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Capacitor Value for Power Maximization

The document describes how to calculate the capacitance value needed to maximize power transfer to a 4000 ohm resistor in a circuit. It gives the source and load impedances as complex numbers and equates the real parts to solve for the capacitance. The solution is that a capacitance of 0.1 Farads should be used.

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Capacitor Value for Power Maximization

The document describes how to calculate the capacitance value needed to maximize power transfer to a 4000 ohm resistor in a circuit. It gives the source and load impedances as complex numbers and equates the real parts to solve for the capacitance. The solution is that a capacitance of 0.1 Farads should be used.

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1. The capacitor has been added to the load in the circuit in Fig.

1 to maximize the
power absorbed by the 4000 resistor. What value of capacitance should be
used to accomplish that objective?

Fig. 1

Solution
The source impedance

Z S=800+ j5000 0.32=( 800+ j1600 ) =1788.8563.4 0


The load impedance

R
Z L=

( Cj ) = R j R C
2

j
C

Z L=Z S =

1+ ( RC )

R j R 2 C
=800 j1600
1+ ( RC )2

Equating real parts gives

800=

2.

R
4000
800=
C=0.1 F
2
2
1+ ( RC )
1+ (5000 4000 C )

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