Electronic – How is H(jw) = jw correspond to a slope on bode plot

bode plot

I cant understand how H(jw) = jw always intersects at "1" , also how the slope of the line is 20dB, Kindly explain, im having a hard time understanding because in book such stuff is not discussed,only a straight foward graph is given for individual components such as \$H(jw)=jw\$ and so on.

Best Answer

For a transfer function \$H(j\omega) = j\omega\$, we can clearly see that \$|H| = \omega\$, and \$\arg{H} = \frac{\pi}{2}\$. For a magnitude plot, we care about \$|H|\$.

Remember that a Bode plot has axes showing logarithmic frequency and logarithmic gain; moreover note that a decade (factor of 10) change in a value corresponds to a 20-dB change on the decibel scale.

Because the magnitude of \$H\$ is simply \$\omega\$, multiplying frequency by 10 (a decade) will multiply the magnitude response by a factor of 10 as well (which corresponds to adding 20 dB). Thus it's evident that the slope of this Bode plot will be 20 dB/decade.

The reason you take the intersection at \$\omega = 1\$ is simply because \$|H(j1)| = 1\$, and unity gain is the same thing as zero decibels of gain.

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