
Given:
V(0+) = 90 V
IL(0+) = - 30 mA
Find:
a) The initial current in each branch
of the circuit.
b) V(t) for t > 0
c)
iL(t) for t > 0
a)
IR(0+) = V(0+) / 2000 = 90 / 2000 = 45 mA
IR(0+) = 45 mAIC(0+) + IL(0+) + IR(0+) = 0
IC(0+) = - IL(0+) - IR(0+) = 30 mA - 45 mA
IC(0+) = - 15 mA
a = 1 / 2RC = 1 / [2 (2000) (10 n)] = 25 K
Since a > w0, the circuit is overdamped, thus the voltage across the parallel circuit has the form
V(t) = A1 eS1 t + A2 eS2 t V
To find the values of s1 and s1, we know that
and inserting the values for a and w0 from above yields
s1 = 40 K
s2 = 10 K
We also know that for an overdamped parallel circuit that
V(0+) = A1 + A2
and
IC(0+) / C = s1 A1 + s2 A2
This yields the two equations
90 = A1 + A2
- 15 m / 10 n = - 1.5 M = 40 K A1 + 10 K A2
Solving these two equations yields
A1 = 20
A2 = 70
Thus
V(t) = 20 e- 40,000 t + 70 e- 10,000 t V
c)
There are two methods to get iL(t) once we have V(t). I will use both methods, which will also serve as a check of the work.
Method 1: Kirchoff's Current Law (I think this is the easiest in most cases.)
First obtain iR(t) and iC(t), then IL(t) = - IR(t) - IC(t)
iR(t) = V(t) / R = [20 e- 40,000 t + 70 e- 10,000 t] / 2000
iR(t) = 10 e- 40,000 t + 35 e- 10,000 t mANext, find iC(t) = C dv/dt
iC(t) = 10 n [20 (- 40,000) e- 40,000 t + 70 ( - 10,000) e- 10,000 t]
iC(t) = - 8 e- 40,000 t - 7 e- 10,000 t mAThus
IL(t) = - IR(t) - IC(t)
IL(t) = - 2 e- 40,000 t - 28 e- 10,000 t mA
Method 2: Integration
For this method we will use the relationship between the inductor voltage and the current through it
IL(t) = [- 2 m e- 40,000 t - 28 m e- 10,000 t + 2 m + 28 m] - 30 mA
IL(t) = - 2 e- 40,000 t - 28 e- 10,000 t mAwhich agrees with our previous result.