1.1 Current and Voltage (contd.)


In addition to its amplitude V, there are other ways to characterize the magnitude of a sine wave or other signal. It can be specified by its peak-to-peak Vp-p, which is twice the amplitude or its root-mean-square Vrms which, for a sine wave, is 1 over root 2 of the amplitude. (The r.m.s. will be different for other waveforms).