Chapter 14
Q. 14.7
In the circuit of Fig. 14.24 , R = 2 Ω ,L = 1 mH , and C = 0.4 μF . (a) Find the resonant frequency and the half-power frequencies. (b) Calculate the quality factor and bandwidth. (c) Determine the amplitude of the current at , ω_{0} , ω_{1} and ω_{2} .

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(a) The resonant frequency is
ω_{0} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{LC}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{10^{-3} × 0.4 × 10^{-6}}} = 50 krad/s
■ METHOD 1 The lower half-power frequency is
ω_{1} = – \frac{R}{2L} + \sqrt{(\frac{R}{2L})^{2} + \frac{1}{LC}}
= – \frac{2}{2 × 10^{-3}} + \sqrt{(10^{3})^{2} + (50 × 10^{3})^{2}}
= – 1 + \sqrt{1 + 2500} krad/s = 49 krad/s
Similarly, the upper half-power frequency is
ω_{2} = 1 + \sqrt{ 1 + 2500} krad/s = 51 krad/s
(b) The bandwidth is
B = ω_{2} – ω_{1} = 2 krad/s
or
B = \frac{R}{L} = \frac{2}{10^{-3}} = 2 krad/s
The quality factor is
Q = \frac{ω_{0}}{B} = \frac{50}{2} = 25
■ METHOD 2 Alternatively, we could find
Q = \frac{ω_{0}L}{R} = \frac{50 × 10^{3} × 10^{-3}}{2} = 25
From Q, we find
B = \frac{ω_{0}}{Q} = \frac{50 × 10^{3}}{25} = 2 krad/s
Since Q > 10 , this is a high-Q circuit and we can obtain the halfpower frequencies as
ω_{1} = ω_{0} – \frac{B}{2} = 50 – 1 = 49 krad/s
ω_{2} = ω_{0} – \frac{B}{2} = 50 + 1 = 51 krad/s
as obtained earlier.
(c) At ω = ω_{0} ,
I = \frac{V_{m}}{R} = \frac{20}{2} = 10 A
At ω = ω_{1} , ω_{2} ,
I = \frac{V_{m}}{\sqrt{2}R} = \frac{10}{\sqrt{2}} = 7.071 A