An electrical resonant circuit consisting of an inductance , a resistance and a capacitance can be used as a bandpass filter. From the input signal , only frequencies near the resonance are then forwarded as output signal . For a sinusoidal signal , an output voltage is then obtained with a frequency-dependent amplitude , which has a maximum at the resonance frequency . This peak is characterized by its full half-width at which the electrical power has fallen to half the maximum value (or ). The relative bandwidth can be expressed by the dimensionless Q factor What is the Q factor for the resonant circuit shown here?
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The resonant circuit has an complex electrical impedance Z = I U in = i ω L + R + i ω C 1 = R + i ω L ( 1 − ω 2 ω 0 2 ) The voltage drop at the resistor is taken as output signal ⇒ ⇒ U out A ( ω ) ∣ A ( ω ) ∣ = R I = Z R U in = U in U out = 1 + i ω R L ( 1 − ω 2 ω 0 2 ) 1 = 1 + ω 2 R 2 L 2 ( 1 − ω 2 ω 0 2 ) 2 1 To estimate the bandwidth Δ ω , we put ∣ A ( ω ) ∣ = 1 / 2 , so that ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ω R L ( 1 − ω 2 ω 0 2 ) ω 2 ± L R ω − ω 0 2 ω 1 , 2 Δ ω Q = ± 1 = 0 = ± 2 L R + 4 L 2 R 2 + ω 0 2 = ω 1 − ω 2 = L R = Δ ω ω 0 = R 1 C L = 2 0