DEMONSTRATION OF

SERIES AND
PARALLEL
RESONANCE
 SERIES RESONANCE
• Resonance occurs in a series circuit when the supply frequency causes the
voltages across L and C to be equal and opposite in phase
• A resonant circuit consists of R, L, and C elements and whose frequency
response characteristic changes with changes in frequency.
• In this tutorial we will look at the frequency response of a series resonance
circuit and see how to calculate its resonant and cut-off frequencies.
• Series Resonance circuits are one of the most important circuits used
electrical and electronic circuits.
• They can be found in various forms such as in AC mains filters, noise filters
and also in radio and television tuning circuits producing a very selective
tuning circuit for the receiving of the different frequency channels.
 PARALLEL RESONANCE
• If the resonance occurs in parallel RLC circuit, then it is called as Parallel Resonance.
Consider the following parallel RLC circuit, which is represented in phasor domain.
• Here, the passive elements such as resistor, inductor and capacitor are connected in
parallel. This entire combination is in parallel with the input sinusoidal current source.
•  Both are 3-element networks that contain two reactive components making them a
second-order circuit, both are influenced by variations in the supply frequency and
both have a frequency point where their two reactive components cancel each other out
influencing the characteristics of the circuit. Both circuits have a resonant frequency
point.
• At resonance there will be a large circulating current between the inductor and the
capacitor due to the energy of the oscillations, then parallel circuits produce current
resonance.