Electronic – Why resonant charging produce “no current immediately after discharge”

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It's me again, still reading AoE 3rd. On page 40, footnote 35, the author writes:

Resonant charging is used for the high-voltage supply in flashlamps
and stroboscopes, with the advantages of (a) ……, and (b) no
current immediately after discharge (see waveforms), thus permitting
the flashlamp to “quench” after each flash.

The waveform looks like this:

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So why can resonant charging produce "no current immediately after discharge" but resistive charging doesn't? And I didn't see a current waveform.

Best Answer

Discharge takes the capacitor voltage to zero.

What is the current through resistor R immediately after discharge with Vin across it (hint, Ohms Law, Vin/R)

What is the current through inductor L immediately after discharge with Vin across it (hint, dI/dt = Vin/L, which given that IL was zero prior to discharge, is what immediately after the instant of discharge? Further hint - a finite value for dI/dt means it cannot change in an instant)