DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

ECE 2262 Electric Circuits

LAB # 4
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In-Lab Work
Frequency Response of a series RLC circuit
1. Build this series RLC resonant circuit:

C = 2200 pF, R = 100 , and L = 10 mH,
Using the signal generator and a sinuous waveform you can measure resonance frequency. Connect input
signal to channel 1 of oscilloscope and output to channel 2. By sweeping the input frequency you can find
frequency response of the circuit.
Keep the input peak-peak amplitude at 5V. Fill out this table and determine resonance frequency:

Resonance?
f (KHz) 5 20 30 35 40 50 90
I
o
pp (I)
Plot :
o
versus frequency. You may need some additional measurements around the resonant frequency to
improve your curve:



















~
L
C
v
in

R v
o

+
_

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ECE 2262 Electric Circuits
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2. Find the resonant frequency f
o
and bandwidth from the curve.

Step Response of a Series RLC circuit
3. Simulate the series resonance circuit of first question by MultiSim. Apply a step function input instead
of a sinusoid. Choose the period of the square wave to be at 10 ms. What is the frequency of oscillations
observed in the time response? Submit the output of the circuit by your reports.

4. Build the circuit youve simulated in question 3. The circuit is the same as first question but instead of
sinuous waveform, square waveform applies to the circuit. Draw the output waveform from the
oscilloscope screen. What is the frequency of oscillations observed in the time response?










Volt/Div = ---------------- Time/Div = ----------------




DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ECE 2262 Electric Circuits
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Frequency Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit
Use the parallel RLC circuit shown here with the values:

r = 100 , R=10 k, L=10 mH and C=2200 pF
5. Compute the resonant frequency in this circuit.

6. In this parallel RLC circuit, if resistor r is omitted, the input and output voltages will be equal and its
not possible to measure frequency response the same as series circuit. Resistor r is added to the circuit
for measuring current because the voltage across the resistor is related to its current.
In this circuit, I
B
= r i. Because r << R , by a rough approximation, one can assume I
o
= I
A
. In the
series circuit, input and output voltages were measured. Here output voltage and input current are
measured (by approximation). So connect node A to one channel of oscilloscope and B to the other
one. Keep I
B
constant at 100 mV (or the minimum possible value) and measure I
A
at different
frequencies the same as first question.
Z
n
=
I
n
i
=
I
A
I
B
r
= r
I
A
I
B

From your measurement calculate input impedance and plot it versus frequency. From your plot,
determine the resonance frequency.
Explain why the impedance at resonance is somewhat lower than R (10k)?



DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
ECE 2262 Electric Circuits
LAB # 4
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f (KHz) 5 20 30 34 35 36 40 50 90
I
A
(I)