Chapter 9 The RLC Circuit

Fig. 9.1 The source-free parallel RLC circuit.

Fig. 9.3 Circuit from Example 9.1.
Fig. 9.5 An example overdamped response.
Fig. 9.6 An example critically damped circuit.
Fig. 9.8 (and Fig. 9.9) Underdamped response examples.
Fig. 9.10 Simulated overdamped, critically damped, and …
Fig. 9.11 Circuit from Example 9.2.
Fig. 9.15 (a) The series RLC circuit which is the dual …
Fig. 9.18 An RLC circuit that is used to illustrate several …
 t
v 1 dv
  vdt  - i (t0 )  C  0
R L t0 dt

i(0+) = I0
v(0+) = V0

d 2v 1 dv 1
C 2    0
The source-free parallel RLC circuit. dt R dt L

Fig. 9.1 The source-free

parallel RLC circuit.
 Find vC(t) for the circuit of (a).

Fig. 9.3 Circuit from

Example 9.1.
The response v(t) = 84(e-t – e-6t) of the parallel network shown.

Fig. 9.5 An example

overdamped response.
The critically damped response v(t) = 420e-2.45t of the network shown.

Fig. 9.6 An example critically

damped circuit.
 The underdamped response of
the network shown.

The response of the network

for three different resistance
values, showing an increase
in the magnitude of
oscillation.

Fig. 9.8, 9.9 Underdamped

response examples.
Simulated overdamped, critically damped, and underdamped
voltage response for a parallel RLC network with L = 7 H and
C = 1/42 F.
Fig. 9.10 Simulated overdamped, critically damped, and
underdamped voltage response for the example network.
Determine iL(t) for the circuit shown in (a).

Fig. 9.11 Circuit from

Example 9.2.
 (a) The series RLC circuit
which is the dual of (b) a
parallel RLC circuit. The
element values are, of
course, not identical in the
two circuits.

Fig. 9.15 (a) The series RLC

circuit which is the dual of
(b) a parallel RLC circuit.
Fig. 9.18 An RLC circuit
that is used to illustrate
several procedures by
which the initial
conditions may be
obtained. The desired
response is nominally
taken to be vC(t).

An RLC circuit that is used to illustrate several procedures by

which the initial conditions may be obtained. The desired
response is nominally taken to be vC(t).