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I can't find anything on a RC circuit that is not with a voltage source...This is an ideal DC current source with a resistor and a capacitor all in series. What would happen from t = 0 and on?
With a current source, the series resistor is irrelevant. The current will charge up the C at a constant rate, so the voltage on the C will go up in a straight line ramp. Voltage is basically 1/C times the integral of i. In numbers, V = (1/C)(i*t)
R-C Circuits
An RC circuit is shown in fig.7.1. Since, in practical circuits, power is always switched on at certain time, a switch is provided here. This switch closes at time .
Figure 7.1: An RC Circuit We are interested in finding how voltage across capacitor assume that voltage across the capacitor is zero only loop in circuit we can find the equation relating changes with time? We can also
for for ,
For
constant
Thus,
; here
is constant
At
Alternatively,
at
and
Figure 7.2: i vs t
Figure 7.3: vs t These show the exponetially decaying (growth) nature of current (voltage across capacitor). Consider the figure shown in 7.1. The switch is closed at Now, .
For RC circuit with source voltage zero, and an initial capacitor voltage of expression reduces to .
, this
(7.2)
(7.3)
That is, voltage varies linearly with time on constant current charging.
Figure 7.5:
Figure 7.6: The switch is turned off at after and before sec. There is no charge on the capacitor initially. Therefore, , the circuit is equivalent to figure 7.7
Figure 7.7: Taking thevenin equivalent in the direction of the arrow leads to figure 7.8
For
, the switch is once again thrown open and the equivalent circuit is shown in
Therefore,
The graph of
Figure 7.10: