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Experimental Report 1
MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE, CAPACITANCE,
INDUCTANCE AND RESONANT FREQUENCIES OF RLC
USING OSCILLOSCOPE

Name: Nguyễn Hoàng Nam

Student ID: 20212380
Group: 4
Verification of the instructors

I. Purpose of the experiment:

- Understand a typical RLC circuit.
- Learn how to use electrical equipment including oscilloscope and function generator.

II. Experimental results:

1. Resistance measurement:

Trial f (Hz) Rx = R0 (Ω)

1 500 3378
2 1000 3376
3 1500 3374

2. Capacitance measurement:
1
Trial f (Hz) ZC = Z0 (Ω) C x= (F)
2 πf R0
1 1000 159 0.10×10-5
2 2000 79 0.20×10-5
3 3000 49 0.32×10-5

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3. Inductance measurement:

R0
Trial f (Hz) ZL = Z0 (Ω) L x= (H )
2 πf
1 10000 35 0.56×10-3
2 20000 69 0.55×10-3
3 30000 100 0.53×10-3

4. Determination of resonant frequency:

fseries of series RLC fparallel of parallel RLC

Trial
circuit (Hz) circuit (Hz)
1 6550 6490
2 6460 6470
3 6330 6450

III. Data treatment:

1. Resistance measurement:
3

∑ Ri
R x = i=1 =3376(Ω)
3

√∑
3
2
(Ri−R x )
i=1
Δ R x =S . D= =0.9(Ω)
3
Hence:

𝑅𝑥 = R x ± Δ𝑅𝑥 = 3376.0 ± 0.9(Ω)

2. Capacitance measurement:
3

∑ Ci
i=1 −5
C x= =0.21×10 (F)
3

√
3

∑ (Ci−C x)2
i=1 −5
Δ C x =S . D= =0.05 ×10 ( F )
3

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Hence:

C𝑥 = C x ± ΔC𝑥 = (0.21 ± 0.05) × 10-5(F)

3. Inductance measurement:
3

∑ Li
L x = i=1 =0.55 ×10−3 ( H )
3

√
3

∑ (Li−L x )2
i=1 −3
Δ L x =S . D= =0.01× 10 (H )
3
Hence:

L𝑥 = L x ± ΔL𝑥 = (0.55 ± 0.01) × 10-3(H)

4. Determination of resonant frequency:

a) Series RLC circuit:
3

∑ fi
i=1
f series = =6446.7 (Hz)
3

√∑
3
2
( f i−f series )
i=1
Δ f series = =52.1( Hz)
3
Hence:

f series =f series ± ∆ f series =6446.7 ± 52.1( Hz)

b) Parallel RLC circuit:

3

∑ fi
i=1
f ¿= =6470( Hz)
3

√∑
3
(f i−f ¿ )2
i=1
Δ f ¿= =9.4( Hz)
3
Hence:

f ¿=f ¿ ± ∆ f ¿ =6470.0± 9.4 (Hz)

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c) Theoretical result:
Theoretically, we can calculate the resonant frequency of RLC circuit by the formula
1
f 0= . With C = 2.1μF, L = 0.55mH, we have:
2 π √ LC
1
f 0= =4683( Hz)
2 π √ LC
The theoretical result of resonant frequency is roughly equal to the directly measured
results. We can conclude that the RLC circuit (with properly small resistance) becomes a good
approximation to an ideal LC circuit.