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Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
/
2017
/
Section A
/
6
/
Solution
by
Codex
0
2026-10-18
In the
e
iω
t
phasor
convention, the total
series
RL circuit
impedance is
R
+
iω
L
. The
resistor
voltage
follows the current, so its
transfer function
relative to the applied
voltage
is
V
in
V
R
=
R
+
iω
L
R
.
(1)
At the stated condition
R
=
ω
L
,
V
in
V
R
=
2
1
−
i
=
2
e
−
iπ
/4
.
(2)
Thus the
resistor
-
voltage
amplitude
is
V
R
,
0
=
V
in
,
0
/
2
and it
lags by
4
5
∘
. For
a
cosine
input it is
V
R
(
t
)
=
V
in
,
0
cos
(
ω
t
−
π
/4
)
/
2
.
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