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Describing Function of Ideal Relay

This document describes the characteristic curve and input-output relationship of an ideal relay. It defines the relay's output as a periodic function with odd symmetry based on the input and characteristic curve. It then calculates the Fourier coefficients for the output function, finding the first harmonic coefficient B1 to be π/2 and the phase angle of the describing function to be π/2.

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Describing Function of Ideal Relay

This document describes the characteristic curve and input-output relationship of an ideal relay. It defines the relay's output as a periodic function with odd symmetry based on the input and characteristic curve. It then calculates the Fourier coefficients for the output function, finding the first harmonic coefficient B1 to be π/2 and the phase angle of the describing function to be π/2.

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Describing Function for Ideal Relay

We have the characteristic curve for ideal relay as shown in the given figure.

Characteristic Curve for Ideal Relay Non Linearity

Let us take input function as

Now from the curve we can define the output as

The output periodic function has odd symmetry :

Let us first calculate Fourier series constant A1.

On substituting the value of the output in the above equation and integrating the
function from 0 to 2π we have the value of the constant A1 as zero.
Similarly we can calculate the value of Fourier constant B1 for the given output and the
value of B1 can be calculated as

On substituting the value of the output in the above equation y(t) = Y we have the value
of the constant B1

And the phase angle for the describing function can be calculated as

Thus the describing function for an ideal relay is

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