Electrical Network Transfer Function
Electrical Network Transfer Function
Function
Engr. Aaron Don M. Africa
Voltage-current, voltage-charge, and
impedance relationships for capacitors,
resistors, and inductors
Mesh Nodal
Example 1
Find the transfer function relating to the
capacitor voltage VC(s) to the input
voltage, V(s)
t
di (t ) 1
L Ri(t ) i ( )d
dt C o Changing variable from current
to charge using i(t) = dq(t) / dt
2
d q (t ) dq (t ) 1
L 2
R q (t ) v (t )
dt dt C
q (t ) Cvc (t )
2
d vc(t ) dvc(t )
LC 2
RC vc (t ) v (t )
dt dt
Block diagram
of series RLC electrical network Block diagram
of series RLC electrical network
Vc( s ) 1 / LC
V (s) s 2 R s 1
L LC
Simplifying the solution
1
V (s) I (s)
Cs
V ( s ) RI ( s )
V ( s ) LsI ( s )
V (s)
Z (s) Defining the Transfer Function
I ( s)
1
Ls R I ( s ) V ( s )
Cs
[Sum of Impedances]I(s)=[Sum of Applied Voltages]
Transfer function-single loop via
transform method
1
Ls R I ( s ) V ( s )
Cs
I (s) 1
V ( s ) Ls R 1 / Cs
1
Vc( s ) I ( s ) The voltage across the capacitor Vc(s) is
Cs the product of the current and
impedance of the capacitor
Example 2
( R1 Ls ) I1 ( s ) LsI 2 ( s ) V ( s )
1
LsI1 ( s ) Ls R2 I 2 ( s ) 0
Cs
1
G1 G2 VL ( s ) G2Vc ( s ) V ( s )G1
Ls
G2VL ( s ) (G2 CS )VC ( s ) 0
Solving for the transfer function, Vc(s)/ V(s)
G1G2
s
Vc( s ) C
V ( s ) (G G ) s 2 G1G2 L C s G2
1 2
LC LC
Example 4
Recitation
(2s 2) I1 ( s) (2s 1) I 2 ( s) I 3 ( s) V ( s)
(2s 1) I1 ( s) (9s 1) I 2 ( s) 4sI 3 ( s) 0
1
I1 ( s) 4sI 2 ( s) 4s 1 I 3 ( s) 0
s
Example 5
Find the Transfer function G(s) = VL(s) / V(S) for the network in
the figure given VL(s) = sI2(s)
Writing the Mesh Equations:
( s 1) I1 ( s ) I 2 ( s ) Vi ( s )
I1 ( s ) ( s 2) I 2 ( s ) 0
But:
I1 ( s ) ( s 2) I 2 ( s )
Recitation
( s 1)( s 2) I 2 ( s ) I 2 ( s ) Vi ( s )
I 2 ( s ) / Vi ( s ) 1 /( s 3s 1)
2
VL ( s ) sI 2 ( s )
VL ( s ) s
2
Vi ( s ) s 3s 1