The differential equation for this circuit is
where
The damping parameter ξ is
The system is over damped for ξ > 1 and under damped for ξ < 1.
The oscilloscope trace below shows the response of an under-damped circuit to a square wave input
The differential equation for this circuit is
where
The damping parameter ξ is
The system is over damped for ξ > 1 and
under damped for ξ < 1.
The oscilloscope image below shows the response of an under-damped
circuit to a square wave input.
Maintained by John Loomis,
last updated 19 February 2009 R-LC Circuit