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Application of Fourier Series
Application of Fourier Series
Circuit analysis
Spectrum analyzers
Filters
References
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Circuit analysis
Circuit analysis
I To find the steady-state response of a circuit to a
nonsinusoidal periodic excitation requires the application of a
Fourier series, ac phasor analysis, and the superposition
principle
I The procedure usually involves four steps:
1. Express the excitation as a Fourier series
2. Transform the circuit from the time domain to the frequency
domain
3. Find the response of each term in the Fourier series
4. Add the individual responses using the superposition principle
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Circuit analysis
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Circuit analysis
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Circuit analysis
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Circuit analysis
Answer:
∞
X 4 2nπ
vo (t) = √ cos nπt − tan−1 V
25 + 4n2 π 2 5
n=1
n odd
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Circuit analysis
Answer:
∞
1 1 X sin(2nπt − tan−1 4nπ)
vo (t) = − √ V
2 π n 1 + 16n2 π 2
n=1
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Circuit analysis
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Circuit analysis
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Average power and rms values
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Average power and rms values
(b) Use the first five harmonic terms of the Fourier series in Prob.
17.5 to determine the effective value of the signal.
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Spectrum analyzers
Spectrum analyzers
I The Fourier series provides the spectrum of a signal
I As we have seen, the spectrum consists of the amplitudes and
phases of the harmonics versus frequency
I By providing the spectrum of a signal f (t), the Fourier series
helps us identify the pertinent features of the signal
I It demonstrates which frequencies are playing an important
role in the shape of the output and which ones are not
I For example, audible sounds have significant components in
the frequency range of 20 Hz to 15 kHz, while visible light
signals range from 105 GHz to 106 GHz
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Spectrum analyzers
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Filters
Filters
I Here, we investigate how to design filters to select the
fundamental component (or any desired harmonic) of the
input signal and reject other harmonics
I This filtering process cannot be accomplished without the
Fourier series expansion of the input signal
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Filters
Answer:
1 1
y(t) = − sin 2πt
2 π
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Filters
Answer:
1 1 1
y(t) = − sin 6πt − sin 8πt − sin 10πt
3π 4π 5π
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References
List of References
1. C.K. Alexander and M.N.O. Sadiku (2009), Fundamentals of
Electric Circuits 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill.
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