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Finding cutoff frequency with Short/Open Circuit Time Constant

BlackMelon

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As in the attached circuit, you should look at the file "OTC.jpg" first because the problem statement and the circuit are in there. I solved for cutoff frequencies, and I got a lower cut off frequency greater than a higher cut off frequency.
Is there anything wrong?

Thanks :)
 

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Laplace

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I tried making a Bode plot of the circuit the old-fashioned way. Just what points on that graph do you think you are calculating?
Bode88.png
 

BlackMelon

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I'm finding both lower and upper corner frequencies by using open circuit time constant (for the upper one) and short circuit time constant (for the lower one) technique. I wonder why I've got a lower corner freq. greater than the upper

PS:Thanks for the Bode plot. I usually use MATLAB to do so. What kind of program do you love to use?
 

Laplace

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The symbolic algebra engine I use is MathCad 15 running in a Windows 7 virtual machine on my CentOS 7 Linux computer. Have just installed the Linux version of Maple 2015 and am trying to learn how to use that.
 

LvW

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I'm finding both lower and upper corner frequencies by using open circuit time constant (for the upper one) and short circuit time constant (for the lower one) technique. I wonder why I've got a lower corner freq. greater than the upper
Can you tell us upon which rule your method (open circuit/short circuit) is based on?
 
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