Experiment 1

Rajvi Shah
Date: 07/01/2020
Aim: To design an RC network and plot its input and output characteristics and to perform
transient analysis of the circuit.

Theory:
The RC circuit is used as filters and the most common are high pass and low pass filters.
RLC circuits can be implemented for band pass and band reject circuits. An RC series circuit
works by charging of the capacitor through the resistor until voltage across capacitor
reaches that of the supply voltage.
When we apply an ac voltage to a resistor and capacitor in series, as shown in the
schematic diagram below, the capacitor will constantly charge and discharge as the input
voltage is constantly changing. The charging and discharging times of the capacitor are
dependent on the time constant which is a product of Resistor and Capacitor values in ohms
and farads respectively.
Moreover, another passive element is an inductor and a combination of these forms an RLC
circuit. These circuits have wide applications. Resistors and capacitors are passive circuit
elements. A resistor-capacitor(RC) circuit is an electric circuit composed of resistors and
capacitors driven by a voltage or current source. A first order RC circuit is composed of one
resistor and one capacitor and is the simplest type of RC circuit.

Circuit Diagram:
Code:
*transient analysis plot v(out)
vin in 0 1v pwl 0ps 0 100ps 0 150ps 1.8 800ps 1.8 plot v(in)
*simulation plot v(in,out)
c1 out 0 100f .endc
r1 in out 2k .end
.tran 20ps 800ps
*control block
.control
run

Graph:
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Results:
Parameters Values

Time1(ps) 0ps
Voltage1(V) 0V

Time2(ps) 100ps
Voltage2(V) 0V

Time3(ps) 150ps

Voltage3(V) 1.8V
 Time4(ps) 800ps

Voltage4(V) 1.8V

Practical Steady State Time 1.5 ns

Theoretical steady state time = 5 * time constant (RC)

= 5 * 2000 * 100 * 10^-15
= 1 ns

Conclusions:
Hence, we successfully plotted the characteristics of charging and discharging of RC circuit
and analysed its transient response. We have understood the relevance of the V-I
characteristics and have calculated the steady state time respectively.