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Lecture 13: Switching, RLC CircuitsNilsson 7.5, 7.6, 8.1, 8.2

ENG17 (Sec. 1): Circuits I

Summer 1 2014

July 14, 2014

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Overview

• Sequential Switching• Unbounded Response• Natural Response of

Parallel RLC Circuit• Forms of Response

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Sequential Switching

Defined: whenever switching occurs more than once in a circuit

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Overview

• Sequential Switching• Unbounded Response• Natural Response of

Parallel RLC Circuit• Forms of Response

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Unbounded Response

Defined: A circuit response that grows, rather than decays, exponentially with time.• Possible with dependent sources

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Overview

• Sequential Switching• Unbounded Response• Natural Response of

Parallel RLC Circuit• Forms of Response

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Parallel RLC Circuit

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Response Parameters

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Finding Roots

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Overview

• Sequential Switching• Unbounded Response• Natural Response of

Parallel RLC Circuit• Forms of Response

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Responses

• Overdamped Voltage Response• Underdamped Voltage Response• Critically Damped Voltage Response

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Overdamped

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Underdamped

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Critically Damped

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Recap

Overdamped Underdamped Critically Damped

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Overview

• Sequential Switching• Unbounded Response• Natural Response of

Parallel RLC Circuit• Forms of Response