Peak Factor and Average Voltage of a Triangular Wave

This article discusses the peak factor and average voltage of a triangular wave. The peak factor is the ratio of the maximum value to the root-mean-square (RMS) value of the wave, and the average voltage is the average of the voltage over one cycle of the wave.

Questions

• What is the peak factor of a triangular wave?
• How is the average voltage of a triangular wave calculated?
• What is the difference between peak voltage, peak-to-peak voltage, and RMS voltage?

Answers

• The peak factor of a triangular wave is 1.73.
• The average voltage of a triangular wave is approximately 0.5 times the peak voltage.
• Peak voltage is the maximum value of the wave, peak-to-peak voltage is the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the wave, and RMS voltage is the square root of the mean of the squared values of the wave.