- Systems with one storage element (capacitor/inductor) are described by first-order differential equations
- Circuit analysis with initial charge/flux linkage (switch closed at t = 0s):
- Energy is lost when v1 is not equal to v2:
- Idealized toroidal inductor ( u = magnetic permeability)
- Magnetic flux density across the core
- Total magnetic flux linkage (Weber/Wb)
- Inductance (Webers/Ampere, Henry)
- For linear time-invariant inductor:
- Inductor memory property:
- Inductor energy property:
- Idealized parallel-plate linear capacitor:
- Capacitance (Coulombs/Volt or Farads)
- For linear (permittivity) time-invariant (capacitance) capacitor
- Capacitor memory property:
- Capacitor energy storage property:
- Analysis of circuit containing capacitors and inductors involve differential equations in time
- Ideal response of an inverter to an square wave input:
- The circuit delay on observed response is due the capacitance internal to the MOSFET
- Behavior of a real interconnect between two inverters:
- To satisfy lumped matter discipline, one must model these circuit effects ( parasitic resistance, capacitance, inductance etc) on physical wiring of the circuit:
- Small-signal discipline - restricting signals to small perturbations about an operating points so the circuit response to the perturbations is linear
- Small segment of Vo vs. Vi curve: