In this chapter we continue our introduction to circuit analysis by studying periodic functions in both the time and frequency domains. Any periodic function may be represented as the sum of an infinite number of sine and cosine functions which are harmonically related. The response of the linear network to the general periodic forcing function may be obtained by superposing the partial responses
We consider each term of the Fourier aeries representing the voltage as a single source. The equivalent impedance of the network at no is used to compute the current at that harmonic. XL(n) =noL and XC() =-1/noC The sum of these individual responses is the total response i