Part 2:

The circuit can be classified as a low pass filter. As a result, the equation for Vout, in relation to all
the other circuit components, is:
kR
V out =V
2 2 2
R kR C +1
Vin = 1V, kR = 9900, R = 9900, C = 9.9nF, and = 300Hz = 1884.956 rad/s. Thus, our
theoretical Vout = 0.983V. Compared to our measured Vout of 0.632V, we were pretty far off.
However, we our measured value is in the same magnitude of the theoretical value, and it is
possible that we either misread the oscilloscope, or we didnt zoom in enough on the graph to get
a more accurate value of Vout.
With the load resistor, our theoretical Vout and time constant are Vout = 0.983V and = (9900)
(9.9e-9) = 9.801e-5s. Without the load resistor, our theoretical Vout and time constant are Vout =
1V and = (9900)(9.9e-9) = 9.801e-5s. Our measured Vout, like previously, are rather off from
the calculated values. We are, however, along the same order of magnitude, and are thus not that
badly off. Our error could be due to either not zooming in enough on the graph, or misreading
the oscilloscope. Our time constants, however, are much closer to our measured value. We
measured = 10.6e-5s, which is extremely close to what we calculated. Compared with the
behavior of the passive circuit from our previous lab, we see that our values our very close to
what we got before. The addition/removal of the load resistor seems to have negligible or very
small effects on our Vour or , simply because the loads of the resistances of the two resistors are
identical.