The ®nal section summarizes the design procedure for rectangular andcircular cylindrical cavities,and the dielectric resonator.4.1 SERIES RESONANT CIRCUITS Consider the series R-L-C circ
Trang 1This chapter describes the analysis and design of these simple frequency-selectivecircuits,and presents the characteristic behaviors of series and parallel resonantcircuits Related parameters,such as quality factor,bandwidth,and input impedance,are introduced that will be used in several subsequent chapters Transmission lineswith an open or short circuit at their ends are considered next and their relationshipswith the resonant circuits are established Transformer-coupled parallel resonantcircuits are brie¯y discussed because of their signi®cance in the radio frequencyrange The ®nal section summarizes the design procedure for rectangular andcircular cylindrical cavities,and the dielectric resonator.
4.1 SERIES RESONANT CIRCUITS
Consider the series R-L-C circuit shown in Figure 4.1 Since the inductive reactance
is directly proportional to signal frequency,it tries to block the high-frequencycontents of the signal On the other hand,capacitive reactance is inversely propor-tional to the frequency Therefore,it tries to stop its lower frequencies Note that thevoltage across an ideal inductor leads the current by 90 (i.e.,the phase angle of an
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Trang 2inductive reactance is 90) In the case of a capacitor,voltage across its terminalslags behind the current by 90 (i.e.,the phase angle of a capacitive reactance is
90) That means it is possible that the inductive reactance will be canceled out bythe capacitive reactance at some intermediate frequency This frequency is called theresonant frequency of the circuit If the input signal frequency is equal to theresonant frequency,maximum current will ¯ow through the resistor and it will be inphase with the input voltage In this case,the output voltage Vo will be equal to theinput voltage Vin It can be analyzed as follows
From Kirchhoff's voltage law,
LR
dvo t
1RC
t
1vo tdt vo t vin t 4:1:1Taking the Laplace transform of this equation with initial conditions as zero (i.e.,noenergy storage initially),we get
sL
1sRC 1
where s is the complex frequency (Laplace variable)
The transfer function of this circuit, T s,is given by
T s VVo s
i s
1sL
1sRC 1
Therefore,the transfer function of this circuit has a zero at the origin of the complexs-plane and also it has two poles The location of these poles can be determined bysolving the following quadratic equation
Figure 4.1 A series R-L-C circuit with input-output terminals
Trang 3Two possible solutions to this equation are as follows.
s1;2 2LR
R2L
1LC
r,both of these poles will be real and distinct,andthe circuit is overdamped
r,the transfer function will have double poles at
r,the two poles of T s will be complex conjugate
of each other The circuit is underdamped
Alternatively,the transfer function may be rearranged as follows:
CL
z is called the damping ratio,and oo is the undamped natural frequency
Poles of T s are determined by solving the following equation
s2 2zoos o2
For z < 1, s1;2 zoo joop1 z2 As shown in Figure 4.2,the two poles arecomplex conjugate of each other Output transient response will be oscillatory with aringing frequency of oo 1 z2 and an exponentially decaying amplitude Thiscircuit is underdamped
For z 0,the two poles move on the imaginary axis Transient response will beoscillatory It is a critically damped case
For z 1,the poles are on the negative real axis Transient response decaysexponentially In this case,the circuit is overdamped
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Trang 4Consider the unit step function shown in Figure 4.3 It is like a direct voltagesource of one volt that is turned on at time t 0 If it represents input voltage vin tthen the corresponding output vo t can be determined via Laplace transformtechnique.
The Laplace transform of a unit step at the origin is equal to 1=s Hence,outputvoltage, vo t,is found as follows
vo t L 1Vo s L 1 sCRo2
s2 2zoos o21s L 1 CRo2
s zoo2 1 z2o2where L 1 represents inverse Laplace transform operator Therefore,
u t
Figure 4.2 Pole-zero plot of the transfer function
Figure 4.3 A unit-step input voltage
Trang 5This response is illustrated in Figure 4.4 for three different damping factors Ascan be seen,initial ringing lasts longer for a lower damping factor.
