Problem Statement:
We will have a square wave as your source voltage where the square wave will have a Peak
Amplitude of (19+G) V and Minimum Amplitude as 0 V with a frequency of (20xG) Hz. Where G
is our Group Number. The output voltage is across a capacitor which will fluctuate. The driving
voltage of the capacitor will be another square wave having a Peak Amplitude of 10 V and
Minimum Amplitude as 0 V with the same frequency. The time constant is 1ms. We will finally,
design a circuit to showcase the input/output graphs for 10 complete cycles.
Calculations for Design:
As our Group Number is 1,
Peak Amplitude of Input Square Wave = 20V 𝑉 max= 20V
Minimum Amplitude= 0V 𝑉 min= 0V
Frequency= 20Hz f=20Hz
Time Period= 50ms T= = = 50ms
Pulse Width= 25ms PW= = = 25ms
Time constant= 1ms τ= 1ms
Peak Amplitude of Driving Voltage= 10V 𝑉 max= 10V
Minimum Amplitude= 0V 𝑉 min= 0V
Now, we must determine the open circuit voltage of the circuit we are designing, Namely
𝑉 or 𝑉 . We must also determine 𝑅 .
We know τ= 1ms. Assuming we are using a 1uF Capacitor, hence 𝑅 must be:
R × C = 1 × 10
×
R =
×
R = 1000Ω
R in this scenario (Thevenin’s Theorem), is also R . Hence in the next page,
Fig: Determining Req
Therefore,
𝑅 ×𝑅
R 𝑜𝑟 R =
𝑅 +𝑅
𝑅 ×𝑅
1000 =
𝑅 +𝑅
1000(𝑅 + 𝑅 ) = 𝑅 𝑅 ---(1)
Now, attempting to derive 𝑉
Fig: Determining Vth
𝑅
V = ×𝑉
𝑅 +𝑅
𝑅
10 = × 20
𝑅 +𝑅
10R + 10𝑅 = 20R
10R = 10𝑅
R = 𝑅 ----(2)
Using Eq (1) and Eq (2),
1000(𝑅 + 𝑅 ) = 𝑅 𝑅
1000(2𝑅 ) = (𝑅 )
𝑅 = 2000Ω, 𝑅 = 2000Ω
After having calculated the value of the resistors, we will now construct the circuit for this
project, and test to see if the driving voltage comes as 10V by at first using a DC source.
Fig: Testing Circuit For Driving Voltage of 10V, Using DC
Source of 20V
As we have confirmed that we receive a driving voltage of 10V for the capacitor, now we replace
the DC source of 20V with a Pulse Generator in order to generate an Input Square Wave.
Fig: Main Circuit for Project
In this circuit, we use a pulse generator, two resistors with same value and a capacitor of 1uF.
We then proceed to simulate the circuit in PSpice in order to obtain input and output graphs for
the first 10 cycles. We use the following simulation parameters:
Parameters for Pulse Generator
Parameters for Transient Analysis (To Produce Graph and how much data we shall
collect)
Finally, we obtain two graphs, an input and an output graph.
Top: Input Graph/Vs, Bottom: Output Graph/Vc
Vc and Vs together Graph
Thank you for reading!