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Operator Method
The operator method involves replacing the system of differential equations describing a given circuit with a system of algebraic equations in the variable s
Solution procedure:
- Compute the initial conditions by solving the system in the pre-switching state
- Replace the elements with their operator versions
- Solve the newly formed system
- Compute the inverse transform
Operator Schemes for RLC Elements
Resistor
\begin{aligned}
& u_R(t)=R i_R(t) \\
& \mathcal{L}\left[u_R(t)\right]=\mathcal{L}\left[R i_R(t)\right]\\
& U_R(s)=R I_R(s)\\
\end{aligned}
Inductor

Capacitor

Computing the Inverse Transform
For the overwhelming majority of considered circuits, the transform can be written in the form:
The roots of the numerator \(L(s)=0\) are called the function's zeros
The roots of the denominator \(M(s)=0\) are called the function's poles
To compute the original of such a transform, we can use the formulas listed below:
No. | Transform | Roots | Original |
---|---|---|---|
\(1\) | \(F(s)=\frac{L(s)}{M(s)} \) | real or complex roots of the denominator | \(f(t)=\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{L\left(s_k\right)}{M^{\prime}\left(s_k\right)} \mathrm{e}^{S_k t}\) |
\(2 \) | \(F(s)=\frac{L(s)}{s M(s)} \) | real roots of the denominator and one s=0 (zero) | \(f(t)=\frac{L(0)}{M(0)}+\sum_{k=1}^m \frac{L\left(s_k\right)}{s_k M^{\prime}\left(s_k\right)} \mathrm{e}^{S_k t}\) |
\(3\) | \(F(s)=\frac{L(s)}{M(s)}\) | double root of the denominator | \(f(t)=\operatorname{res}_{s=s_k}\left[\frac{L(s)}{M(s)}\right]=\lim _{s \rightarrow s_k} \frac{d}{d s}\left[\frac{L(s)}{M(s)}\left(s-s_k\right)^2 \mathrm{e}^{s t}\right]\) |
\(4 \) | \(F(s)=\frac{L(s)}{M(s)} \) | complex conjugate poles | \(f(t)=2 \operatorname{Re}\left[\frac{L\left(s_k\right)}{M^{\prime}\left(s_k\right)} \mathrm{e}^{S_k t}\right]\) |
\(5 \) | \( F(s)=\frac{L(s)}{s M(s)} \) | complex conjugate poles and one s=0 | \(f(t)=\frac{L(0)}{M(0)}+2 \operatorname{Re}\left[\frac{L\left(s_k\right)}{s_k M^{\prime}\left(s_k\right)} \mathrm{e}^{S_k t}\right]\) |
Example 1
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Using the operator method, determine the voltage \(u_c(t)\)

Data: \(E_1=300 V, E_2=100 V, R_1=15 \Omega, R_2=25 \Omega, R_3=30 \Omega, C=50 mF=50 \cdot 10^{-3} F, L=2 H\)
Solution
Solution for pre-switching state (to determine boundary conditions):

Replace the elements with their operator descriptions, calculate using the nodal analysis method:

As you can see, \(u_C(s)=V\), so we just need to calculate the inverse transform:
As you can see, this is variant 2 from the table:
We just need to calculate: