FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Hamdard Institute of Engineering & Technology

Hamdard University

LAB#03

CHARGING & DISCHARGING CURVES RC CIRCUITS

Objective:
 To study the charging & discharging process of capacitor
 To determine the time constant TAU of an RC-Circuit

Software:
 Proteus

Theory:

Charging & discharging of Capacitor as shown in following circuit.

Fig 3.1

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Results of above circuit.

Fig 3.2

RC circuit on Proteus:

Fig 3.3

Results on digital oscilloscope showing Charging time and Voltage.

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Hamdard Institute of Engineering & Technology
Hamdard University

Fig 3.4

Exercise:
Q1: Design the RC circuit of your choice and find the RC time constant and attach the results at
the end of this lab which you have observed in performing lab. Use the extra page for calculation
and also write what effects you observed during changing the frequency?

Q 2. Perform this lab on any Simulation Software. Use other values of Resistor and Capacitor.

Hamdard Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hamdard University

Sharae Madinat Al-Hikmah, Muhammad Bin Qasim Avenue, Karachi 74600, Pakistan.