| ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - INDUCTORS | ||
The required time for the current in an inductor to increase to 63.2 percent of the maximum current or to decrease to 36.8 percent of the maximum current is known as the time constant. The time constant of an inductive resistive circuit may also be defined as the time required for the current in the inductor to grow or decay to its final value if it continued to grow or decay at its initial rate. For all practical purposes, the current in the inductor approaches a maximum value in 5 "Time Constants" and approaches zero in 5 "Time Constants". |
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