Lab 6 RS

Lab 6 Pulses and RC Filters

Differentiator

Construct the circuit below selecting an RC combination such that RC s

Taking  and


Adjust the pulse generator to output square pulses which at RC/10, RC and 10 RC

1)

2)

3)


Measure and . Sketch a picture comparing and . ( 3*5 = 15 pnts.)

Table1. Differentiator circuit for different pulse width

From the plots above (at point a):





Questions

What happens if the amplitude of is doubled.( 5 pnts.)

The amplitude of  is doubled as well.


What happens if R is doubled and C is halved?( 5 pnts.)

The times constant  becomes unchangeable so nothing is really happened


Integrator

Now repeat the above experiment with the resistor and capacitor swapped to form the low pass circuit below.

Table1. Integrating circuit for different pulse width

From the plots above (at point b):





Questions

What happens if the amplitude of is doubled.( 5 pnts.)

The amplitude of  is doubled as well.


What happens if R is doubled and C is halved?( 5 pnts.)

The times constant  becomes unchangeable so nothing is really happened


Pulse Sharpener

The goal of this section is to demonstrate how well the circuit below can sharpen an input pulse

1.) The first step is to create an input pulse which is rounded, similar to the output of the integrator circuit when RC = 10 . You can do this using a capacitor shorted across the output of the pulse generator. This will essential be coupled to the input impedance of the pulse generator and form a low pass circuit.

As a result the input voltage is given as

where

= impedance of the function generator at output which produces V_{in}
= capacitor shorting the function generator output to ground (not shown in the above picture)

Taking  and


2.) The output should be given by

where

Taking   and


Make measurements of the rise time and . The rise time is defined as the time it take the pulse to go from 10% of its max value to 90% of its max value.( 5 pnts.)

Rise time measurements

Input voltage is given by
At time
At time
From the plot above my measurement of rise time is:



Rise time measurements

Output voltage is given by
At time
At time
From the plot above my measurement of rise time is:



Questions

1.) Qualitatify, why is ?( 10 pnts.)

2.) How is worse than ( 10 pnts.)