A sinusoidal steady-state response of the circuit can be easily determined afterreplacing s by jo,as follows:
Vo jo joL Vi jo
1joRC 1
1 j
1o
or,
Vo jo Vi jo
1 jRC
o
o2
1o
The quality factor, Q,of the resonant circuit is a measure of its frequency selectivity
It is de®ned as follows
Q ooAverage stored energyPower loss 4:1:10
Figure 4.4 Response of a series R-L-C circuit to a unit step input for three different dampingfactors
SERIES RESONANT CIRCUITS 109
Trang 6Q oo12LI2 1
2I2R
ooLRSince ooL o1
1R
LC
The magnitude and phase angle of (4.1.13) are illustrated in Figures 4.5 and 4.6,respectively Figure 4.5 shows that the output voltage is equal to the input for asignal frequency equal to the resonant frequency of the circuit Further,phase angles
of the two signals in Figure 4.6 are the same at this frequency,irrespective of thequality factor of the circuit As signal frequency moves away from this point oneither side,the output voltage decreases The rate of decrease depends on the qualityfactor of the circuit For higher Q,the magnitude is sharper,indicating a higherselectivity of the circuit If signal frequency is below the resonant frequency thenoutput voltage leads the input For a signal frequency far below the resonance,outputleads the input almost by 90 On the other hand,it lags behind the input for higherfrequencies It converges to 90 as the signal frequency moves far beyond theresonant frequency Thus,the phase angle changes between p=2 and p=2,following a sharper change around the resonance for high-Q circuits Note thatthe voltage across the series-connected inductor and capacitor combined has inversecharacteristics to those of the voltage across the resistor Mathematically,
VLC jo Vin jo Vo jo
Trang 7Figure 4.5 Magnitude of A jo as a function of o.
Figure 4.6 The phase angle of A jo as a function of o
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Trang 8where VLC jo is the voltage across the inductor and capacitor combined In thiscase,sinusoidal steady-state response can be obtained as follows.
oo
ooo
Hence,this con®guration of the circuit represents a band-rejection ®lter
Half-power frequencies o1and o2of a band-pass circuit can be determined from(4.1.13) as follows:
oo
ooo
Therefore,
Q ooo
ooo
1Assuming that o1< oo < o2,
Q oo1o
oo
o1
1and,
Q oo2o
oo
o2
1Therefore,
Trang 9o1 o2 oQo) Q o oo
Example 4.1: Determine the element values of a resonant circuit that passes all thesinusoidal signals from 9 MHz to 11 MHz This circuit is to be connected between avoltage source with negligible internal impedance and a communication system withits input impedance at 50 O Plot its characteristics in a frequency band of 1 to
Figure 4.7 The ®lter circuit arrangement for Example 4.1
SERIES RESONANT CIRCUITS 113
Trang 11At resonance,the inductive reactance cancels out the capacitive reactance.Therefore,the input impedance reduces to total resistance of the circuit If signalfrequency changes from the resonant frequency by do,the input impedance can beapproximated as follows.
Zin R joL o ooo o o2 o R j2doL R j2QRdoo
4.2 PARALLEL RESONANT CIRCUITS
Consider an R-L-C circuit in which the three components are connected in parallel,
as shown in Figure 4.9 A subscript p is used to differentiate the circuit elementsfrom those used in the series circuit of the preceding section A current source, iin t,
PARALLEL RESONANT CIRCUITS 115
Trang 12is connected across its terminals and io t is current through the resistor Rp Voltageacross this circuit is vo t From Kirchhoff's current law,
iin t L1
p
t
1Rpio tdt Cpd Rpdtio t io t 4:2:1Assuming that there was no energy stored in the circuit initially,we take theLaplace transform of (4.2.1) It gives
Note that this equation is similar to (4.1.6) of the preceding section It changes to
T s if RC replaces Lp=Rp Therefore,results of the series resonant circuit can beused for this parallel resonant circuit,provided
2ooRpCpand,
Trang 13The quality factor, Qp,and the impedance,Zp,of the parallel resonant circuit can
Quality Factor of a Resonant Circuit
If resistance R represents losses in the resonant circuit, Q given by the precedingformulas is known as the unloaded Q If the power loss due to external load coupling
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Trang 14is included through an additional resistance RL then the external Qe is de®ned asfollows:
Trang 15Transformers are used as a means of coupling as well as of impedance transforming
in electronic circuits Transformers with tuned circuits in one or both of their sidesare employed in voltage ampli®ers and oscillators operating at radio frequencies.This section presents an equivalent model and an analytical procedure for thetransformer-coupled circuits
Consider a load impedance ZL that is coupled to the voltage source Vs via atransformer as illustrated in Figure 4.10 Source impedance is assumed to be Zs Thetransformer has a turn ratio of n:1 between its primary (the source) and secondary(the load) sides
Using the notations as indicated,equations for various voltages and currents can
be written in phasor form as follows
CL
r
12Rp
Lp
Cps
Trang 16where M is the mutual inductance between the two sides of the transformer.Standard convention with a dot on each side is used Hence,magnetic ¯uxesreinforce each other for the case of currents entering this terminal on both sides,and
There are several equivalent circuits available for a transformer We consider one
of these that is most useful in analyzing the communication circuits This equivalentcircuit is illustrated in Figure 4.11 below The following equations for phasorvoltages and currents may be formulated using the notations indicated in Figure4.11
Trang 17Since the transformer is tightly coupled, k 1 Therefore, x 1, 1 x 0,and its equivalent circuit simpli®es as shown in Figure 4.13 From (4.3.10),
r
4Figure 4.11 Equivalent model of the transformer-coupled circuit shown in Figure 4.10
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Trang 18Figure 4.12 A transformer-coupled resonant circuit.
