ECE 461 - Homework Set #2

EE 461 - Solution to Homework Set #2

1) Describe That Response: For the following systems, determine , d , n , , the DC gain, the 2% settling time, and
the percent overshoot for a step input:
System

%OS

DC gain

Ts

5000
s 2 +5s+1000

0.08

31.52

31.62

2.5

78%

1.60

0.01
s 2 +0.03s+0.4

0.0237

0.6323

0.6325

0.0150

92.82%

0.025

266.7

5000

s 2 +100s+4000

0.7906

38.72

63.24

50

57.73%

1.25

0.08

2) Name That System: Find the transfer function of the system with the following step / frequency response
2a)
DC gain = 10
20% overshoot in the step response
3 second settling time

k = 10

= 0.4550
= 1.333

= 62.93 0

From the specs above, the dominant poles are at

s = 1.3333 j2.6098 = 2.9306 62.93 0

So
10(2.9306) 2
10(2.9306) 2
G(s) = s 2 +20.45502.9306s+2.9306 2 = (s+1.333+j2.6098)(s+1.333j2.6098)
85.887

G(s) = s 2 +2.6669s+8.5887

2b)
DC gain = 300
Resonance = 9dB
Corner Frequency = 200 Hz

k = 300

= 0.1804
s = n = 2 200

The dominant poles are at

s = 400 79.61 0 = 227 j1236

so
300(400) 2
G(s) = s 2 +20.1804400+(400) 2
437,741,011
G(s) = s 2 +453.39s+1,579,136

= 79.61 0

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3) Design a circuit which has the following step response:

Volts
2

1.5

0.5

0.2

Time (Seconds)

0.4

0.6

Step 1) Find the transfer function

i) The DC gain is 1.1, so k=1.1
ii) The overshoot is

= 0.5445 = 54.45%
OS = 1.71.1
1.1

= 0.1898

iii) The frequency of oscillation is

4cycles
d = 0.32 sec = 12.5Hz = 78.54rad/ sec

iv) The time to peak is

Tp = 0.06 =

n 1 2

n = 51.41

v) The 2% settling time is

Ts 0.4 =

= 10

You really only need two of the last four to find the dominant poles. Let's use overshoot and frequency of oscillation
since they're probably the most accurate for the above graph

s = 15.98 j78.54 = 80 79.05 0

1.1(80) 2
G(s) = s 2 +20.189880+80 2
7040

G(s) = s 2 +30.34s+6400

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Step #2) Pick the form of your circuit. From homework set #1, you have a 2nd-order system. Cascade this with a gain
of 1.1 to get the desired transfer function:

C1
R1

R2

+
-

C2
100k
1M

(gain = 1.1)

1.1 C C 1R R
Y = C 1(R1 +R21) 2 1 2 1 U
s 2 + R1 R2 s+ C 1 C2 R1 R2
Matching terms:

C 1 (R 1 +R 2 ) = 30.34
R1R2
1 = 6400
C1C2R1R2
Step 3) Find R and C. Using fmins with a lot of guessing...
C1 = 0.01uF
C2 = 0.0189uF
R1 = 329.63 Ohms
R2 = 2505M

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4) Find That Response: Find the following terms for each of the following four systems:
System

Dominant
Poles

DC gain

Predicted
%OS

Actual %OS

Predicted Ts

Actual Ts

5
s+2

-2

2.5

none

none

2.00

2.00

50
(s+1)(s+5)

-1

10

none

none

4.00

4.135

100

(s+1+j6)(s+1j6)

1 j6

2.7027

59.24%

59.22%

4.00

3.78

2000

(s+1+j6)(s+1j6)(s+20)

1 j6

2.7

59.24%

56.48%

4.00

3.82

Part a and b)
G=zpk([],[-1,-5],50)
Zero/pole/gain:
50
----------(s+1) (s+5)

t=[0:0.01:6]';
y=step(G,t);
plot(t,y)
DC=evalfr(G,0)

DC =
10

(the DC gain)

plot(t,y,t,0.98*DC)

Part c and d)
G=zpk([],[-1+j*6,-1-j*6,-20],2000)
Zero/pole/gain:
2000
---------------------(s+20) (s^2 + 2s + 37)
DC=evalfr(G,0)
DC =
2.7027
y=step(G,t);
max(y)/DC
ans =
1.5648

(56.48% overshoot)

plot(t,y,t,1.02*DC,t,0.98*DC)