Measurement of Unknown

Inductance by Anderson Bridge

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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MEASUREMENT OF INDUCTANCE BY ANDERSON BRIDGE
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INTRODUCTION

To determine the unknown inductance by Anderson Bridge in terms of known capacitance

and resistance.

Apparatus Required

1. Anderson Bridge Trainer kit

2. CRO/Digital Multimeter with AC Current measurement
3. Function Generator
4. Unknown Inductance

Anderson bridge:

Anderson bridge is an important modification of Maxwell method. This bridge is used to

measure unknown frequency in terms of known capacitance and resistance.

Anderson method is capable of precise measurements of inductance over a wide range of

values from a few micro henrys to several henrys. In this bridge double balance can obtain
by fixing the value of capacitance and changing the electrical resistance only.

Figure gives the circuit diagram of Anderson bridge. In this circuit the unknown inductor is
connected between the point a and b with electrical resistance s (which is pure resistive).
The arms ac,cd and da consist of resistance p,q and r respectively which are purely resistive
.

Advantage of Anderson’s bridge:

1. It very easy to obtain the balance point in Anderson’s bridge as compare to Maxwell
bridge in case of low frequency factor coils.
2. There is no need variables standard capacitor is required instead of thin a fixed value
capacitor is used.
3. This bridge also gives accurate result for determination of capacitor in terms of
inductance.
Disadvantage of Anderton’s bridge:

1. The equation for inductor in this bridge is more complex as compared to Maxwell’s
bridge.
2. The addition of capacitor junction increases complexity as well as difficulty of
shielding the bridge.

: ANDERSON BRIDGE

FORMULA:
R2,R3,R4 = is fixed resistor
Lx = Inductance unknown
C =Variable capacitor
r = variable unknown resistor
R4 = R2 R4
R3
Inductance of a given coil is = Lx = C R4( r+R2+rR2/R3)
= C R4(R2+2r)
Description
Anderson’s bridge is the most accurate bridge used for the measurement
of self – inductance over a wide range of values, from a few micro-Henries to several
Henries. In this method the unknown self-inductance is measured in terms of known
Capacitance and resistances, by comparison. It is a modification of Maxwell’s L - C
Bridge. In this bridge, double balance is obtained by the variation of resistances only, the
Value of capacitance being fixed.

Procedure:
 Apply 1Khz AC Sine wave signal source by using function generator with the
amplitude of 5V.
 Now connect the function generator to the input of Anderson bridge Vs.Input
 Connect CRO to the detector output.
 R2,R3,R4 are known values of 1K with fixed values.
 Now Vary the resistance R1 with corresponding to the values of R2,R3,R4(R1=
R2R4/R3)
 Now keep the capacitance C to the fixed value.
 Vary the resistance (r) respectively to obtain the balance condition.
 Observe the values in the tabular column.

TABULATION:
Sl.no Capacitor C Resistor R1 Resistor (r) L= C R4(R2+2r)mH Standard Value
µF Ω Ω Calculated value (L) mH
1.
2.
3.
4.

Result
The value of unknown Inductance is found out using Anderson bridge.