Questions tagged [laplace-transform]
Questions regarding or involving Laplace Transforms with respect to Electrical Engineering.
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How to calculate damping ratio and natural frequency of a high order system?
To calculate the rate of damping and the natural frequency of second-order systems is easy, third order as well. How do I calculate the damping rate, natural frequency, overshoot for systems of order ...
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Phase, Frequency and Laplace transform
I have a doubt on the relationship between phase and frequency. We know that the definition of angular frequency is:
ω(t) = d(\$phi\$(t) / dt, where \$phi\$(t) is the istantaneous phase of our ...
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How do I refer the transfer function of a system from its Laplace equivalent?
I have a problem, I know how to analyze circuits in Laplace domain to get the transfer Laplace function.
However, I don't know how to translate the answer to "real life"
Suppose that I have a ...
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Phasors and Fourier Transform
I have always been told that for a sinusoidal variable (for instance a voltage signal), the fourier transform coincides with the phasor definition, and this is the reason why the analysis of ...
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Is the following op-amp-circuit-in-the-Laplace-domain analysis correct?
I am relatively new to analyze circuits in the Laplace domain.
So I decided to solve some problems as an exercise.
Below presented a problem and my solution to it and I have two questions:
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AC signal analysis: Voltage dip (amplitude dip) at time = 0
I'm working on a series RLC problem where the input voltage is a sinusoidal function for all time. The catch is, for t < 0, the sinusoidal function is of greater magnitude than t >= 0. There is no ...
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Solving capacitor voltage with Laplace
I saw this example and I got confused.
The example shows: \$V_{C}(s)=\dfrac{R\parallel\frac{1}{sC}}{sL+R\parallel\frac{1}{sC}}V_{in}(s)\$ .
Isn't it enough to express \$V_{C}(s)\$ with the voltage ...
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What is difference between natural response and zero-input response of a system and how to find natural response?
In most books it is said that natural response is another name to zero-input response while in some resources is is mentioned that the classification is based on poles of transfer function and input....
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Filter transfer function
I've the following filter circuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
The transfer function can be written as follows (I think):
$$\frac{\frac{1}{\text{sC}}}{\frac{1}{\...
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determine the Laplace domain of this RL circuit
I am currently learning control system design. I have a lot of confusion about the initial conditions of the inductor in the circuit. Could someone please correctly solve this by getting the ...
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Impedance calculation from voltage and current (exponential) waveforms
If we want to find the impedance across two terminals (a port) at a frequency \$\omega_0\$ using the voltage waveform across \$v(t)\$) and current through (\$i(t)\$) the terminal, general intuition is ...
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How do I calculate this inverse Laplace Transform
I have this transfer function and input, and I have to manually calculate what the systems response will be.
The transfer function is:
and the input is:
I multiplied the two functions and used ...
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Inverse Laplace Transform isn't A Contour Integral
I've learned about and used the Laplace transform in several signal processing classes and the inverse transform has always been defined as an integral like this:
$$ \mathcal{L}^{-1}\{F(s)\} = \frac{...
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How to tackle circuit containing time variable resistor?
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
For instance above schematic find current as function of time in circuit above
I studied it about months before and am not able to ...
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Using laplace transform to find the expression for voltage in the circuit
Let's say we have the following circuit:
Generator in the circuit has sinusoidal waveform \$u_g(t)=\sin\omega t\$.
Other known values: \$ L=0.25H\\ R=1\Omega \\ C=0.5F \\ \omega=1 \frac{rad}{s} \\ k=...
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Time to Frequency Transform - Where are the Initial Conditions?
In a circuit with sinusoidal source and charged capacitors and inductors we have initial conditions:
$$u_{C}=u(0)+\frac{1}{C}
\int_{t_{0}}^{t}i(\tau)d\tau$$
$$i_{L}=i(0)+\frac{1}{L}
\int_{t_{0}}^{t}...
