EEEB123

Circuit Analysis 2
Chapter 16
Applications of the
Laplace Transform
Materials from Fundamentals of Electric Circuits (4 th Edition),
Alexander & Sadiku, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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Application of the Laplace Transform
Chapter 16

16.2 Circuit Element Models

16.3 Circuit Analysis
16.4 Transfer Functions

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 16.2 Circuit Element Models (1)
Steps in Applying the Laplace Transform:
1. Transform the circuit from the time domain
to the s-domain
2. Solve the circuit using nodal analysis, mesh
analysis, source transformation,
superposition, or any circuit analysis
technique with which we are familiar
3. Take the inverse transform of the solution
and thus obtain the solution in the time
domain.

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 16.2 Circuit Element Models (2)
Representation of an inductor , at initial conditions :
(a)time-domain and (b,c) s-domain equivalents.

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 16.2 Circuit Element Models (2a)

Representation of a capacitor , at initial conditions :

(a)time-domain and (b,c) s-domain equivalents.