AC Series Circuit Formulas

AC Series Circuit Formulas

For RL and RC Series Circuit:

For RL Series Circuit
V= \sqrt{V_{R}^{2}+V_{L}^{2}}
V=I \sqrt{R^{2}+X_{L}^{2}}
For RC Series Circuit
V= \sqrt{V_{R}^{2}+V_{C}^{2}}
V=I \sqrt{R^{2}+X_{C}^{2}}
V= rms value of the applied voltage
I= rms value of the circuit current
VR= Voltage across resistance
VL= Voltage across inductance
VC= Voltage across capacitance
R= Resistance
XL= Inductive Reactance
XC= Capacitive Reactance
For RL:
Z= \sqrt{R^{2}+X_{L}^{2}}
For RC :
Z= \sqrt{R^{2}+X_{C}^{2}}
Z= Impedance
R= Resistance
XL= Inductive Reactance
XC= Capacitive Reactance
For RL:
\tan{\phi}=\frac{V_L}{V_R}\ =\frac{X_L}{R}
For RC:
\tan{\phi}=\frac{V_C}{V_R}\ =\frac{X_C}{R}
Circuit current I lags behind the applied voltage V by \phi^{\circ }

For RLC Series Circuit:

V = \sqrt{V_R^2 + (V_L - V_C)^2}

V = I\sqrt{R^2 + (X_L - X_C)^2}

When XL > XC
V= rms value of the applied voltage
I= rms value of the circuit current
VR= Voltage across resistance
VL= Voltage across inductance
VC= Voltage across capacitance
R= Resistance
XL= Inductive Reactance
XC= Capacitive Reactance
Z =\sqrt{R^2 + (X_L - X_C)^2}

When XL > XC
Z= Impedance
R= Resistance
XL= Inductive Reactance
XC= Capacitive Reactance
\cos \phi = \frac{R}{Z}\cos \phi = Power Factor
Z= Impedance
R= Resistance
\tan \phi = \frac{V_L - V_C}{V_R} = \frac{X_L - X_C}{R} \phi = Angle between supplied voltage and circuit current, Here, XL > XC

For Series Resonance:

f_r = \frac{1}{2\pi\sqrt{LC}}

\omega_r = \frac{1}{\sqrt{LC}}
fr = Resonance frequency
L= Inductance
C= Capacitance
Q-factor =  \frac{V_L}{V}=\frac{V_C}{V}=\frac{X_L}{R}=\frac{X_C}{R}

Q-factor =  \frac{1}{R}\sqrt{\frac{L}{C}}
Q-factor = Quality factor
L= Inductance
C= Capacitance
R= Resistsnce
Bandwidth = f 2 − f 1
f 2 = Upper cut-off frequency
f 1 = Lower cut-off frequency
Bandwidth = \frac{f_r}{Q}
fr = Resonance frequency
Q-factor = Quality factor
f_r =\sqrt{{f_1}{f_2}} fr = Resonance frequency
f 2 = Upper cut-off frequency
f 1 = Lower cut-off frequency