Properties of electrical signals

An electrical signal is a voltage or current which gives information, usually it means a voltage. The term can be used for any voltage or current in a circuit.
The voltage-time graph below  shows various properties of an electrical signal. In addition to the properties labelled on the graph, there is frequency which is the number of cycles per second.

• Amplitude is the maximum voltage of  the signal.
It is measured in volts, V.
• Peak voltage is another name for amplitude.
• Peak-peak voltage is twice the peak voltage (amplitude). When reading an oscilloscope trace it is usual to measure peak-peak voltage.
• Time period is the time taken for the signal to complete one cycle.
It is measured in seconds (s), but time periods tend to be short so milliseconds (ms) and microseconds (µs) are often used. 1ms = 0.001s and 1µs = 0.000001s.
• Frequency is the number of cycles per second.
It is measured in hertz (Hz), but frequencies tend to be high so kilohertz (kHz) and megahertz (MHz) are often used. 1kHz = 1000Hz and 1MHz = 1000000Hz.
frequency  =           1             and     time period  =           1       
 time period   frequency
• Mains electricity in the pakistan  has a frequency of 50Hz,
so it has a time period of 1/60 = 0.01s = 10ms.