13.9A: The Owen Bridge
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FIGURE XIII.9
This bridge can be used for measuring inductance. Note that the unknown inductance is the only inductance in the bridge. Reactance is supplied by the capacitors.
Equation 13.9.1 in this case becomes
R1R2+jL2ω=−j/(C3ω)R4−j/(C4ω).
That is,
R1R4−jR1C4ω=L2C3−jR2C3ω.
On equating real and imaginary parts separately, we obtain
L2=R1R4C3
and
R1R2=C4C3.