Questions tagged [frequency-response]
For questions about the frequency response of electrical circuits. Also consider using the related "bode-plot" and/or "nyquist-plot" tag if your question involves a Bode and/or Nyquist plot, and/or the "stability" tag if your question is about the stability of an electrical circuit.
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Buck converter bode plot (Frequency Response) doesnt match measurements
I have a LTC3833 based buck converter that I need to test. Simulations of the open loop transfer show a very low phase margin of 29 deg. I corrected this by adding a capacitor C1 of 47 pF to ITH as ...
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Why does the Bode Plot in Multisim for my Optocoupler Circuit have a Magnitude near Zero?
I'm trying to build a optocoupler circuit to generate a bode plot on Multisim, using OPS665tx and OPS698rx optical devices with their parasitic capacitance (120nF parasitic capacitance on OPS665tx on ...
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Check my calculations and Bode plot
I am trying to recreate the Bode plot and phase margin calculations of ST Application Note 2823 "Current source for LED driving based on the L5973AD". The analysis there (p17) gives: FC as ...
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Unidentified 100x Scaling Factor in Oscilloscope Frequency Reading
The oscilloscope waveform was generated via excel, where the actual oscilloscope readings were captured in a tabular form and then converted into an Excel graph. The readings were taken from an Eaton ...
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Purer AM modulator
I was looking at a AM modulator circuit with a diode and I was dissatisfied with how during the amplitude modulation you produce unwanted frequencies(more specifically the carrier frequency) and as a ...
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Deriving Transfer Function of General First-Order Filter
From Alexander Sadiku's Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Problem 14.66: I am asked to derive the transfer function for the general first-order filter below: I redrew a simplified schematic: I used ...
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Interpretation of Laplace Variable
Through my study of circuits and signal processing, it is my understanding that the complete response of an LTI system is the sum of a transient response and a steady-state response. When analyzing ...
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Why might the gain of a Type I compensator be low at low frequencies?
I’ve measured the frequency response of the type I compensator (v(ctrl)/v(in)) in this simple current stabilizer circuit and found some unusual results. Measurement setup: isolation transformer 1:1, ...
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Periodic Signal RC Low Pass Filter Questions
I am solving a problem related to putting a periodic, non-sinusoidal C-T signal x(t) through an RC low pass filter. I am given the signal graphically, and am provided its period and amplitude. I am ...
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Frequency response of 5 transistor OTA
I need to calculate the open loop zeros and poles for this system. What I tried is at some node between Gm2 and Gm1 block there will be one pole and value of effective capacitor is the capacitor which ...
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Stability of non-inverting op-amp amplifier using bode plot
With a non-inverting op-amp amplifier, just have Rin and Rf, when finding the stability of the amplifier with bode plot, do I need to consider Rin and Rf if I am given the open loop gain AOL(jw) (...
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Identifying pole/zero frequencies in an op amp stabilization In-the-loop compensation circuit - Analog Devices article
I have been reading the following article by Analog, which discusses methods used to stabilize op amps when driving capacitive loads. Analog: Practical Techniques to Avoid Instability Due to ...
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Issue with understanding the frequency response of an open-loop flyback converter
I am trying to simulate the frequency response of a flyback converter circuit as shown below to verify the location of the poles and zeros. Attached below is the frequency response obtained after ...
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DDR3 Termination Resistors Messing Up SI?
Do these results make any sense? Or is there perhaps a bug in the Altium Designer Keysight SI plug-in? I'm testing the new Altium SI plug-in by Keysight. In particular, I'm curious about using it to ...
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Equivalent impedance seen into drain
I can't understand or simplify the Zx in the picture is equal to that of