By Matthew Jackson and Alex Trinh Team 25

To demonstrate the occurrence of resonance and electrical circuits To demonstrate the effect of parasitic capacitance on a circuit

Tendency of a system to oscillate at a very large amplitude at some frequency Occurs when system is able to store/transfer energy between two or more storage modes Peak depends on the resistance of the circuit

Impedance

Voltage across Resistor

Amplitude

Impedance is minimum and current is maximum Phase difference given by:

When phase difference is zero and amplitude is maximum:

Resonance frequency:

R = (216 4) L = (98.3 2) mH; (7.4 0.4) C = (10 2) nF Digital Storage Oscilloscope Oscillator

Calculated Theoretical Resonance Frequency: 5076 Hz Peak-to-peak voltages were measured using the Digital Storage Oscilloscope Voltage increase was required for low frequencies to reduce noise Voltage decreased for frequencies near resonance

Results
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VR/V0 vs Frequency
Theoretical Resonance Frequency: 5076 Hz Resonance Frequency: 4.99 kHz Peak VR/V0: 0.92

VR/V0

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Frequency

Current is small at low frequencies due to high reactance of capacitor. was used Current decreases again at high frequencies due to high reactance of inductor. was used Discrepancy at 60 kHz as current should go to zero

RL Circuit behaved as if it was a parallel LCR circuit at discrepancy Might have some internal capacitance, which may explain the discrepancy in results

Windings of inductor creates its own capacitance when there is potential difference Can be seen as connected in parallel with inductor Negligible at low frequencies, only noticeable at high frequencies Internal capacitor: (103 2) pF

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VR/V0 vs Frequency
Theoretical Resonance Frequency: 5076 Hz Resonance Frequency: 4.99 kHz Peak VR/V0: 0.92

VR/V0

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Capacitance: 103pF

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Frequency

Aim was to explore the concept of resonance and parasitic capacitance Resonance is tendency for a system to oscillate at high amplitudes Experimental Resonance Frequency: 4.99 kHz Theoretical Resonance Frequency: 5.076 kHz Inductors Capacitance: 103 pF