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Several examples of the construction of Bode Plots are included in this file.
Click on the transfer function in the table below to jump to that example.
| Examples (Click on
Transfer Function) |
1
(a real pole) |
2
(real poles and zeros) |
3
(pole at origin) |
4
(repeated real poles,
negative constant) |
5
(complex conj.
poles) |
6
(multiple poles at
origin, complex
conj zeros) |
7
(time delay) |
Bode Plot: Example 1
Draw the Bode Diagram for the transfer
function:
Step 1: Rewrite the
transfer function in proper form.
Make both the lowest order term in the numerator and
denominator unity. The numerator is an order 0 polynomial, the
denominator is order 1.
Step 2: Separate the
transfer function into its constituent parts.
The transfer function has 2 components:
- A constant of 3.3
- A pole at s=-30
Step 3: Draw the Bode
diagram for each part.
This is done in the diagram below.
- The constant is the cyan line (A
quantity of 3.3 is equal to 10.4 dB). The phase is constant at 0
degrees.
- The pole at 30 rad/sec is the blue
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then drops off with a
slope of -20
dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break frequency (3 rad/sec)
then drops linearly down to -90 degrees at 10 times the break frequency
(300 rad/sec).
Step 4: Draw the overall Bode diagram by
adding up the results from step 3.
The overall asymptotic plot is the
translucent pink line, the exact response is the black line.
Bode Plot: Example 2
Draw the Bode Diagram for the transfer
function:
Step 1: Rewrite the
transfer function in proper form.
Make both the lowest order term in the numerator and
denominator unity. The numerator is an order 1 polynomial, the
denominator is order 2.
Step 2: Separate the
transfer function into its constituent parts.
The transfer function has 4 components:
- A constant of 0.1
- A pole at s=-10
- A pole at s=-100
- A zero at s=-1
Step 3: Draw the Bode
diagram for each part.
This is done in the diagram below.
- The constant is the cyan line (A
quantity of 0.1 is equal to -20 dB). The phase is constant at 0
degrees.
- The pole at 10 rad/sec is the green
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then drops off with a
slope of -20 dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break frequency (1 rad/sec)
then drops linearly down to -90 degrees at 10 times the break frequency
(100 rad/sec).
- The pole at 100 rad/sec is the blue
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then drops off with a
slope of -20
dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break frequency (10
rad/sec) then drops linearly down to -90 degrees at 10 times the break
frequency (1000 rad/sec).
- The zero at 1 rad/sec is the red
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then rises at 20 dB/dec.
The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break frequency (0.1 rad/sec) then
rises linearly to 90 degrees at 10 times the break frequency (10 rad/sec).
Step 4: Draw the overall Bode diagram by
adding up the results from step 3.
The overall asymptotic plot is the
translucent pink line, the exact response is the black line.
Bode Plot: Example 3
Draw the Bode Diagram for the transfer
function:
Step 1: Rewrite the
transfer function in proper form.
Make both the lowest order term in the numerator and
denominator unity. The numerator is an order 1 polynomial, the
denominator is order 2.
Step 2: Separate the
transfer function into its constituent parts.
The transfer function has 4 components:
- A constant of 33.3
- A pole at s=-3
- A pole at s=0
- A zero at s=-10
Step 3: Draw the Bode
diagram for each part.
This is done in the diagram below.
- The constant is the cyan line (A
quantity of 33.3 is equal to 30 dB). The phase is constant at 0
degrees.
- The pole at 3 rad/sec is the green
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then drops off with a
slope of -20 dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break
frequency (0.3 rad/sec) then drops linearly down to -90 degrees at 10
times the break frequency (30 rad/sec).
- The pole at the origin. It is
a straight line with a slope of -20 dB/dec. It goes through 0 dB at
1 rad/sec. The phase is -90 degrees.
- The zero at 10 rad/sec is the red
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then rises at 20 dB/dec.
The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break frequency (1 rad/sec) then
rises linearly to 90 degrees at 10 times the break frequency (100
rad/sec).
Step 4: Draw the overall Bode diagram by
adding up the results from step 3.
The overall asymptotic plot is the
translucent pink line, the exact response is the black line.
Bode Plot: Example 4
Draw the Bode Diagram for the transfer
function:
Step 1: Rewrite the
transfer function in proper form.
Make both the lowest order term in the numerator and
denominator unity. The numerator is an order 1 polynomial, the
denominator is order 3.
Step 2: Separate the
transfer function into its constituent parts.
The transfer function has 4 components:
- A constant of -10
- A pole at s=-10
- A doubly repeated pole at s=-1
- A zero at the origin
Step 3: Draw the Bode
diagram for each part.
This is done in the diagram below.
- The constant is the cyan line (A
quantity of 10 is equal to 20 dB). The phase is constant at -180
degrees (constant is negative).
- The pole at 10 rad/sec is the blue
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then drops off with a
slope of -20 dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break
frequency then drops linearly down to -90 degrees at 10 times the break
frequency.
