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13.8: The RLC Parallel Rejector Circuit

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In the circuit below, the magnitude of the admittance is least for certain values of the parameters. When you tune a radio set, you are changing the overlap area (and hence the capacitance) of the plates of a variable air-spaced capacitor so that the admittance is a minimum for a given frequency, so as to ensure the highest potential difference across the circuit. This resonance, as we shall see, does not occur for an angular frequency of exactly 1/LC, but at an angular frequency that is approximately this if the resistance is small.

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The admittance is

Y=jCω+1R+jLω.

After some routine algebra (multiply top and bottom by the conjugate; then collect real and imaginary parts), this becomes

Y=R+jω(L2Cω2+R2CL)R2+L2ω2.

The magnitude of the admittance is least when the susceptance is zero, which occurs at an angular frequency of

ω20=1LCR2L2.

If R<<L/C this is approximately 1/LC.


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