Feb 25, 2012 #1 A allanvv Advanced Member level 4 Joined Oct 23, 2010 Messages 108 Helped 14 Reputation 28 Reaction score 12 Trophy points 1,298 Location USA Activity points 2,078 I'm calculating 1/(w*imag(y11)) to view inductance. However, using two different equations gets different results at DC: Red curve: -1/(2*pi*w*imag(Y11) Blue curve: 1/(2*pi*w) * imag(1/Y11) Why are they different? The blue one is correct at DC and doesn't have have huge spikes.
I'm calculating 1/(w*imag(y11)) to view inductance. However, using two different equations gets different results at DC: Red curve: -1/(2*pi*w*imag(Y11) Blue curve: 1/(2*pi*w) * imag(1/Y11) Why are they different? The blue one is correct at DC and doesn't have have huge spikes.
Feb 25, 2012 #2 A albbg Advanced Member level 4 Joined Nov 7, 2009 Messages 1,311 Helped 448 Reputation 898 Reaction score 409 Trophy points 1,363 Location Italy Activity points 9,985 -1/imag is generally different from imag(1/y). In fact y is a complex variable, we can represents as y=a+j*b then: -1/imag = -1/b imag(1/y) = imag[1/(a+j*b)] = imag[(a-j*b)/(a²+b²)] = -b/(a²+b²) -1/imag = imag(1/y) if and only if a=0 since L=imag(Z)/(2*pi*f) and y=1/Z ==> L = imag(1/y)/(2*pi*f)
-1/imag is generally different from imag(1/y). In fact y is a complex variable, we can represents as y=a+j*b then: -1/imag = -1/b imag(1/y) = imag[1/(a+j*b)] = imag[(a-j*b)/(a²+b²)] = -b/(a²+b²) -1/imag = imag(1/y) if and only if a=0 since L=imag(Z)/(2*pi*f) and y=1/Z ==> L = imag(1/y)/(2*pi*f)
Feb 26, 2012 #3 A allanvv Advanced Member level 4 Joined Oct 23, 2010 Messages 108 Helped 14 Reputation 28 Reaction score 12 Trophy points 1,298 Location USA Activity points 2,078 Thanks. Now I'm trying to use the regular definition of Q as -imag(y11)/real(y11) to get Q at resonance. However, isn't imag(y11) = 0 at resonance? How do you evalulate Q this way? edit: Nevermind, I figured this out. Last edited: Feb 26, 2012
Thanks. Now I'm trying to use the regular definition of Q as -imag(y11)/real(y11) to get Q at resonance. However, isn't imag(y11) = 0 at resonance? How do you evalulate Q this way? edit: Nevermind, I figured this out.