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College of Engineering
Mechatronics Department

ENGG611 – ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THEORY 2

Laboratory Experiment No 2
DESIGN OF SERIES/PARALLEL COMBINATION
RESISTANCE, INDUCTANCE AND CAPACITANCE
CIRCUITS

Student Name: hussain mohammed baqer bh19500927

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Introduction
Simple circuits (ones with only a few components) are usually fairly
straightforward for beginners to understand. But, things can get sticky when other
components come to the party. Where's the current going? What's the voltage
doing? Can this be simplified for easier understanding? Fear not, intrepid reader.
Valuable information follows.
In this tutorial, we’ll first discuss the difference between series circuits and
parallel circuits, using circuits containing the most basic of components resistors
and batteries to show the difference between the two configurations. We’ll then
explore what happens in series and parallel circuits when you combine different
types of components, such as capacitors and inductors.

Theory

The analysis of a parallel RLC circuits can be a little more mathematically

difficult than for series RLC circuits so in this tutorial about parallel RLC circuits

only pure components are assumed in this tutorial to keep things simple. This time

instead of the current being common to the circuit components, the applied

voltage is now common to all so we need to find the individual branch currents

through each element. The total impedance, Z of a parallel RLC circuit is

calculated using the current of the circuit similar to that for a DC parallel circuit,

the difference this time is that admittance is used instead of impedance. Consider

the parallel RLC circuit illustrated in Figure 1. The AC voltage source is

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Unlike the series RLC circuit, the instantaneous voltages across all three circuit

elements R, L, and C are the same, and each voltage is in phase with the current

through the resistor. However, the currents through each element will be different.

The current in the resistor is

where The voltage across the inductor is

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which gives

where and is the inductive reactance. Similarly, the voltage across the capacitor is

where and is the capacitive reactance. Using Kirchhoff’s junction rule, the total

current in the circuit is simply the sum of all three currents.

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Resonance Frequency:

Where

 L = Inductance of inductor
 C = Capacitance of capacitor

Quality Factor:

Bandwidth:

The bandwidth formula for the series rlc

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circuit is B.W=R/L.

Resonant Circuit Current:

Resonance occurs in a parallel RLC circuit when the total circuit current is “in-
phase” with the supply voltage as the two reactive components cancel each other
out. At resonance the admittance of the circuit is at its minimum and is equal to
the conductance of the circuit.
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Frequency For Parallel RLC Circuit:

Resonant Radian Frequency For Parallel RLC Circuit:

Characteristic Equation:
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TOOLS:

 Multisim
 Ac source
 Resister
 Capacitor
 Inductor

Design
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Calculations
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Conclusion:
the initial current running through the circuit is provided by the charged
capacitor. However, this initial current undergoes damping due to the
resistor in place, and the current running through the circuit pretty
approaches zero pretty quickly.
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