Why Does Overshoot Occur in Electronics?

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Overshoot in electronics occurs when a signal exceeds its maximum voltage level, such as a square wave oscillating between 0-5V exceeding 5V. This phenomenon is primarily caused by inductance in the circuitry, which allows electrons to maintain momentum, leading to voltage spikes. Even when a power supply is limited to 5V, the inductive effects can cause temporary overshoot. Achieving perfectly square waves is impractical, but designs can minimize overshoot by creating near-square waves with rounded corners. Effective circuitry is essential to manage these voltage fluctuations and reduce overshoot.
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Why does overshoot happen. For example in electronics, a square wave oscillating between 0-5V, overshoots 5V by a small margin.
When the power supply can only supply a max of 5V, how can the signal overshoot. I guess the same goes for ground (signal going below zero).
 
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Inductance in the circuitry causes this, electrons have some momentum and it requires special circuitry to counter this. I don't think it's possible to make perfectly square waves, but near square waves with rounded corners and no overshoot are possible.
 

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