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Les For Constructing Bode Diagrams
Les For Constructing Bode Diagrams
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This document will discuss how to actually draw Bode diagrams. It consists mostly of
examples.
Key Concept -
To draw Bode diagram there are four steps:
As discussed in the previous document, we would like to rewrite this so the lowest order term
in the numerator and denominator are both unity.
Example 1
Note that the final result has the lowest (zero) order power of numerator and denominator
polynomial equal to unity.
Example 2
Note that in this example, the lowest power in the numerator was 1.
Example 3
In this example the denominator was already factored. In cases like this, each factored
term needs to have unity as the lowest order power of s (zero in this case).
1. A constant
2. Poles at the origin
3. Zeros at the origin
4. Real Poles
5. Real Zeros
6. Complex conjugate poles
7. Complex conjugate zeros
Example 1
The complex conjugate poles are at s=-1.5 ± j6.9 (where j=sqrt(-1)). A more common
(and useful for our purposes) way to express this is to use the standard notation for a
second order polynomial
In this case
Example 2
Example 3
4. Draw the overall Bode diagram by adding up the results from step
3.
After the individual terms are drawn, it is a simple matter to add them together. See examples,
below.
Example 1
A simple pole
Full Solution
Example 2
Multiple poles and zeros
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Example 3
A pole at the origin and poles and zeros
Full Solution
Example 4
Repeated poles, a zero at the origin, and a negative constant
Full Solution
Example 5
Complex conjugate poles
Full Solution
Example 6
A complicated function
Full Solution
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Erik Cheever Department of Engineering Swarthmore College