Figure 4.13 An equivalent model of the transformer-coupled circuit shown in Figure 4.12
Trang 19Q R1
ooL1
106628:1486 106 320 10 9 4974:9375
Example 4.4: A transformer-coupled circuit is shown in Figure 4.14 Draw itsequivalent circuit using an ideal transformer (a) If the transformer is tuned only to itssecondary side (that is, R1 and C1 are removed),determine its resonant frequencyand impedance seen by the current source (b) Determine the current transferfunction (Io=Is) for the entire circuit (that is, R1 and C1 are included in the circuit)
If the transformer is loosely coupled,and both sides have identical quality factors aswell as the resonant frequencies,determine the locations of the poles of the currenttransfer function on the complex o-plane
Following the preceding analysis and Figure 4.11,the equivalent circuit can bedrawn easily,as shown in Figure 4.15 Using notations as indicated in the ®gure,
Figure 4.14 A double-tuned transformer-coupled circuit
Figure 4.15 An equivalent representation for the circuit shown in Figure 4.14
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Trang 20circuit voltages and currents can be found as follows.
Trang 21and,if the transformer is tightly coupled,x 1
When R1 and C1are included in the circuit,(4.3.12)±(4.3.14) can be solved toobtain a relationship between Io and Is The desired current transfer functioncan be obtained as follows
L1C1 L2C2 1
o2and,
R1
L1
R2
L2 ooQo:Hence,(4.3.21) may be written as follows
Trang 22Poles of (4.3.22) are determined by solving the following equation.
4.4 TRANSMISSION LINE RESONANT CIRCUITS
Transmission lines with open or short-circuited ends are frequently used as resonantcircuits in the UHF and microwave range We consider such networks in this section.Since the quality factor is an important parameter of these circuits,we need toinclude the ®nite (even though small) loss in the line There are four basic types ofthese networks as illustrated in Figure 4.16
It can be easily found by analyzing the input impedance characteristics around theresonant wavelength, lr,that the circuits of Figure 4.16(a) and (d) behave like aseries R-L-C circuit On the other hand,the other two transmission lines possess thecharacteristics of a parallel resonant circuit A quantitative analysis of these circuits
is presented below for n as unity
Figure 4.16 Four basic types of transmission line resonant circuits, n 1; 2;
Trang 23Short-Circuited Line
Consider a transmission line of length ` and characteristic impedance Zo It has apropagation constant, g a jb The line is short circuited at one of its ends asshown in Figure 4.17 The impedance at its other end, Zin,can be determined from(3.2.5) as follows
Zin Zotanh g` Zotanh a jb` Zo1 j tanh a` tan b`tanh a` j tan b` 4:4:1For a` 1,tanh a` a`,and assuming that the line supports only the TEMmode,we ®nd that b` o`v
p Hence,it can be simpli®ed around the resonantfrequency, oo,as follows:
where br is the phase constant at the resonance
If the transmission line is one-half-wavelength long at the resonant frequencythen
br` p; and v`
pop
o:Therefore,tan b` can be approximated as follows:
tan b` tan p do`v
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Trang 241 ja`2oopdo
Zoa`
1 ja`p 2odo
o
4:4:9
Trang 25This expression is similar to the one obtained for a parallel resonant circuit in(4.2.9) Therefore,this transmission line is working as a parallel resonant circuit withequivalent parameters as follows:
RpZoa`
Figure 4.18 An open-circuited transmission line
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Trang 26as follows:
RpZoa`
TABLE 4.2 Equivalent Circuit Parameters of the Resonant Lines for n 1
ooo
p4Zooo
p2Zooo
br2a
br2a
Trang 27Q pZo
p4a`
bo
Example 4.5: Design a half-wavelength-long coaxial line resonator that is circuited at its ends Its inner conductor radius is 0.455 mm and the inner radius ofthe outer conductor is 1.499 mm The conductors are made of copper Compare the
short-Q of an air-®lled to that of a Te¯on-®lled resonator operating at 5 GHz Thedielectric constant of Te¯on is 2.08 and its loss tangent is 0.0004
From the relations for coaxial lines given in the appendix,
a
1b
1
a
1b
2:08p
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Trang 28Compute the length of the line for resonance at 2 GHz and Q of the resonator.Assume that thickness t of the microstrip is 0.159 mm.
Design equations for the microstrip line (from the appendix) are
Trang 29ee 0:5 2:08 1 2:08 1 1
3:192094r
0
B
@
1C
3 1010
2 2 109p1:7875cm 5:6096 cmSince scopper 5:813 107S=m,the quality factor of this resonator is deter-mined as follows Forwh 2p1 ;
3:1923and,