Experiment Report 1

MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE, CAPACITENCE, INDUCTANCE AND

RESONANT FREQUENCIES OF RLC USING OSCILLOSCOPE

Verification of the instructors

Name: Trần Phương Linh
Student ID: 20211235
Class: 723663
Group: 4

I. EXPERIMENT RESULTS.
1.Resistance Measurement:
Trial f (Hz) R(Ω)
1 525,84 2135
2 1180 2208
3 1533 2172

2.Capacitance Measurement:
Trial f (Hz) ZC = RO (Ω)
1 1044 228
2 2055 114
3 3001 81

3.Inductance Measurement
Trial f (Hz) ZL = RO (Ω)
1 5000 1121
2 10110 2394
3 15030 4000

4.Determination of Resonant Frequency:

Trial Series RLC Parallel RLC
1 1027 (Hz) 1030 (Hz)
2 1028 (Hz) 1031 (Hz)
3 1022 (Hz) 1029 (Hz)
II. Data Analysis:
1.Resistance Measurement:
We have R X =R0
3

∑ Ri
R x = i=1 =2171.7(Ω)
3

√∑ (
3
2
R xi−R x )
i=1
Δ Rx ≈ S . D ≈ =17.2(Ω)
3

Hence:
R x =2172.7 ± 17.2(Ω)

2.Capacitence Measurement:
1 1
Z x= =R 0 hence CX=
2 πf C x 2 πf R0
−7 −7
C 1=6.7 ×10 (F) ; C 2=6.8 ×10 (F) ; C 3=6.5 ×10−7 (F)
3

∑ C xi
C X = i=1 =6.7 × 10−7 (F )
3

√∑
3
Δ C X ≈ S . D≈ ¿¿¿¿¿
i=1

Hence:
−7
C X = ( 6 ,7 ± 0.1 ) ×10 (F)

3.Inductance Measurement:
R0
Z L =2 πf . Lx =R0 hence L x=
2 πf

We have:
−2
L1=3.5 ×10 (H)
−2
L2=3.7 ×10 (H )
 −2
L3=4.2× 10 (H )
3

∑ L xi
L x = i=1 =3.8 ×10−2( H )
3

√∑
3
2
(L xi−L x )
i=1 −2
Δ L x ≈ S . D≈ =0.2 ×10 (H )
3

Hence:
−2
L X =(3.8 ± 0.2)× 10 (H )

4.Determination of Resonant Frequency:

a. Series RLC Circuit:
3

∑ f xi
f x = i=1 =1026 (Hz)
3

√∑ (
3
2
f Xi −f X )
i=1
Δ f x≈ S.D ≈ =1.5 ( Hz)
3

Hence:
f X− Series=1026 ± 1.5(Hz)

b. Parallel RLC Circuit:

3

∑ f xi
f X= i=1 =1030(Hz)
3

√
3

∑ ( f Xi−f X )2
i=1
Δ f X ≈ S . D≈ =0.5(Hz)
3

Hence:
f X−¿ =1030 ± 0.5(Hz)
c. Theoretical Result and Conclusion
1
f=
2 π √ LC
1
f X= =997.4(Hz)
2 π √ 6.7 ×10−7 ×3.8 ×10−2

Δ f X ≈ S . D≈ 997.4 ×
√( )(
3.14
×
2 3.8 )(
0.01 2 −1 0.2 2 −1 0.1 2
+ + ×
2 6.7 )
=27.5( Hz)

Hence:
f X−Theoretical =997.4 ± 27.5 ( Hz )

We can see that:

The theoretical result of resonant frequency is approximately equal to the directly measured
results. We can see that the RLC circuit (with properly small resistance) becomes a good
approximation to an ideal LC circuit.