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| === Unknown variables === | | === Unknown variables === |
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− | There are twenty-four unknown variables. The locations (and directions in the case of currents) are labeled on the circuit diagram. | + | There are twenty-four unknown variables. The locations (and directions in the case of currents) are labeled on the circuit diagram. All unknowns are assumed to be of the form |
| + | : <math>X(t) = X_0 e^{i \omega t} + X_1</math>, |
| + | where <math>X_0</math> gives the amplitude of oscillation, or the AC component, and <math>X_1</math> gives the DC offset. |
| * Node voltages: <math>V_1</math>, <math>V_2</math>, <math>V_3</math>, <math>V_4</math>, <math>V_5</math>, <math>V_7</math>, <math>V_{out}</math> | | * Node voltages: <math>V_1</math>, <math>V_2</math>, <math>V_3</math>, <math>V_4</math>, <math>V_5</math>, <math>V_7</math>, <math>V_{out}</math> |
| ** Note: there is no <math>V_6</math> on this circuit; it was a redundant variable with <math>V_c</math>. | | ** Note: there is no <math>V_6</math> on this circuit; it was a redundant variable with <math>V_c</math>. |
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| | RE || emitter resistance || 0.37<math>\Omega</math> || 1<math>\Omega</math> | | | RE || emitter resistance || 0.37<math>\Omega</math> || 1<math>\Omega</math> |
| |} | | |} |
| + | |
| + | == Equations == |
| + | |
| + | There are five categories of equations, which give a set of twenty-four equations in total. Two categories of equations are non-linear and need to be linearized to solve this system as a linear model using matrices. |
| + | |
| + | === Resistor voltage drop === |
| + | |
| + | The resistor voltage drop equations all take the form |
| + | : <math>\Delta V = IR</math> |
| + | or |
| + | : <math>V_\alpha - IR = V_\beta</math>. |