Page 429 - Power Electronics Handbook

418 List of symbols

current
motor armature current
transistor base current
transistor reverse base current
transistor collector current
peak collector current
collector base current with no emitter current
collector emitter current with no base bias
transistor leakage current
drain current of FET
average diode current
r.m.s. diode current
forward-blocking current
forward-blocking transient current
motor field current
forward current
gate current
gate non-trigger current
gate turn-off current gain
gate trigger current
holding current
leakage current
leakage current (diffusion of minority carriers)
leakage current (charge generation)
load current or latching current
mean load current
minimum load current
peak load current
r.m.s. load current
magnetising current
peak point current of UJT
peak line current
r.m.s. line current
reverse current
reverse-blocking current
reverse-blocking transient current
supply current
mean supply current
minimum supply current
peak supply current
conducting average current
conducting r.m.s. current
average thyristor current
peak thyristor current
r.m.s. thyristor current
maximum forward-conducting current
surge current
valley point current of UJT
zener current