===== On electronics . note === ==== Model ==== === Circuit elements on the microscopic level === == Hierarchy of devices == *ordered hierarchy of viewpoints on devices such as resistors (electrical resistance)* == On units == Here I want to work out more natural units for stuff like capacitance, to understand the formulas describing different circuit device behaviors. See also [[On physical units . note]]. Thoughts: * A common idea is to consider charge $[q_x]$ fundamental. The inverse $\frac{1}{[q_x]}$ may be thought of as node flux. * Time is a given and the notion of motion is relatively basic too. * Then current $I$ is charge over time. $[I]=\dfrac{[q_x]}{[t]}$ * The notion of macroscopic voltage $U$ (units of energy over charge) is probably the least removed one from any of the macroscopic theories, because its constituents are often a starting point for the microscopic theory as well. If energy is set to be frequency $[U]=\dfrac{1}{[q_x][t]}$ * Very generally, I guess a resistance of an electrical device will be a function mapping the two above concepts, $I=f_G(U)$. In the most basic model is a linear $f_G$ and we write $I=G\cdot U$ $[G]=[q_x]^2$ (If energy is set to be frequency, $[q_x]^2$ is Siemens $[S]$ (Ohm $[\Omega]$ to the power of $-1$)) and one often uses reciprocal quantities, $G\leftrightarrow\dfrac{1}{R}$ (see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_resistance_and_conductance | Electrical conductance and resistance]]). $[R]=\dfrac{1}{[q_x]^2}$ == Field theory == On a very encompassing level, we should maybe view all those problems as question of the dynamics of charge collections, making for a charge density (making up $q_x$) under external forces (contributing to the voltages in the system). The charges interact, or put differently, the charge density self-interacts. == Models for devices == >$G = a_R + a_C \dfrac{\partial}{\partial t} + a_L \int{\mathrm d}t$ An capacitor are two ends of a conducting line that hold charges with a some voltage between them. Ideally, i.e. in the simplest case, we double the voltage if we double the charges - thus the number $C:=\frac{q_x}{U}$ is a constant. The factor $\frac{1}{C}$ says how strongly $U$ rises in reaction to a rise of $q_x$. Expressing that rise in terms of the time dependent incoming charge current, $q_x\propto \int^t I(t)$, we find $G{\sim}C\dfrac{\partial}{\partial t}$. The dependence of $I$ on $U$ for various theories (e.g. models for electrical devices in a circuit) is indeed commonly given as such a differential or integral relation, written down using coefficients called capacitance $C$ and also inductance $L$. They encode time scales $[C] = [q_x]^2[t]$ $[L] = \dfrac{1}{[q_x]^2}[t]$ so that $[C\dfrac{\partial}{\partial t}] = [G]$ $[\dfrac{1}{L}\int^t {\mathrm d}t] = [G]$ Microscopically, $G\propto\dfrac{\mathcal A}{\mathcal l}$ (ratio of geometric quantities of device length and cross section) is a common and intuitive dependency. But it might be better to first consider these laws in a more local form. ----- === On the level of circuits === == Axioms == $\forall j.\ \underset{{U_i\,\in\,\mathrm{Schleife}_j}}{\sum}U_i = 0$ $\forall j.\ \underset{{I_i\,\in\,\mathrm{Knoten}_j}}{\sum}I_i = 0$ ????? === References === Wikipedia: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_resistance_and_conductance | Electrical conductance and resistance]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_equations | Maxwell's equations]] ----- === Related === [[On physical units . note]], [[On electrodynamics . note]]