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Driven, Parallelrlccircuit : Transientsinsecond-Ordercircuits

This document discusses intuitively analyzing the response of a driven, parallel RLC circuit to simple inputs like steps and impulses. It provides an example of analyzing the capacitor voltage response in a series RLC circuit driven by a DC voltage source. The initial and final capacitor voltage values are determined from the circuit elements and initial conditions. The characteristic equation is then written to provide additional information about the response between these values.

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Driven, Parallelrlccircuit : Transientsinsecond-Ordercircuits

This document discusses intuitively analyzing the response of a driven, parallel RLC circuit to simple inputs like steps and impulses. It provides an example of analyzing the capacitor voltage response in a series RLC circuit driven by a DC voltage source. The initial and final capacitor voltage values are determined from the circuit elements and initial conditions. The characteristic equation is then written to provide additional information about the response between these values.

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CHAPTER TWELVE

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12.6 D R I V E N , P A R A L L E L R L C C I R C U I T *

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12.6.1 S T E P R E S P O N S E

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12.6.2 I M P U L S E R E S P O N S E

12.7 I N T U I T I V E A N A L Y S I S O F
SECOND-ORDER CIRCUITS
iL
R
vIN +
-

L
C

vC
-

F I G U R E 12.55 A driven, series


RLC circuit.

Second-order circuits are amenable to a quick, intuitive analysis when they are
driven by simple inputs such a step or an impulse, much like first-order circuits
(see Section 10.3). To illustrate, we will show how vC , the voltage across the
capacitor, in the series RLC circuit in Figure 12.55 can be plotted by inspection.
We will assume the following element values:
L = 100 H
C = 100 F
R = 0.2 .
The initial state of the circuit at t = 0 is given by
vC (0) = 0.5 V
iL (0) = 0.5 A.
The circuit is driven by a DC voltage source, with
vIN = 1 V.
Based on the initial conditions and the drive, we can immediately determine
the initial value and the final value of vC . From the initial conditions that we are
given, we know that
vC (0) = 0.5 V
iL (0) = 0.5 A.
In the steady state, the capacitor behaves like an open circuit. Therefore, the
inductor current vanishes and the input drive appears across the capacitor. Thus,
vC () = vIN = 1 V
iL () = 0.
The initial and final values of vC are plotted in Figure 12.56a.

12.7 Intuitive Analysis of Second-Order Circuits

2.0

vC (V)

vC (V)

2.0

1.5

1.5

1.0

1.0

0.5

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CHAPTER TWELVE

0.5

O
V

0.0

0.0
0

t (ms)

vC (V)

(a)

(b)

t (ms)

2.0

0.6 ms
1.5

1.0

0.5

0.0
0

t (ms)

Next, we obtain additional information by writing the characteristic equation for the circuit. A simple method for writing the characteristic equation by
inspection will be discussed in Sections 14.1.2 and Section 14.2 in Chapter 14.
That method will be based on the impedance approach, which will be discussed
in Chapters 13 and 14. For now, proceeding based on what we know thus far,
we can obtain the characteristic equation by writing the differential equation for
the system with the drive set to zero,
d2 vC (t)
dt2

R dvC (t)
L

dt

1
LC

vC (t) = 0

and then substituting the candidate solution Ae st and dividing throughout


by Ae st
s2 +

R
L

s+

1
LC

= 0.

F I G U R E 12.56 Sketching the


form of vC .

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