VGU - EIT - Exam: Transients and Transforms of Electric Circuits

Instructor: Prof. Dr. W. Kuehn Date of Exam: Nov. 19, 2010

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points achieved: grade:

points 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102 108 114
grade 4 3,7 3,3 3,0 2,7 2,3 2,0 1,7 1,3 1,0
- no supporting material permitted except for correspondence tables -

1-2
Problem #1
A periodic square wave voltage of cycle time T = 20 ms and an amplitude U = 100 V is
connected to a series RC-circuit with R = 1 kO and C = 1 F.
1. Compute the rms-values of the fundamental sinusoidal current and of the third
harmonic current using the following formula for the voltage: u(n) = 4 U/(t n)
2. What is the rms-value of the total current neglecting all harmonics above n = 3?
3. Determine the real power consumption of the resistor.

Problem #2
A high pass filter comprising a resistor (R = 1 MO) and a capacitor (C = 1 F) is
connected to a DC voltage source (U = 100 V) at t = 0 s. The capacitor carries a charge of
0.5 x 10
-4
C at that time.
1. Write down the DEQ containing the capacitor voltage and its derivative and
specify the initial condition for the given circuit.
2. Determine the Laplace-Transform.
3. Compute the inverse Laplace-Transform of the capacitor voltage and determine
also the voltage over time across the resistor.
4. Plot quantitatively the resistor voltage.


Problem #3
3.1 Given is a series RLC-resonance circuit with C = 1 nF and natural resonance
frequency f
n
= 1 MHz.
1. Determine the inductivity L of the coil (
LC
n
1
= e ).
2. Determine the size of the resistor for a damping ratio , = 0.7 = o/e
n
where
o = R/2L
3. Determine the poles p
1,2
= - o +
2 2
n
e o and mark them in the s-plane.


3.2 The circuit of 3.1 will be connected to a DC voltage U = 100 V at t = 0 s.
The initial conditions at t = 0 s are: the capacitor carries zero charge, the current is
also zero.
4. Determine the DEQ for the capacitor voltage.
5. Determine the Laplace-Transform U
C
(p) of the capacitor voltage.
6. Determine the inverse Laplace-Transform L
-1
[(U
C
(p)] by using Heaviside.
7. Insert the above calculated values for p
1
and p
2
in the last equation and determine
the capacitor voltage u
C
(t).





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2
8




5
1
3
8
2
1
20




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6
10




4
4
10
6
24



2-2
Problem #4
1. For a short circuited series RLC circuit determine the First Order DEQ-system
by using the graphical approach as demonstrated in the lecture.
The data are: C = 1 nF, L = 25 H, R = 222 Ohm. The capacitor carries a charge
corresponding to 100 V at the occurrence of the short circuit.
2. Determine the Laplace-Transform of the DEQ-system (use the variable s instead
of p).
3. Determine the Eigen-frequencies and compare them with the poles as determined
in problem 3.1.

Problem #5
Apply the input voltage of 100 V [1(t) 1(t 1 s)] to a low pass filter comprising a
resistor (1 MO) and a capacitor (1 F).
1. Determine the Fourier-Transform of the input voltage.
2. Now determine the Fourier-Transform of the output voltage.
3. Determine the time function of the output voltage using partial fraction expansion.


Problem # 6
Before the switch closes the current in the coil has reached steady state.

1. Determine the DEQ for the calculation of the current after closing the switch.
Determine the Laplace-Transform of the current.
2. Form the inverse Laplace-Transform of the current.
3. Draw the time function of the current.


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10


4

6
20




4
6
10
20











5
6
6
1
18

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