A digital computer technique for calculating the step response of lumped or distributed networks

Abstract

This pa per d isc usses a tec llniqu e to so lve ste p res pon se probl e ms for lumped or di stribut ed ne twor ks with the a id of a d ig it a l comput e r. Th e Rosenbroc k g ra ph ic a l c urso r tec hni qu e for obt ainin g th e s te l) res pon se from the fre qu e nc y res pon se through th e in ve rse Laplace Tra ns format io n was a dapt ed fo r c ompu te r use. In add iti on, it was Illodifi ed to inc re ase it s acc uracy wh e n used wit h a digital compu te r. Th e re s po nse of a se ri es HLC lum pe d ne t work is compu te d a nd the num e ri ca l so lution is co mpared to the a na lyti c a l so lution. Also , a n ume ri ca l so lution i give n for th e s te p res pon se of a t ra ns miss ion lin c possess in g s kin -cffect me ta l loss a nd De b ye di e lec tric loss.