Transfer Functions

The following sections are included:

• Transfer Functions

• The Frequency Response of a System

• Bode Plots

• The Time Response of Certain “Typical” Systems

  • First Order Systems

  • Second Order Systems

• Three Important Devices and Their Transfer Functions

  • The Operational Amplifier (op amp)

  • The DC Motor

  • The “Simple Satellite”

• Block Diagrams and How to Manipulate Them

• A Final Example

• Exercises