Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Day 24 - Bode Plots

Topics Discussed
Today in class we discussed Bode plots. Bode plots are essentially semi-log plots that utilize the decibel scale and phase shifts. They are a plot of a transfer function and frequency. From the general form, one can pull four factors: the gain K, a pole (jω)− or zero (jω) at the origin, a simple pole 1/(1 + jω/p ) or zero (1 + jω/z ), and a quadratic pole 1/*1 + j2ζ ω/ω + (jω/ω )+ or zero *1 + j2ζ 1 ω/ω + (jω/ω )].  We also discussed resonance, a condition in which a capacitor and inductor have the same reactance. This allows the load to have maximum power at a resonance frequency denoted as ω0. There is a half power frequency next to the resonance frequency on either side, and the distance between the two is known as bandwidth. The quality factor Q is then quantified as  ω0/B. This quality factor represents the how sharp the frequency response is. There was no lab today.

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