Tutorial Questions
Tutorial Questions
Sequential Switching
Whenever there is more than just one switching action involved in the circuit, we are
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talking about sequential switching. If n is the number of switching actions in the circuit,
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circuits to analyse.
Electronic Engineering I
Week 6
Example:
Both switches have been on for a very long time.
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We define !d = ↵2 !02 as the damped radian frequency.In this case
↵t ↵t
v(t) = B1 e cos(!d t) + B2 e sin(!d t)
We can also start from the way we defined the overdamped response
a)Find iL (t) for 0 t 35 ms
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e (↵+js!
v(t) = AiL1 (t)
b)Find for t d )t 35
+A ms 2e
(↵ j!d )t
= e ↵t ((A1 + A2 ) cos(!d t) + j(A1 A2) sin(!d t))
c)What percentage of the energy stored in the inductor is dissipated on the 18⌦ resistor?
Problem
Note that 1: A1 + A2 = B1 and j(A1 A2 ) = B2 . Both B1 and B2 are real since A1 and
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v(0+ ) = V0 = B1
c) What percentage of the energy+ stored in the inductor is dissipated on the 18Ω resistor?
dv(0 ) iC
= = ↵B1 + !d B2
dt C
↵ is also called damping factor.
Problem 2:
Example:
a) Find the poles of the circuit (i.e. the roots of the characteristic
Answers: q polynomial).
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b) Calculate v2RC
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= 200 rad
sec and ! 0 = p 1
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