We show how to exploit instrumentation available in undergraduate student laboratories to build a simple vectorial bridge. In particular, we take advantage of the ability to read data from a digital oscilloscope with a personal computer and describe an algorithm to obtain an accurate evaluation of the phase difference between two sinusoidal signals. The use of the bridge to characterize components of a high-Q RLC filter is shown to greatly improve the understanding of results in electrical resonance experiments. Direct evidence of dielectric losses, skin currents, and the effect of distributed capacitance is obtained.
Implementing a simple vectorial bridge with a digital oscilloscope
Bartiromo R
2014
Abstract
We show how to exploit instrumentation available in undergraduate student laboratories to build a simple vectorial bridge. In particular, we take advantage of the ability to read data from a digital oscilloscope with a personal computer and describe an algorithm to obtain an accurate evaluation of the phase difference between two sinusoidal signals. The use of the bridge to characterize components of a high-Q RLC filter is shown to greatly improve the understanding of results in electrical resonance experiments. Direct evidence of dielectric losses, skin currents, and the effect of distributed capacitance is obtained.File in questo prodotto:
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