Electronic – Frequency to achieve maximum power transfer in a RLC circuit

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Consider an RLC cirucit in AC as in figure.

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Suppose that I can change only the frequency of voltage. What frequency will maximize the dissipated power in the resistor?

I'm trying to use Thevenin's Theorem but I do not think that this is the right situation for it, since I'm not changing the resistor but the frequency. How should I approach this situation?

Best Answer

A general way to do this is to solve for the total complex impedance, then find the frequency that minimizes the impedance magnitude.

A more case-specific way is to notice that the resistor is in series with a series L-C. Consider the impedance of a series L-C. It is infinite at 0 frequency due to the capacitor. It is infinite at infinite frequency due to the inductor. It is actually 0 at the resonant frequency, and goes up either side of it.

Therefore use the standard formula for finding the resonant frequency of a L-C system. At that frequency, all the voltage applied by V1 will appear across R1, and R1 will dissipate V12/R1.

Actually cranking thru the numbers is your job.

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