160 TIME-DEPENDENT CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
H 2 (ω), dB
0
− 90
− 45
45
90
− 20
20
0
40
θ 2 (ω), deg
Slope = −20 dB/decade or
−6 dB/octave
Slope = − 45 ° /decade or
−13.5° /octave
0.1 ω 0 1 ω 0 10 ω 0
ω, rad/s
100 ω 0
Asymptotic
Exact Asymptotic
Exact
ω
ω
Figure 3.4.7Asymptotic Bode plot forH ̄ 2 (j ω)=
1 /( 1 +jω/ω 0 ).
Case 1: Zero or Pole at Origin
lims→ 0 H(s)=Ksn, wherencan be any positive or negative integer. The magnitude
characteristic for this factor has a slope of 20ndB/decade and passes throughKdB at
ω=1, while the component angle characteristic has a constant value ofn×90°.
Case 2: Some Zeros or Poles Occur as Complex Conjugate Pairs
Let
H(s)=
(
1 +
s
α+jβ
)(
1 +
s
α−jβ
)
= 1 + 2
α
α^2 +β^2
s+
s^2
α^2 +β^2
With a break frequency of
√
α^2 +β^2 , the magnitude is characterized by a slope of 40
dB/decade forω≥
√
α^2 +β^2 , and the angle characteristic shows a slope of 90°/decade in
the range of 0.1
√
α^2 +β^2 ≤ω≤ 10
√
α^2 +β^2. The asymptotic Bode plot for this case is
shown in Figure 3.4.8.
Note that the angle and magnitude characteristics will have the opposite sign for the case of
a complex conjugate pair of poles. It should also be pointed out that the straight-line quadratic
representations are not generally good approximations (particularly in the one-decade region on
either side of the break frequency), and a few points may be calculated to obtain the correct curves
in the questionable frequency range.
For the seriesRLCcircuit, the input admittance is given by