Lab 3 TF EIM

RC Low-pass filter

1-50 kHz filter

1. Design a low-pass RC filter with a break point between 1-50 kHz. The break point is the frequency at which the filter starts to attenuate the AC signal. For a Low pass filter, AC signals with a frequency above 1-50 kHz will start to be attenuated (not passed).
2. Now construct the circuit using a non-polar capacitor.
3. use a sinusoidal variable frequency oscillator to provide an input voltage to your filter.
4. Measure the input and output voltages for at least 8 different frequencies which span the frequency range from 1 Hz to 1 MHz.
5. Graph the [math]\log \left(\frac{V_{out}}{V_{in}} \right)[/math] -vs- [math]\log (\nu)[/math]

phase shift

1. measure the phase shift between [math]V_{in}[/math] and [math]V_{out}[/math]

Questions

1. compare the theoretical and experimentally measured break frequencies.
2. Calculate and expression for [math]\frac{V_{out}}{ V_{in}}[/math] as a function of [math]\nu[/math], [math]R[/math], and [math]C[/math].
3. Compare the theoretical and experimental value for the phase shift [math]\theta[/math].
4. Sketch the phasor diagram for [math]V_{in}[/math],[math] V_{out}[/math], [math]V_{R}[/math], and [math]V_{C}[/math]. Put the current [math]i[/math] along the real voltage axis.
5. what is the phase shift [math]\theta[/math] for a DC input and a very-high frequency input?
6. calculate and expression for the phase shift theta as a function of f, R, C and graph \theta -vs \nu.