Bode Plots
Bode Plots
The frequency-response method of analysis and design is a powerful technique for the Typical bode plot for transfer function
comprehensive study of a system by conventional methods. Performance requirements
can be readily expressed in terms of the frequency response.
Since noise, which is always present in any system, can result in poor overall performance, the
frequency-response characteristics of a system permit evaluation of the effect of noise.
For a given control system, the frequency response of the controlled variable is
Bode plot permits a simple method for obtaining an approximate log-magnitude curve
of the transfer function. It is based on straight-line asymptotic approximations, which is This quantity is called the log magnitude, abbreviated Lm.
adequate for the rough sketch of the frequency response characteristics needed in the
design stage. And when exact curves are needed, corrections can be easily incorporated
to these basic asymptotic plots.
The use of logarithmic scale makes it possible to display both the low- and high- Decibels (dB). The unit commonly used for the logarithm of the magnitude.
frequency
it is convenient to use Bode diagram for plotting the frequency-response data Octave and decade
obtained experimentally for a system for the estimation of transfer function. An octave is a frequency band from f1 to f2, where f2/f1 = 2.
Once the logarithmic plots of these basic factors are known, it will be convenient to add
A very attractive advantage of using logarithmic plot for the frequency response of their contributions graphically to get the composite plot of the multiplying factors of G( j)H(
transfer function is that multiplication of magnitudes contributed by individual factors j),since the product of terms become additions of their logarithms.
can be converted into addition It will be discovered soon that in the logarithmic scale, the actual amplitude and phase
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The amplitude plot may be approximated by two straight lines, (i) one with a slope of
20 db/decade and passing through frequency = 1/T, known as corner frequency,
(ii) the other is coincident with 0 db line.
The actual plot approaches asymptotically to these straight lines and has a maximum error
of 3 db occurring at the corner frequency. It is to be noted that the positive sign in the
above and subsequent relations are considered for positive power of the factor whereas the
negative sign are to be taken for negative power of the factor.
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Find Bode plot, when G(s).H(s) =
s 2 (1 0.125s)(1 0.1s)