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time constant

For a resistor and capacitor, τ = RC: the time to cover 63 % of the way to the final voltage.

In an RC circuit the voltage approaches its final value exponentially with time constant τ = RC: 63 % after one τ, and within 1 % after 5τ, which counts as settled.

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