EE2350 - "Circuit Analysis I" - Fall 2014

Homework 9
Assigned: Friday, 7 November
Due: Friday, 14 November in class
Reading:
Franco, Sections 9.1 through 9.4 of Chapter 9.
Problems:
1) After the network reaches a steady state, the switch closes at time t=0:

- vC +

L1 50mH i
L

R1 1.6k
t=0
I1 12.5mA

R2 400

Find an expression for the inductor current iL(t) for t>0 and sketch a plot.

C1 50nF

2) After the network reaches a steady state, the switch opens at time t=0:

- vC +

R1 30

R2 10

t=0
L1 10mH

C1 5F
V1 5V

Find an expression for the capacitor voltage vC(t) for t>0 and sketch a plot.

3) Quartz crystal resonators form the frequency reference for a wide variety of
electronic systems. These are electro-mechanical vibrating systems, and their
equivalent electrical circuit behavior, in the simplest case, can be modeled by a
series R-L-C network, as in:

Quartz crystal resonator electrical model

t=0
Req

Leq

Ceq

VS

A typical set of values for the equivalent components in a crystal model are: Ceq=0.04pF Leq=250mH
Req=125.
a) Find the natural frequency 0 and the damping factor .
2
b) Find the period of damped oscillation T d=
d

c) In the circuit above the switch establishes an initial steady state voltage across Ceq and then starts a
transient response at time t=0. Find the time at which the amplitude of the oscillations decay to half its
initial value, within a good approximation. How may oscillation periods does this time cover?

4) After steady state is reached in the circuit below, the switch changes state at time t=0. Assume the
opamp is ideal:

vO

C2 100nF

R1 10k

R2 10k

t=0
VS 1V

C1 1nF

Derive a differential equation for the output voltage vO(t) for t>0 in our standard homogeneous form of
d2 y
dy
2
+ 2 0 + 0 y =0 Identify the parameters 0 and and the known form of the solution. Solve
2
dt
dt
for the unknown coefficients using the initial conditions. Sketch a plot of vO(t).

5) This is similar to the circuit analyzed in class, except that the switch operates to connect the current
source at time t=0 instead of disconnect it.

t=0

- vC +

R 250
IS 10mA

C 1F

L 1H

Derive a differential equation for the capacitor voltage in our standard form of
2
d y
dy
+ 2 0 + 20 y=20 y s and solve it for the case of constant forcing. Sketch a plot of vC(t).
2
dt
dt

6) This is similar to the circuit analyzed in class, except that the switch operates to connect the voltage
source at time t=0 instead of disconnect it.

t=0

L 1H

iL

R 250
VS 1V

C 1F

Derive a differential equation for the inductor current in our standard form of
2
d y
dy
+ 2 0 + 20 y=20 y s and solve it for the case of constant forcing. Sketch a plot of iL(t).
2
dt
dt