AC Current Source

An ideal source of sinusoidal current.

blockType: AcausalFoundation.Electrical.Sources.ACCurrent

Path in the library:

/Physical Modeling/Fundamental/Electrical/Sources/AC Current Source

Description

Block AC Current Source It is an ideal sinusoidal current source, that is, the current through it does not depend on the voltage on it.

The output current is determined by the following equation:

where

The positive current direction is indicated by an arrow.

# + — positive terminal
electricity

Details

The electrical port represents the positive terminal of the source.

Program usage name

p

# − — negative terminal
electricity

Details

The electrical port is the negative terminal of the source.

Program usage name

n

# Peak amplitude — peak amplitude
A | pA | nA | uA | mA | kA | MA

Details

Peak current amplitude.

# Phase shift — phase shift
rad | deg | rev | mrad | arcsec | arcmin | gon

Details

Phase shift.

Units	`rad` \| `deg` \| `rev` \| `mrad` \| `arcsec` \| `arcmin` \| `gon`
Default value	`0 deg`
Program usage name	`shift`
Evaluatable	Yes

# Frequency — frequency
Hz | kHz | MHz | GHz

Details

Current frequency.