Introduction to

Electronics

Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri

Professor and Associate Chair
School of Electrical and
Computer Engineering

An introduction to electronic components and a study of circuits

containing such devices.

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 Review of Frequency
Response Plots
(Bode)
Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri
Professor and Associate Chair
School of Electrical and
Computer Engineering

Review of linear plots and Bode plots to show the frequency

characteristics of signals and circuits

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Previous Lesson

Review of Transfer Functions

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Lesson Objectives

Define the frequency response for a transfer function H()

Magnitude Plot: |H()| vs

Angle Plot: H() vs

Show linear plots and Bode plots

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Frequency Response 1

0.8

Magnitude
0.6

+ 0.4

Vi Vo 0.2
-
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000

Transfer Function 0

1
-20

H() =

Angle (deg)
1 + RCj
-40

-60
1
H() = -80

1 + (RC)2 -100
0 200 400 600 800 1000

H() = a tan(RC)
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 Circuit Response
1.5
2
1
1
0.5

Vo

v(t)
Vi
v(t)

0 0

-1
-0.5

-1
-2
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
Time (sec) -1.5
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
Time (sec)

Vi = cos(50t) + cos(800t) Vo = 0.95cos(50t-20o) + 0.13cos(800t-85o)

1 0

0.8 -20
Magnitude

Angle (deg)

0.6 -40

0.4 -60

0.2 -80

0 -100
0 200 400 600 800 1000 0 200 400 600 800 1000

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Bode Plots

1 10 100 1000 Frequency (rad/sec) or f (Hz)

1 10 100 1000 Frequency (rad/sec) or f (Hz)

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Linear Plot and Bode
0
Plot
1
-5

Magnitude (dB)
0.8
Magnitude

0.6 -10

0.4 -15

0.2 -20

0 -25 0 1 2 3
0 200 400 600 800 1000 10 10 10 10

0 0

-20 -20

Angle(deg)
Angle (deg)

-40 -40

-60 -60

-80 -80

-100 -100 0 1 2 3
0 200 400 600 800 1000 10 10 10 10
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Bode
0
Plot First-Order Characteristics
1
-5
H() =
Magnitude (dB)

-10 1 + jRC
-15 1
-20
H() =
1 + (RC) 2
-25 0 1 2 3
10 10

10 10
H() = a tan(RC)
0

-20
Angle(deg)

-40

-60

-80

-100 0 1 2 3
10 10 10 10
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Bode Plot of RLC Circuit, Overdamped
0 L R

+
Magnitude (dB)

-20
+ C
- vc
-40 - vs
-
-60

-80 1 1
10
2
10 10
3 4
10
5
10 H () =
0
(1 LC2 ) + RCj

-50
Angle(deg)

-100

-150

-200 1 2 3 4 5
10 10 10 10 10
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Bode Plot of RLC Circuit, Underdamped
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Magnitude (dB)

-20

-40

-60 1 2 3 4 5
10 10 10 10 10

0

-50
Angle(deg)

-100

-150

-200 1 2 3 4 5
10 10 10 10 10

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Summary

A is a plot of the transfer function

versus frequency
The frequency response can be used to determine the
steady-state sinusoidal response of a circuit at different
frequencies

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