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Signal Flow Graphs
Introduction:
• Signal-flow graphs are an alternative to block diagrams.
• Signal flow graphs are a pictorial representation of the simultaneous equations
describing a system.
• Signal flow graphs display the transmission of signals through the system, as
does the block diagrams, but it is easier to draw and easier to manipulate than
the block diagrams.
• Unlike block diagrams, which consist of blocks, signals, summing junctions,
and pickoff points, a signal-flow graph consists only of branches, which
represent systems, and nodes, which represent signals.
Fundamentals of Signal Flow Graphs:
• Consider a simple equation below and draw its signal flow graph:
Xi = AijXj
• The signal flow graph of the equation is shown below;
• The variables Xi and Xj are represented by a small dot or circle called a Node.
• The transmission function Aij is represented by a line with an arrow called a Branch.
• The Node Xi is called input node and Node Xj is called output node.
Signal Flow Graph of Ohm’s Law:
• The Ohm’s law state that E = RI, where
E is a voltage,
I is a current, and
R is a resistance.
• The value of the variable designated by a node is equal to the sum of all signals
entering the node. This can be represented as;
• Example: The signal flow graph for the equation of a line in rectangular
coordinates, Y = mX + b, is given below. Since b is a constant it may be represent a
node or a transmission function.
2. The Transmission Rule:
• Example: The signal flow graph of the simultaneous equations Y = 10X, Z = -20Y,
is given in
Terminologies:
a) Input node.
b) Output node.
c) Forward paths.
d) Feedback paths.
e) Self loop.
f) Determine the loop gains of the feedback loops.
g) Determine the path gains of the forward paths.
Example-2: Answers
Example-3: Consider the signal flow graph below and identify the following;
• Nontouching loops;
1.
Mason’s Rule (Mason, 1953)
• The block diagram reduction technique requires successive application of
fundamental relationships in order to arrive at the system transfer function.
• On the other hand, Mason’s rule for reducing a signal-flow graph to a single transfer
function requires the application of one formula.
• The formula was derived by S. J. Mason when he related the signal-flow graph to the
simultaneous equations that can be written from the graph.
Mason’s Rule:
• The transfer function, T = C(s)/R(s), of a system represented by a signal-flow graph
is;
Where
• Two loops, paths, or loop and a path are said to be nontouching if they have no
nodes in common.
• ∆ is called the signal flow graph determinant or characteristic function. Since ∆=0 is
the system characteristic equation.
Example-4: Construct the signal flow graph of the block diagram of the
canonical feedback control system and find the control ratio C/R.
• There are four variables in the equations (i.e., x1,x2,x3,and x4) therefore four nodes are
required to construct the signal flow graph.
• Arrange these four nodes from left to right and connect them with the associated branches.
• The signal flow graph of the above block diagram is shown below.
• Because the loops touch the nodes of P1, • Hence the control ratio T = C/R is
hence
• The two forward paths gains are • No loops are non-touching, hence
• The two feedback loop gains are • Because both paths touch the feedback
loops at both interior nodes , hence
• The only forward path gain is • The signal flow graph is shown in the figure.
• The signal flow graph of the above block diagram is shown in the figure below.