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ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES · Time constants and phase relationships: RL and RC time constants; phase angle in reactive circuits and components; admittance and susceptance

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What is admittance?

  1. AThe inverse of impedance
  2. BThe term for the gain of a field effect transistor
  3. CThe inverse of reactance
  4. DThe term for the on-impedance of a field effect transistor
Why Admittance, symbol Y, is defined as the reciprocal of impedance: Y = 1/Z, measured in siemens (formerly mhos). Just as impedance is the complex sum of resistance and reactance, admittance is the complex sum of conductance G and susceptance B. Working in admittance makes parallel circuits easy, because admittances simply add in parallel the way impedances add in series.
Watch out The inverse of reactance alone is susceptance, not admittance; admittance is the inverse of the whole complex impedance. The field effect transistor choices belong to a different topic entirely (transconductance and on-resistance).
Flip the whole thing: 1/Z = Y (admittance); flip just the reactive part: 1/X = B (susceptance).
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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