CHARACTERISTICS OF RLC SERIES AC CIRCUIT

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this experiment is to analyze the RLC series AC circuit.

APPARATUS/COMPONENTS REQUIRED

 BASIC TRAINER (DEV-2769)

 DC Power Supply
 Multi-meter
 Resistors
 Connecting wires

THEORY

An RLC circuit (or LCR circuit) is an electrical circuit consisting of a resistor, an inductor,
and a capacitor, connected in series or in parallel. The RLC part of the name is due to
those letters being the usual electrical symbols for resistance, inductance and
capacitance respectively. The circuit forms a harmonic oscillator for current and will
resonate in just the same way as an LC circuit will. The difference that the presence of
the resistor makes is that any oscillation induced in the circuit will die away over time if
it is not kept going by a source. This effect of the resistor is called damping. Some
resistance is unavoidable in real circuits, even if a resistor is not specifically included as a
component. A pure LC circuit is an ideal which really only exists in theory.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

PROCEDURE

 Connect the circuit according to circuit diagram.

  Set the AC supply to 20V by using DMM. Pick the resistor, inductor and capacitor having values
100Ω, 30mH and 10µF.
 Calculate the total current IT.
 Measure voltage across each resistor V R, inductor VL and capacitor Vc with DMM and record it in
the Table.
 Calculate inductive reactance Xl, capacitive reactance XC, power factor P, impedance Z, and
phase angle Ø.

OBSERVATIONS & READINGS

MEASURED VALUES
VT VR VL VC IT

CALCULATED VALUES
XL XC P Z Ø

CALCULATIONS

PRECAUTIONS

 Pay full attention in lab.

 Handle the trainer and multimeter properly.
 Insert the components properly in breadboard.
 Do not disassemble your circuit until your Instructor has been signed off as complete.
 After completion of the lab, switch off the power supply and return the apparatus.

CHARACTERISTICS OF RLC PARALLEL AC CIRCUIT

OBJECTIVE
 The objective of this experiment is to analyze the RLC parallel AC circuit.

APPARATUS/COMPONENTS REQUIRED

 BASIC TRAINER (DEV-2769)

 DC Power Supply
 Multi-meter
 Resistors
 Connecting wires

THEORY

The properties of the parallel RLC circuit can be obtained from the duality relationship of
electrical circuits and considering that the parallel RLC is the dual impedance of a series
RLC. From this consideration is immediately obtained the result that the differential
equations describing this circuit will be identical to the general form of those describing
a series RLC.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

PROCEDURE

 Connect the circuit according to circuit diagram.

 Set the AC supply to 20V by using DMM. Pick the resistor, inductor and capacitor having values
100Ω, 30mH and 10µF.
 Calculate the total Voltage VT.
 Measure current across resistor VR, inductor VL and capacitor Vc with DMM and record it in the
Table.
  Calculate inductive reactance Xl, capacitive reactance XC, power factor P, impedance Z, and
phase angle Ø.

OBSERVATIONS & READINGS

MEASURED VALUES
IT IR IL IC

CALCULATED VALUES
XL XC P Z Ø

CALCULATIONS

PRECAUTIONS

 Pay full attention in lab.

 Handle the trainer and multimeter properly.
 Insert the components properly in breadboard.
 Do not disassemble your circuit until your Instructor has been signed off as complete.
 After completion of the lab, switch off the power supply and return the apparatus.