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To: charles moore who wrote (27146)	12/24/1997 3:53:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572941

Charles, Re: "Depends on the application. P or Power is equal to E times I or Voltage times current so here power is "directly" proportional" Glad to see you know "Ohms Law" ... but how you are utilizing it is not quite right. You are making the assumption that as one increases the voltage, the current does not also increase (thus they are independent). In this case (with a FET or CPU) as one increase the voltage, the current will also increase and thus the power is not "linear" with increased voltage. Just think about applying twice the voltage to a resistor ... the current will also increase by 2X and thus the power increases by 4X ... not 2X. Hope this helps. Make It So, Yousef