An RLC circuit consists of a resistor, inductor, and capacitor connected in series or parallel. RLC circuits can resonate at a specific frequency called the resonance frequency. At resonance, energy is stored in the electric field of the capacitor and magnetic field of the inductor. The resistance in the circuit will dampen the oscillation over time if there is no driving AC power source. The behavior of a series RLC circuit can be described by a second order differential equation containing factors for the angular frequency and damping of the circuit.
An RLC circuit consists of a resistor, inductor, and capacitor connected in series or parallel. RLC circuits can resonate at a specific frequency called the resonance frequency. At resonance, energy is stored in the electric field of the capacitor and magnetic field of the inductor. The resistance in the circuit will dampen the oscillation over time if there is no driving AC power source. The behavior of a series RLC circuit can be described by a second order differential equation containing factors for the angular frequency and damping of the circuit.
An RLC circuit consists of a resistor, inductor, and capacitor connected in series or parallel. RLC circuits can resonate at a specific frequency called the resonance frequency. At resonance, energy is stored in the electric field of the capacitor and magnetic field of the inductor. The resistance in the circuit will dampen the oscillation over time if there is no driving AC power source. The behavior of a series RLC circuit can be described by a second order differential equation containing factors for the angular frequency and damping of the circuit.
• An RLC circuit is an electrical circuit consisting of a resistor, an
inductor, and a capacitor, connected in series or in parallel. The name of the circuit is derived from the letters that are used to denote the constituent components of this circuit, where the sequence of the components may vary from RLC. RLC circuits can be used as
• Tuning circuits in Radio Communication
• Passive Filters • Voltage Multiplier RLC Circuits • An important property of an RLC circuit is its ability to resonate at a specific frequency, the resonance frequency
• Resonance occurs because of energy stored in an electric field as the
capacitor is charged and in a magnetic field as current flows through the inductor.
• Friction will slowly bring any oscillation to a halt if there is no external
force driving it. Likewise, the resistance in an RLC circuit will "damp" the oscillation, diminishing it with time if there is no driving AC power source in the circuit Series RLC circuit In this circuit, the RLC are in series with the voltage source. The governing differential equation can be found by KVL,
where VR, VL and VC are the voltages across R, L and C
respectively. Substituting the values • For the case where the source is an unchanging voltage, taking the time derivative and dividing by L leads to the following second order differential equation:
This can usefully be expressed in a more generally
applicable form:
α and ω0 are both in units of angular frequency.
• For the case of the series RLC circuit these two parameters are given by
A useful parameter is the damping factor, ζ, which is a ratio of α and ω
The value of the damping factor determines the type of transient that the circuit will exhibit.