5.4 • TRlCONOMETRIC AND HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS 185
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~
I
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c
R L
E(t)
~
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Figure 5 .9 An LRC circuit.
The voltages EL, ER, and Ee and tbe impressed voltage E (t) illustrated in
Figure 5.9 satisfy the equation
Ei +ER+ Ee = E (t).
Suppose that the current I (t) in the circuit is given by
I (t) =Io sin wt.
Using this in the equations for ER and EL gives
ER = Rio sin wt and
EL = wLiocoswt.
We then set to = ~ in the equation for Ee to obtain
t t
Ee=.!.. j1(r)dr = .!.. j1 0 sinwtdr = --
1
- C C wC
.!!. 2 'I •
We rewrite the equation I (t) = Io sin wt as a "complex current,"
I*= Ioeiwt
(5-40)
(5-41)
(5-42)
(5-43)
with the understanding that the actual physical current I is the imaginary part
of r. Similarly, we rewrite Equations (5-41)-(5-43) as
ER. = Rloeiwt = RI*,
EI, = iwLioeiwt = iwLI*, and
Ee • = iwC^1 l oe iwt = iwC^1 1 • ·
Substituting these terms leads to an extension of Equation (5-40),
(5- 44)