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E -Z MATH
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To be really useful, the integrator time constant
must be
very
long compared to the input pulse on and off times.
With
that relationship, the
capacitor will never fully charge or
discharge before
the
pulse
switches states. The result is
shown in Fig. 14. Assume the
same + 10
volt,
2 mS
wide
pulse as before.
But assume a time constant of 20 mS. During
the 2 mS input pulse, the capacitor
will charge up to:
V =
Vs(1 -e-t/RC)
V =10(1-e-2'20)
V= 10(I -e )
V =10(1 -.905) = 10(.095)
V =.95 V.
When
the input pulse
shuts off, the capacitor
will
discharge
toward zero and
will
be about
+ .86 volts before the
input
pulse goes
positive.
Examine the resulting
waveform in Fig. 14. The
output
amplitude is
very
low because
the pulse switches
so quickly
that the capacitor never
really has enough time
to charge to a
higher
value. But look at the shape
of the output
waveform. It
is
a triangular
shaped
wave with nearly linear (straight
line)
rises and falls of
voltage.
While
the
capacitor charge
and
discharge curves
are certainly
not linear,
we
are
only looking
at
a
very short portion
of those curves. Over such a
short
duration, the curve
is nearly linear
so the output is a
respecta-
ble triangular
wave
although
its output amplitude
is severely
limited. As you can
see, the integrator
converted our input
square
wave
into a triangular
wave.
+10V
IN
ov-
OUT
+.95V
4
oV
2mS
2mS
CHARGE CURVE
s-
Fig. 14 -An RC integrator circuit
has an
output
whose value
is directly proportional to
the
area
under the curve formed
by the input
signal's
waveform. As
you
move left on the top
curve (the
input) the area under the curve
increases
steadily
for
2
mS. Thus the
output
increases steadily.
The key
to the
integrator's
usefulness
is in making its
time
constant
very
long compared to the input pulse duration.
For
best
results, the time constant should be ten or more
times the
pulse duration.
Or:
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Practice Problems
Its time to review the key points
in
this
section with some
exercises.
5. The duration of the on
/off
times
of a square
wave
is
150nS.
What should the time constant of a differentiator
be?
If R is 470
ohms,
what
value
of capacitor should be
used?
6. The duration
of the
on/off pulses
is 3µS.
What
is the
minimum time constant of an RC integrator?
Given C = .001
µF,
what
is R?
Answers
1. The time constant (T
= RC) is
about
150 nS. So t is two
time constants
of 300 nS. RC is 150 nS
so the
exponent
is just
t/RC = 300/150 = 2.
The equation is:
v =
5(I -e-2) =
4.3 volts.
2. It takes five time constants to
fully
charge
or discharge
or about
5
x
150 = 750 nS.
3.
If the capacitor is fully charged to 5
volts,
the
equation is
v =
5e-
2°°nso
= 5e-133
= 5(.26)
=1.3
volts.
4.
T=
RC =(lOx
103)(01
x
10-6)
=1
x
10-4 second =100
µS
t = -1
x
10-41n(1 -10/15)
t = -1
x
10-41n(1 -.66)
t = -1
x
10- 41n(.34)
t = -1
x
10-4( -1.08) =1.08
x
10-4 =1081.S
5. For a differentiator, the time constant (T)
should be less
than
one tenth the pulse duration, or
150/10 =15 nS
maximum.
Since T = RC, then C =
T /R. If R is 470, then
C =15
x
10-9'470
= .032
x
10-9
= 32
x
10-12= 32 pF.
6.
In
an
integrator,
the time constant (T)
should be ten or
more times the pulse
duration or, in this example,
10x3 =30µS
or greater. If C = .00111F, then:
R = T/C
= 30
x
10-6
/.001
x
10-6.
= 30K ohms.
if
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deep did you make that hole."
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