LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

This chapter is on obtaining solution of ac linear differential equations of first and second order. Linear circuits can be described by linear differential equations, and hence it is necessary to learn how to solve linear differential equations. The treatment of the topic is fairly thorough, since the solution to almost every type of problem that may be encountered is provided. It means that there is a fair amount of repetition.

The sections in this chapter are on:

• Homogeneous response,
• Commonly used excitation signals ,
• Particular Solution ,
• Unit-step Response,
• Impulse Response,
• Ramp Response,
• Response to Exponential Input,
• Response to Sinusoidal Input, and
• Response to Complex Sinusoid Input .

The chapter also presents quite a few examples.The next chapter is on the use of Laplace Transforms.