KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
High-frequency behaviour of electrical
Components
Rajeev Thottappillil
MODULE 3.4
High-frequency or Non-ideal behavior of components
Conductors [MODULE 3.1]
Capacitors [MODULE 3.2]
Inductors
Resistors
Mechanical switches [MODULE 3.3]
Transformers
Exercises [MODULE 3.4]
1) Numerical example – performance of resistors with frequency
(same package and construction assumed)
Parasitic capacitance and
inductance
Resonant frequency
For low value resistors the inductive reactance became dominant even before the resonant
frequency is reached. For example, at 1 MHz, a 20 nH inductance has an impedance of 0.125 Ω.
If the nominal value of the resistor is 0.1 Ω, the resistor is behaving mostly as an inductance.
2. Find the resistance and internal inductance of a round wire of radius 0.5
mm made of
a) Copper (=5.8x107 S/m, =1)
b) Aluminium (= 0.6, =1), and
c) Iron (= 0.1, = 500)
at frequencies 50 Hz, 1 kHz, 1MHz and 1 GHz.
3. Compute the loop inductance of a rectangular loop of dimensions 20 mm x 5
mm (representing typical leads of a component) by calculating self-partial
inductances and mutual-partial inductances. Also calculate the inductance
assuming it to be a parallel wire transmission line of length 20 mm and find the
difference between the two inductance calculations (radius of the wire=0.4 mm).
4. Suppose ten metal-film resistors of 10 ohm value are connected in parallel to
construct a shunt of 1 ohm. The lead inductance and capacitance of each resistor
is 3 nH, and 1 pF, respectively. If the current flowing in the circuit was measured by
measuring the voltage drop across the shunt, find the error in the current
measurement at a frequency of 100 MHz.
5. A component is measured and found to
have an impedance whose asymptotic
frequency response (bode plot) is as shown.
Synthesize an equivalent circuit to represent
this impedance. Write the values of the circuit
elements.