EE017-4-2-SLS / VE1 Chapter 5 – Laplace Transforms

Tutorial 4

1) Use Laplace Transform to solve the following differential equations subject to the specified
initial conditions:
a)
𝑑𝑑2 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 𝑑𝑑𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜
2
+2 + 10𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (𝑡𝑡) = 3𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡), 𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = cos(2𝑡𝑡) , 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (0) = 1, 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜′ (0) = −2
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑

b)
𝑡𝑡
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
+ 4𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) + 3 � 𝑦𝑦 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 = 18𝑒𝑒 −2𝑡𝑡 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡), 𝑦𝑦(0) = −3
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 0

2) For a causal LTI continuous time system, if the system output shows a response of 𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) =
2𝑒𝑒 −3𝑡𝑡 ∙ 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) due to an excited input 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡) = 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡),
a) Find the system function / transfer function 𝐻𝐻(𝑠𝑠) and the impulse response ℎ(𝑡𝑡) of the
system. Identify the poles and zeros
b) Analyse if the system is BIBO stable or non-stable (either by integrating ℎ(𝑡𝑡) or direct
inspection from pole-zero plot)
c) Find the output 𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) when the input 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡) = 𝑒𝑒 −𝑡𝑡 ∙ 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡)

3) Consider a LTI continuous time system for which the input 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡) and 𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) are related by
𝑑𝑑 2 𝑦𝑦 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
+ − 2𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) = 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡)
𝑑𝑑𝑡𝑡 2 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
If the system is causal,
a) Find the system function / transfer function 𝐻𝐻(𝑠𝑠), identify the poles and zeros
b) Analyse if the system is BIBO stable or non-stable (either by integrating ℎ(𝑡𝑡) or direct
inspection from pole-zero plot)
c) Find the output 𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) if 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡) = 2𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡)

4) A system with zero initial condition is described by the differential equation

𝑑𝑑 2 𝑦𝑦 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑2 𝑥𝑥 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
+ 5 + 6𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) = + 8 + 13𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡)
𝑑𝑑𝑡𝑡 2 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑𝑡𝑡 2 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
where 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡) is the input and 𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) is the output,
a) Determine the transfer function and the impulse response of the system.
b) Develop the direct form I and direct form II system structure.

5) A system with initial output condition 𝑦𝑦(0) = 1, 𝑦𝑦 ′ (0) = 2 is described by the differential
equation
𝑑𝑑 2 𝑦𝑦 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
2
+4 + 3𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) = 2 + 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡)
𝑑𝑑𝑡𝑡 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
where 𝑥𝑥(𝑡𝑡) is the input and 𝑦𝑦(𝑡𝑡) is the output. If the input is excited by a step signal,
determine the zero-input response (natural response), zero-state response (forced response)
and the total response of the system.

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6) For the circuit shown in Figure 6 below, the circuit is excited by a DC voltage source
𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = 8 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) V. Assuming 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (0) = 3 V and 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (0) = −1 A,
a) Develop the s-domain equivalent circuit
b) Determine 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (𝑡𝑡)
4Ω iC (t)
iL (t) +

vin (t) 0.2 H 0.05 F vo (t)

Figure 6

7) For the circuit shown in Figure 7 below, the circuit is excited by a DC voltage source
𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = 10 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) V. Assuming 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (0) = 2 V and 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (0) = 2 A,
a) Develop the s-domain equivalent circuit
b) Determine 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (𝑡𝑡)

4Ω 0.2 H iC (t)
iL (t) +

vin (t) 100 Ω 0.05 F vo (t)

Figure 7

8) For the circuit shown in Figure 8 below, the circuit is excited by a DC voltage
source 𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = 5 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) V. Assuming 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (0) = 2 V and 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (0) = −1 A,
a) Develop the s-domain equivalent circuit
b) Determine 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (𝑡𝑡)

10 Ω 0.5 H
+
iL (t)
vin (t) 0.04 F vo (t)

Figure 8
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9) For the circuit shown in Figure 9 below, the circuit is excited by an impulse current 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) =
𝛿𝛿(𝑡𝑡) 𝐴𝐴. Assuming 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (0) = 5 V and 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (0) = −1 A,
c) Develop the s-domain equivalent circuit
d) Determine 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (𝑡𝑡)

+
iL (t)
iin (t) 0.05 H 0.02 F vo (t) 100 Ω

Figure 9

10) For the circuit shown in Figure 10 below,

10.1) Assuming that the initial current through the inductor and the voltage drop across the
capacitor are both 0,
a) Develop the s-domain equivalent circuit
b) Determine the voltage gain transfer function 𝐻𝐻𝑣𝑣 (𝑠𝑠) = 𝑉𝑉𝑜𝑜 (𝑠𝑠)⁄𝑉𝑉𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑠𝑠) and the admittance
transfer function 𝐻𝐻𝑎𝑎 (𝑠𝑠) = 𝐼𝐼𝐿𝐿 (𝑠𝑠)⁄𝑉𝑉𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑠𝑠)
c) From b), determine 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (𝑡𝑡) and 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (𝑡𝑡) if 𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = 3𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) V

10.2) Assuming 𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = 3𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) V, then the inductor and the capacitor has an initial current
𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (0) = −1𝐴𝐴 and voltage 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (0) = 2𝑉𝑉, respectively
a) Develop the s-domain equivalent circuit
b) Determine 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (𝑡𝑡) and 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (𝑡𝑡) if 𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = 3𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) V

5Ω 5Ω
+ iL (t)

vin (t) 0.02 F vo (t) 0.04 H

Figure 10

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11) For the circuit shown in Figure 11 below, the circuit is excited by an exponential current
source 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (𝑡𝑡) = 𝑒𝑒 −𝑡𝑡 𝑢𝑢(𝑡𝑡) A. Assuming 𝑣𝑣𝑥𝑥 (0) = 2 V and 𝑖𝑖𝐿𝐿 (0) = 1 A,
a) Develop the s-domain equivalent circuit
b) Determine 𝑣𝑣𝑜𝑜 (𝑡𝑡)

+ vx (t) − iL (t)

+
1F
iin (t) 1Ω 1Ω 1H vo (t)

Figure 11

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