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Frequency Response Function Estimate via FFT Question
I want to estimate the FRF of a dynamic LTI system given experimental input and output data. I know generally the approach is to use a chirp as an input to make sure enough frequency content is ...
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How do you reduce this simple system diagram for the sake of doing algebraic manipulation?
My guess is that since H(s) is parallel with 1(s) we'd do A(H - 1)? But this is my first ...
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What is the practical use of Laplace Transform?
I am trying to understand the electrical model of 3-phase Induction Model. The rotor of the motor is modeled as a variable resistor in s-domain.
I fail to understand how that works practically. Can ...
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Analyzing circuit with dirac delta current source without using Laplace transformation
At \$t=0\$ the switch is closed and \$v_o(0)= -5 V\$.
The problem asks for \$v_o(t)\$. I did it using Laplace method and get
$$v_o(t)=5+10\,e^{-2t}$$
which does not even satisfy the initial condition,...
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Meaning of transfer function in s evaluated at a complex number
From the pole-zero plot, you can compute the system frequency response by assuming a locus of test points along the \$j\omega\$ axis.
Figure from: http://web.mit.edu/2.14/www/Handouts/PoleZero.pdf
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RC circuit with pulse input voltage; finding the time constants
I've the following circuit:
Question: What are the time constants of the voltage at node \$\text{Y}_2\$ when the up part of the puls comes and when the down part of the puls comes?
MY WORK:
The ...
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Confusion about Laplace and frequency response of a electrical circuit
I have a confusion between the Laplace transform of a circuit and the frequency domain AC analysis.
Suppose we have a series RLC resonant circuit connected to an ideal sinusoidal voltage source.
We ...
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RLC bandpass filter
I am working on a circuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
My goal is to find \$ \omega_0, \beta, \$ and \$\varrho \$
The way I approached this problem was to ...
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Problem related to the transfer function of RC low pass filter
I have the following question:
For the passive RC low pass filter shown below:
$$V_S(t)=\cos(t)+\cos(100t)$$
$$V_0(t)=\alpha\cos(t+\theta)+\beta\cos(100t+\phi)$$
(where \$\alpha\$, \$\beta\...
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Why inverse of time delay is non causal
Please explain the following statement
"If \$P(s)\$ contains a time delay term, \$P^{-1}(s)\$ is non-causal". Here '\$s\$' is Laplace variable.
Can someone please explain the reason of non causality?
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Combining two ideal voltage sources with an impedance between them
Solving a problem, I came across the following source transformation:
My question is:
I know that I can do the following:
&...
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Degenerate circuit concept and its theoretical and practical implications
I came across with the term "degenerate circuit" when I was studying solving linear differential equations with Laplace transform. I have learned that a system is called degenerate when the ...
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Laplace transforms for transient analysis
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
For t<0 the switch is opened.
Att=0 the switch is closed. ...
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How to get the transfer function of electrical network using nodal method
We have the following circuit:
I am trying to get the transfer function using the Mesh Method. The first equation I've got is:
(s+1) I1(s) - sI2(s) = Vi(s)
The ...
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Why do we use Laplace transforms to analyse transient circuits?
I just learned transient circuits and we solved them both in the time domain and the Laplace domain and I can't understand why we would use the Laplace domain as it seems it is a lot more simple to ...
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How do I calculate the current in this circuit using Laplace transforms, with a time shift?
In this exercise I have to calculate i(t) and the switch occurs when t=0.01 s, I tried doing it using Laplace but I always get the wrong answer. I did an exercise that is exactly like this one except ...
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What is the physical meaning of the voltage across an inductor in the Laplace domain?
In my Electrical Engineering degree I recently learned how to analyse circuits using Laplace transforms and I know that the Laplace transform of the voltage across an inductor is \$V_L(s) =s*L*I(s) - ...
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Transfer Function: Trying to understand the Laplace analysis of this circuit
I am trying to do the transfer function of this circuit and also trying to understand the frequency domain thing of the Laplace transform.
I want to do a transfer function of VA/V1, considering B to ...
