Electronic – deriving the transfer function given bode plot

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I have been given the following question on finding the
transfer function from the following bode plot
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I know that the transfer function should look like this
\begin{equation}
H\left(jw\right)\:=\:\frac{k}{\left(jw+10\right)\left(jw+100\right)\left(jw+1000\right)}
\end{equation}
but I don't know if am doing this right, also how to find the value for k.
Thank you for your help.

Best Answer

The magnitude of a transfer function in dB is $$Magnitude=20log_{10}|H(jw)|$$ where H(jw) is the transfer function. Seeing the slopes in the graph shown above, there are poles at 100 and two poles at 1000Hz frequencies. So the transfer function would be $$H(jw)=\frac{k}{(jw+100)(jw+1000)^2}$$ Observe that there are two poles at 1000Hz.

Now at dc frequency/near dc (0.1 rad/s), the gain is 20dB. Gain at 0.1 rad/s is similar to dc frequency considering the pole magnitudes.

Therefore, $$20dB=20log_{10}|H(jw)|$$ $$log_{10}k-log_{10}[100*1000^2]=1$$ Solving we get $$k=10^{9}$$