TRANSIENTS

Although source-free circuits are by definition free of independent sources, they may have
dependent sources.
The natural response of a circuit refers to the behavior (in terms of voltages and currents) of the
circuit itself, with no external sources of excitation.
To find the time constant from the response curve, draw the tangent to the curve. The tangent
intercepts with the time axis at t=.
Singularity functions are functions that either are discontinuous or have discontinuous
derivatives.
A second-order circuit may have two storage elements of different type or the same type
(provided elements of the same type cannot be represented by an equivalent single element).