- The repeated pole at 1 rad/sec is
the green line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then drops off
with a slope of -40 dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break
frequency then drops linearly down to -180 degrees at 10 times the break
frequency. The magnitude and phase drop twice as steeply as those
for a single pole.
- The zero at the origin is the red
line. It has a slope of +20 dB/dec and goes through 0 dB at 1 rad/sec.
The phase is 90 degrees.
Step 4: Draw the overall Bode diagram by
adding up the results from step 3.
The overall asymptotic plot is the
translucent pink line, the exact response is the black line.
Bode Plot: Example 5
Draw the Bode Diagram for the transfer
function:
Step 1: Rewrite the
transfer function in proper form.
Make both the lowest order term in the numerator and
denominator unity. The numerator is an order 1 polynomial, the
denominator is order 2.
Step 2: Separate the
transfer function into its constituent parts.
The transfer function has 4 components:
- A constant of 6
- A zero at s=-10
- Complex conjugate poles at the roots of s2+3s+50,
with
Step 3: Draw the Bode
diagram for each part.
This is done in the diagram below.
- The constant is the cyan line (A
quantity of 6 is equal to 15.5 dB). The phase is constant at 0 degrees.
- The zero at 10 rad/sec is the green line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then
rises with a
slope of +20 dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break
frequency then rises linearly to +90 degrees at 10 times the break
frequency.
- The plots for the complex conjugate poles are shown in blue. They cause
a peak of:
at a frequency of
This is shown by the blue circle.
The phase goes from the low
frequency asymptote (0 degrees) at
to the high frequency asymptote at
Step 4: Draw the overall Bode diagram by
adding up the results from step 3.
The exact response is the black line.
Bode Plot: Example 6
Draw the Bode Diagram for the transfer
function:
Step 1: Rewrite the
transfer function in proper form.
Make both the lowest order term in the numerator and
denominator unity. The numerator is an order 2 polynomial, the
denominator is order 3.
Step 2: Separate the
transfer function into its constituent parts.
The transfer function has 4 components:
- A constant of 1
- A pole at s=-100
- A repeated pole at the origin (s=0)
- Complex conjugate zeros at the roots of s2+s+25,
with
Step 3: Draw the Bode
diagram for each part.
This is done in the diagram below.
- The constant is the cyan line (A
quantity of 1 is equal to 0 dB). The phase is constant at 0 degrees.
- The pole at 100 rad/sec is the green line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then
falls with a
slope of -20 dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break
frequency then falls linearly to -90 degrees at 10 times the break
frequency.
- The repeated poles at the origin are
shown with the blue line. The slope is -40 dB/decade (because pole
is repeated), and goes through 0 dB at 1 rad/sec. The slope is -180
degrees (again because of double pole).
- The complex zero is shown by the red
line. The zeros give a dip in the magnitude plot of
at a frequency of 5 rad/sec (because
ζ is small, ωr≈ω0). This is shown by the red circle.
The phase goes from the low
frequency asymptote (0 degrees) at
to the high frequency asymptote at
Again, because ζ is so small, this line is close to vertical.
Step 4: Draw the overall Bode diagram by
adding up the results from step 3.
The exact response is the black line.
Bode Plot: Example 7
Draw the Bode Diagram for the transfer
function:
This is the same as "
Example 1," but has a 0.01
second time delay. We have not seen a time delay before this, but we can
easily handle it as we would any other constituent part of the transfer
function. The magnitude and phase of a time delay are described
here.
Step 1: Rewrite the
transfer function in proper form.
Make both the lowest order term in the numerator and
denominator unity. The numerator is an order 0 polynomial, the
denominator is order 1.
Step 2: Separate the
transfer function into its constituent parts.
The transfer function has 3 components:
- A constant of 3.3
- A pole at s=-30
- A time delay of 0.01 seconds (magnitude and phase of time delay described
here).
Step 3: Draw the Bode
diagram for each part.
This is done in the diagram below.
- The constant is the cyan line (A
quantity of 3.3 is equal to 10.4 dB). The phase is constant at 0
degrees.
- The pole at 30 rad/sec is the blue
line. It is 0 dB up to the break frequency, then drops off with a
slope of -20
dB/dec. The phase is 0 degrees up to 1/10 the break frequency (3 rad/sec)
then drops linearly down to -90 degrees at 10 times the break frequency
(300 rad/sec).
- The time delay is the red line. It is 0 dB at all frequencies.
The phase of the time delayis given by -0.01·ω rad, or
-0.01·ω·180/π° (at ω=100 rad/sec, the
phase is -0.01·100·180/π≈-30°). There
is no asymptotic approximation for the phase of a time delay. Though
the equation for the phase is linear with frequency, it looks exponential
on the graph because the horizontal axis is logarithmic.
Step 4: Draw the overall Bode diagram by
adding up the results from step 3.
The exact response is the black line.
