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

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