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Chapter 16
  • R,L, and C Elements and the Impedance Concept
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Introduction
  • To analyze ac circuits in the time domain is not very practical
  • It is more practical to:
    • Express voltages and currents as phasors
    • Circuit elements as impedances
    • Represent them using complex numbers
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Introduction
  • AC circuits
    • Handled much like dc circuits using the same relationships and laws
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Complex Number Review
  • A complex number has the form:
    •  a + jb, where j =            (mathematics uses i to represent imaginary numbers)
    • a is the real part
    • jb is the imaginary part
    • Called rectangular form
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Complex Number Review
  • Complex number
    • May be represented graphically with a being the horizontal component
    • b being the vertical component in the complex plane
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Conversion between Rectangular and Polar Forms
  • If C = a + jb in rectangular form, then C = CÐq, where
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Complex Number Review
  • j 0 = 1
  • j 1 = j
  • j 2 = -1
  • j 3 = -j
  • j 4 = 1  (Pattern repeats for higher powers of j)
  • 1/j = -j
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Complex Number Review
  • To add complex numbers
    • Add real parts and imaginary parts separately
  • Subtraction is done similarly
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Review of Complex Numbers
  • To multiply or divide complex numbers
    • Best to convert to polar form first
  • (AÐq)•(BÐf) = (AB)Ð(q + f)
  • (AÐq)/(BÐf) = (A/B)Ð(q - f)
  • (1/CÐq) = (1/C)Ð-q
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Review of Complex Numbers
  • Complex conjugate of a + jb is a - jb
  • If C = a + jb
    • Complex conjugate is usually represented as C*
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Voltages and Currents as Complex Numbers
  • AC voltages and currents can be represented as phasors
  • Phasors have magnitude and angle
    • Viewed as complex numbers
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Voltages and Currents as Complex Numbers
  • A voltage given as 100 sin (314t + 30°)
    • Written as 100Ð30°
  • RMS value is used in phasor form so that power calculations are correct
  • Above voltage would be written as 70.7Ð30°
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Voltages and Currents as Complex Numbers
  • We can represent a source by its phasor equivalent from the start
  • Phasor representation contains  information we need except for angular velocity
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Voltages and Currents as Complex Numbers
  • By doing this, we have transformed from the time domain to the phasor domain
  • KVL and KCL
    • Apply in both time domain and phasor domain
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Summing AC Voltages and Currents
  • To add or subtract waveforms in time domain is very tedious
  • Convert to phasors and add as complex numbers
  • Once waveforms are added
    • Corresponding time equation of resultant waveform can be determined
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Important Notes
  • Until now, we have used peak values when writing voltages and current in phasor form
  • It is more common to write them as RMS values
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Important Notes
  • To add or subtract sinusoidal voltages or currents
    • Convert to phasor form, add or subtract, then convert back to sinusoidal form
  • Quantities expressed as phasors
    • Are in phasor domain or frequency domain
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R,L, and C Circuits with Sinusoidal Excitation
  • R, L, and C circuit elements
    • Have different electrical properties
    • Differences result in different voltage-current relationships
  • When a circuit is connected to a sinusoidal source
    • All currents and voltages will be sinusoidal
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R,L, and C Circuits with Sinusoidal Excitation
  • These sine waves will have the same frequency as the source
    • Only difference is their magnitudes and angles
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Resistance and Sinusoidal AC
  • In a purely resistive circuit
    • Ohm’s Law applies
    • Current is proportional to the voltage
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Resistance and Sinusoidal AC
  • Current variations follow voltage variations
    • Each reaching their peak values at the same time
  • Voltage and current of a resistor are in phase
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Inductive Circuit
  • Voltage of an inductor
    • Proportional to rate of change of current
  • Voltage is greatest when the rate of change (or the slope) of the current is greatest
    • Voltage and current are not in phase
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Inductive Circuit
  • Voltage leads the current by 90°across an inductor
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Inductive Reactance
  • XL, represents the opposition that inductance presents to current in an ac circuit
  • XL is frequency-dependent
  • XL = V/I and has units of ohms
  • XL = wL = 2pfL
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Capacitive Circuits
  • Current is proportional to rate of change of voltage
  • Current is greatest when rate of change of voltage is greatest
    • So voltage and current are out of phase
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Capacitive Circuits
  • For a capacitor
    • Current leads the voltage by 90°
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Capacitive Reactance
  • XC, represents opposition that capacitance presents to current in an ac circuit
  • XC is frequency-dependent
    • As frequency increases, XC decreases
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Capacitive Reactance
  • XC = V/I and has units of ohms
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Impedance
  • The opposition that a circuit element presents to current is impedance, Z
    • Z = V/I, is in units of ohms
    • Z in phasor form is ZÐq
    • q is the phase difference between voltage and current
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Resistance
  • For a resistor, the voltage and current are in phase
  • If the voltage has a phase angle, the current has the same angle
  • The impedance of a resistor is equal to RÐ0°
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Inductance
  • For an inductor
    • Voltage leads current by 90°
  • If voltage has an angle of 0°
    • Current has an angle of -90°
  • The impedance of an inductor
    • XLÐ90°
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Capacitance
  • For a capacitor
    • Current leads the voltage by 90°
  • If the voltage has an angle of 0°
    • Current has an angle of 90°
  • Impedance of a capacitor
    • XCÐ-90°
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Capacitance
  • Mnemonic for remembering phase
    • Remember ELI the ICE man
  • Inductive circuit (L)
    • Voltage (E) leads current (I)
  • A capacitive circuit (C)
    • Current (I) leads voltage (E)