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What is the time derivative at t=0 for a second order low-pass step response?
For a first order system like an RC filter you have something like
$$y(t)=1-e^{-\frac{t}{\tau}}\\
y'(t)=\frac{1}{\tau}e^{-\frac{t}{\tau}}\\
y'(0)=\frac{1}{\tau}$$
But for a second order system there ...
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How to find the system response given the transfer function without using Laplace transforms?
The given transfer function is:
$$\frac{6p+100}{p^2+12p+100}$$
and inputted into the system is a unit step response:
$$r(t) = \left\{\begin{array} f0 & t < 0\\1 & t > 0 \end{array}\...
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Why is there a sudden change in current between \$t=0^{-}\$ and \$t=0^{+}\$ when an active inductor is connected in series with a relaxed inductor?
For the above question I drew the corresponding Laplace transform diagram, as follows (didn't draw the switch since it basically open circuit after \$t=0\$):
simulate this circuit – Schematic ...
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Determine by the order of transfer function what kind of filter
How can I determine by looking at the following tranfer function, that is this the transfer function of a band-pass filter:
$$\frac{1}{as^3+bs^2+cs+1}$$
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Equations governing the impedance of a generalised constant-phase element in the time domain?
I apologize in advance for the large wall of text, but I feel like to properly ask this question, some background information is in order. I've been recently working on modelling the impedance of a ...
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How do I compensate for Exponential decay in an op-amp circuit
Using an oscillator, I want to provide a square wave input to the second opamp circuit shown in the provided link(But using IC741 instead), the problem is in s domain:
I get a voltage input of 1/(s^s+...
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Algebraic way for finding a transfer function of a filter
I've the following filter and I tried to write the transfer function for it:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
And I wrote for the current nodes the following ...
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Calculate transfer function H(w) of Schmitt trigger with RC at inverting input
I have got the following Schmitt trigger circuit implemented already on a breadboard. As seen, the input signal at the non-inverting and inverting terminals of the op amp is the same, but with the ...
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Transient analysis with Laplace and nodal analysis error
Have the schematic:
Solving using MathCAD:
There is an error in my equations with nodal analysis but I can't find where? May anyone help me?
I also add the solution using approach of series RLC ...
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Is low pass filter more commonly used than high pass filter?
I have heard my teacher saying** that low pass filter is more commonly used than high pass filter because in high pass filter, frequency increases with gain and thus noise also increases and thus it ...
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Does an impulse function at t=0 go to infinity, or 1?
Impulse function is basically the derivative of the step function u(t):
$$
u(t)=
\begin{cases}
0 & \text{if $t<0$} \\
1 & \text{if $t\geq0$}
\end{cases}
$$
I was taught that in laplace ...
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Find inductor current with Laplace
I need to find the inductor current for t > 0 and initial conditions as in example below. I think it's enough to divide V1 by 5*s and take the inverse Laplace Transform but my answer 3*e^-2*t - 7*e^-t ...
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Obtaining Bode plots by using Laplace transform and time domain data from SPICE
An active filter is given as(for this question the filter can be any other filter):
In LTspice in time domain, I apply a step function V(in) and obtain V(out) plots as below(I skip initial op. point ...
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Convert Current source to Voltage source in Laplace domain
Is it possible, once I've converted the circuit diagram into its Laplace equivalent, to replace a current source which is in parallel with, in this case, a resistor and inductor by the usual V=IR ...
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RLC-circuit, laplace transformation
So i have a circuit where R1 = 5 Ω, R2 = 2 Ω, L = 1 H, C = 1/6 F ja E = 2 V. And i need to figure out what is iL when t=0.5s with laplace transform.
Switch opens when t=0
When t<0 i got ...
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laplace inverse transformation
So I have have an equation and I need to do laplace inverse transformation $$ I(s)=\frac{s}{7s+6} $$ and then for partial fractions I got $$ I(s)=1/7-\frac{6}{49s+42}$$ and now for inverse transform ...
