After completing this chapter, you will be able to: understand concepts and characteristics of series and parallel resonance; determine the following quantities of series and parallel resonant circuits: resonant frequency, resonant current, resonant voltage, resonant impedance, bandwidth and quality factor; plot the frequency response curves of current, voltage and impedance for series and parallel resonant circuits; understand characteristics of the selectivity in series and parallel of resonant circuits; understand the actual parallel resonant circuits; and understand the applications of the resonant circuits.

Inspec keywords: RLC circuits; Q-factor; inductors; circuit resonance; capacitors; resistors

Other keywords: quality factor; inductor; capacitor; resonant current; frequency response curve; power source; resonant impedance; parallel resonant circuit; series resonant circuit; RLC circuit; resistor; resonant voltage; resonant frequency

Subjects: Other and miscellaneous topics in circuit theory