3 research outputs found
Relationship Between Time-constants and 3dB Cutoff of High-Order Damped LTI Systems
This paper deals with linear time-invariant (LTI) systems and examines the link between the 3dB cutoff and time-constants. It shows that the cutoff frequency of a low-pass damped network can be estimated from the reciprocal of a p-norm calculated from the system\u27s time-constants. Furthermore, to achieve good accuracy the p factor must have a fractional value, for example, p=1.7. Two formulas are derived, and their performance evaluated using Monte Carlo simulations which reveal a sub-3% error for most cases
On the SCTC-OCTC Method for the Analysis and Design of Circuits
This paper discusses guidelines that emphasize the
relevance of short-circuit- and open-circuit-time constant (SCTC
and OCTC, respectively) methods in the analysis and design of
electronic amplifiers. It is demonstrated that it is only necessary
to grasp a few concepts in order to understand that the two shortand
open-circuit cases fall into a single case that can be easily
addressed by low-pass and high-pass filters duality. Instead of
just teaching the methods as “recipes” for frequency-performance
systems analysis, SCTC and OCTC can be efficiently explained in
basic analog electronic courses so as to elucidate their underlying
principles. The discussion presented here will include two analysis
and design examples, used to highlight the benefits gained by
the approximated analysis technique, as well as a section that
examines the accuracy of the technique