Electric Circuits I

The Source-Free Parallel RLC

Circuit

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 Second Order Differential equations
 Circuits containing two storage elements are
known as second-order circuits because their
responses are described by differential equations
that contain second derivatives.
 A second-order circuit may have two storage
elements of different type or the same type.

A second-order circuit is characterized by a second-

order differential equation. It consists of resistors
and the equivalent of two energy storage elements.

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Assume initial inductor current Io and initial
capacitor voltage Vo

Our experience with first-order equations might suggest that we at least

try the exponential form once more. Thus, we assume

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Let us assume that we replace s by s1

The above equations are satisfy

the differential equation

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The roots of the characteristic

In this case the roots are complex
equation are real and negative.
and may be expressed as

ωd is called the damped natural frequency

The roots are real and equal.

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The constants A1 and A2 in each case can be
determined from the initial conditions. We need
v(o) and dv(0)/dt

(a) Overdamped response,

(b) critically damped response,
(c) underdamped response.
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Example: in the parallel circuit in the shown
figure, find v(t) for t>0, assuming v(o)=5V, i(0)=0,
L=1H and C=10mF. Consider these cases:
R=1.923Ω, R=5Ω, R=6.25Ω,

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Notice that by increasing the

value of R, the degree of
damping decreases and the
responses differ.

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Example: Find v(t) for t>0 in the
RLC circuit of shown figure.

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