Experiment Report 1
MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE, CAPACITENCE,
INDUCTANCE AND RESONANT FREQUENCIES OF RLC
                           USING OSCILLOSCOPE
Class: 736043 - PH1026                             Verification of the instructors
Group: 3
Name: Hong Huy Hoang
Student ID: 20227813
 I.      EXPERIMENTAL MOTIVATIONS:
      - Understand a typical circuit
      - Learn how to use electrical equipment including oscilloscope and function
         generator
      - Improving experimental skills.
II.      EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS:
      1. Resistance Measurement:
           Trial                       f (Hz)                       R(Ω)
               1                         500                        2201
               2                       1000                         2200
               3                       1500                         2206
      2. Capacitance Measurement:
         Trial              f (Hz)                 R (Ω)                    1
                                                                   CX=           (F)
                                                                         2 πf R0
                                                                                 −7
           1                1000                   239                6.37 ×10
                                                                                 −7
           2                2000                   119                6.63 ×10
                                                                                 −7
           3                3000                    79                6.63 ×10
      3. Inductance Measurement:
                                               1
             Trial                          f (Hz)               R (Ω)                  R0
                                                                                L x=        (H )
                                                                                       2 πf
                                                                                            −3
              1                              1000                2504            3.50 ×10
                                                                                            −3
              2                              1500                4167            3.66 ×10
                                                                                            −3
              3                              2000                6180            3.50 ×10
       4. Determination of Resonant Frequency:
               Trial                           Series RLC (Hz)           Parallel RLC (Hz)
                   1                                  1017                     1012
                   2                                  1005                     1009
                   3                                  1010                     1016
III.         Data Analysis:
       1. Resistance Measurement:
We have: R X =R0
        3
       ∑ Ri
R x = i=1      =2163(Ω)
        3
                   √∑ (
                       3
                                      2
                             R xi−R x )
                       i=1
Δ Rx ≈ S . D ≈                            =12(Ω)
                             √3
Hence:
                                          R x =2163 ±12(Ω)
       2. Capacitence Measurement:
We have:
         3
        ∑ C xi
C X = i=1         =6.54 ×10−7 (F )
         3
                   √∑
                        3
Δ C X ≈ S . D≈               ¿¿¿¿¿
                       i=1
                                                             2
Hence:
                                                             −7
                                      C X = ( 6.54 ± 0.12 ) × 10 (F)
    3. Inductance Measurement:
We have:
      3
     ∑ L xi
L x = i=1     =3.55 ×10−3 ( H)
         3
                 √∑
                   3
                                     2
                        (L xi−L x )
                  i=1                              −3
Δ L x ≈ S . D≈                           =0.08 ×10 (H)
                         √3
Hence:
                                                                  −3
                                          L X =(3.55 ± 0.08)× 10 (H )
    4. Determination of Resonant Frequency:
    a. Series RLC Circuit:
      3
     ∑ f xi
f x = i=1 =1040 (Hz)
        3
                 √∑ (
                   3
                                 2
                        f Xi−f X )
                  i=1
Δ f x≈ S.D ≈                          =8(Hz)
                        √3
Hence:
                                            f X− Series=1040 ± 8(Hz)
    b. Parallel RLC Circuit:
      3
     ∑ f xi
f X= i=1 =1028(Hz)
       3
                                                            3
                 √∑ (
                  3
                                 2
                        f Xi−f X )
                  i=1
Δ f X ≈ S . D≈                       =6(Hz)
                        √3
                                              4
Hence:
                                       f X−¿ =1028 ±6 (Hz)
      c. Theoretical Result and Conclusion:
         1
f=
     2 π √ LC
                    1
f X=                                   =3303.1(Hz)
       2 π √ 3.55 ×10−3 × 6.54 ×10−7
Δ f X ≈ S . D≈ 3303.1 ×
                          √(      )(
                               3.14
                                         .
                                       2 3.55     ) (
                               0.01 2 −1 0.08 2 −1 0.12 2
                                     +         +   .
                                                 2 6.54
                                                          =49.1(Hz))
Hence:
                                       f X−Theoretical =3303.1± 49.1 ( Hz )
IV.      Conclusion:
      - 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.