This document discusses variable frequency response analysis and Bode plots. Key points include:
- Network performance is examined as a function of frequency rather than assuming a constant frequency. Impedances of components like resistors, inductors, and capacitors vary with frequency.
- Bode plots can display magnitude and phase information of a network's frequency response on logarithmic scales.
- Transfer functions relate the input and output of a network and can be computed using techniques like Thevenin's theorem. Poles and zeros determine the shape of the frequency response.
- MATLAB can be used to compute Bode plots from the transfer function of a network. A learning example analyzes the frequency response of a proposed stereo amplifier circuit.