FORMULAS

Capacitance

Current Divider

( )
)

Voltage Divider

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)

Capacitors in Parallel

Capacitors in Series

Time Constant
 RLC
RC RL

RC CIRCUITS RL CIRCUITS
Negative
Positive Change Negative Change Positive Change
Change
VC(t)
( ) I(t) ( )
VR(t) VL(t)
I(t)
I(t) ( )

RLC CIRCUITS

Voltage-
Component Current-Voltage
Current

Capacitor ∫

Resistor

Inductor ∫

TYPES OF RESPONSE

Overdamped α>ω )
Critically Damped α=ω ) )
Underdamped α<ω ) )

STEP RESPONSE OF RLCIRCUIT

Step Response of Series RLC Circuit Step Response of Parallel RLC Circuit
@ mesh 1
@ node 1

√( ) ( )
√
√( ) ( )
√ √
Where
√
Where