but can inductor voltage and capacitor current change abruptly?


I have a feeling the answer is no but I cannot explain why.



Answer



In an ideal world, where a capacitor has no series inductance and an inductor has no parallel capacitance, and voltage and current sources can provide voltages and currents with a step-shaped profile, the current into a capacitor and the voltage over an inductor can change abruptly.


Not that this ideal world is an mathematical abstraction, you can't buy such components.


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