8.2 - DISPLACEMENT CURRENT
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Practice Questions
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What is displacement current?
💡 Hint: Think about currents that occur when electric fields vary.
State the equation for displacement current.
💡 Hint: Consider the relationship that includes electric flux.
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What does displacement current help to define?
💡 Hint: Focus on how electric fields change.
True or False: Displacement current is a traditional current that involves movement of charges through a conductor.
💡 Hint: Remember the definition and its implications.
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An ideal capacitor with plates of area A and separation d is charged with a constant current. Derive an expression for both conduction and displacement currents when the potential difference is V.
💡 Hint: Consider relevant relations between charge, voltage, capacitance, and displacement currents.
Describe how displacement current would affect the operation of a wireless power transfer system using resonant inductive coupling.
💡 Hint: Think about the underlying principles of electromagnetic induction and field propagation.
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