Topic 4:

Basic Timing Circuits

and
Waveforms

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 Timing Circuits
(Low Pass; RC-Charging)

Vo  Vin  1  e  t / RC   Vci  e t / RC

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 Vi ( s) X c ( s) V V 1
Vo ( s)   Vci ; Vi ( s)  i ci ; X c ( s) 
R  X c ( s) s sC
Timing Circuits Vi  Vci  1 
 
s  sC 
Vo ( s)   Vci ;
1
R
sC
Vi  Vci  1  Laplace
 
s  sC  Transform of a
Vo ( s)   Vci ;
sRC  1 step function
sC
V V
Vo ( s)  i ci  Vci ;
s  sRC  1

 1  e t ;   1 / RC
s(s   )

Vi  Vci  1
Vo ( s)  RC  V
ci
 1 
s s  
Laplace Transform  RC 
  
Vc ( s)  Vi  Vci     Vci
 s ( s   ) 
 
Vc (t )  Vi  Vci  1  e t  Vci
   
Vc (t )  Vi 1  e t / RC  Vci 1  e t / RC  Vci
V (t )  V 1  e
c i
t / RC
 V e
ci
t / RC

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 Timing Circuits
Low Pass; RC-Discharging

 
Vo (t )  Vi 1  e t / RC  Vci e t / RC
If Vi  0;
Vo (t )  Vci e t / RC

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 Timing Circuits (High Pass Charging)

Vo  Vi e t / RC

1
 e t
s  Laplace Transform

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 Vi ( s ) R V V 1
Vr ( s )  ; Vi ( s)  i ci ; X c ( s ) 
Timing Circuits R  X c ( s) s sC
Vi  Vci
R
Vr ( s )  s ;
1
R
sC
Vi  Vci
R
Vr ( s )  s ; Laplace
sRC  1 Transform of a
sC step function
V  V   RC ;
Vr ( s )  i ci
sRC  1
1
 e t ;   1 / RC
s 
Laplace Transform Vi  Vci   1
Vr ( s )  RC
Take note that Vi is ∆V, which means 1
s
Vfinal-Vcinitial RC
Vr (t )  Vi  Vci   e t / RC ;Vci  Vin old  Vo old
Vr (t )  Vi  Vin old  Vo old    e t / RC
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