Response Times
for Real Poles
Real poles will have components in the response that are of the form:
When trying to estimate
response time in these systems the important thing is the exponentially
decaying term. That's the e-t/t
term.
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The exponential decays
to
5% of the
original value in 3
time constants.
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The exponential decays
to
1% of the
original value in 4.6
time constants.