amount by which the power delivered in the circuit is less than the theoretical maximum of the circuit due to voltage and current being out of phase An ac current is calculated using the peak current ...amount by which the power delivered in the circuit is less than the theoretical maximum of the circuit due to voltage and current being out of phase An ac current is calculated using the peak current (determined by dividing the peak voltage by the resistance), the angular frequency, and the time. The average power versus angular frequency plot for a RLC circuit has a peak located at the resonant frequency; the sharpness or width of the peak is known as the bandwidth.