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LAYLAY, Deanne S.

February 13, 2016

BSECE T31

EEC201L Group 1

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Experiment No. 4 Impedance of RLC Circuits


From the experiment Impedance of RLC Circuits, it can be concluded that
characteristics of an RLC circuit depends on the voltage applied, reactances and frequency
present on a given circuit.
In series RLC circuit, the total impedance offered to current flow is a combination of the
opposition offered by resistance, inductive reactance and capacitive reactance. These reactance
can be calculated using XL = L for inductive and XC = 1/C for capacitive reactance, where is
equal to 2f. Knowing the reactance and resistance, the total circuit impedance (Z) can be
calculated through the square root of the resistance and the difference of inductive and capacitive
reactance. This total impedance is directly proportional to the voltage of the supply and inversely
proportional to the current according to Ohms law. The voltage in a capacitor and inductor can
change if there is an increase in the frequency applied with a constant voltage supply. If the
frequency is low, the voltage of the capacitor is higher than the voltage of the inductor while if
the frequency is high, the voltage of the inductor is higher than the voltage of the capacitor.
Resistor voltage remains relatively the same with small variations in terms of millivolts. When
the voltage of the capacitor is higher than the inductor, the circuit is said to be capacitive and
when the voltage of the inductor is higher than with the capacitor, the circuit is said to be
inductive. An inductive circuit is lagging circuit because the current produces lags at a certain
phase from the voltage source while the capacitive circuit is leading circuit because the current

generated leads the voltage source with an angle. This angle is also known as phase shift that is
with respect to the voltage supply. A positive angle results to a leading circuit, capacitive, while a
negative angle result to a lagging, inductive circuit.
In Parallel RLC Circuit, the total impedance of the circuit is directly proportional to the
voltage of the supply and it is inversely proportional to the total current based in Ohms Law. If
the frequency is low, the current at the inductor is higher than the current at the capacitor while if
the frequency is high, the current at the capacitor is higher than the current at the inductor. The
resistors current remains relatively the same with small variations in terms of milliamperes.
When the current at the capacitor is higher than the inductor, the circuit is capacitive and when
the current at the inductor is higher than the capacitor, the circuit is inductive. An inductive
circuit is a lagging circuit because the current produced lags at a certain angle from the voltage
source while a capacitive circuit is a leading circuit because the current produced leads the
voltage source by a certain angle. This angle is also known as phase shift that is with respect to
the voltage supply. . A positive angle results to a leading circuit, capacitive, while a negative
angle result to a lagging, inductive circuit.

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