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For the series-fed parallel LC voltage response, use phasors with time dependence . The parallel branch has impedance , where . Therefore
At the ideal parallel resonance its input impedance diverges. The input-current phase changes sign on crossing this pole; expressions there are interpreted by limits.
The capacitor voltage equals the parallel-branch voltage. Define . Then
At low frequency ; at high frequency ; at resonance . Thus it is a band-pass voltage filter or resonant frequency selector. Its phase decreases continuously from through zero to . Half-power points satisfy and
Figure 1.
Voltage response of a parallel resonator
. Original transfer amplitude and phase for the stated series-fed parallel LC circuit. The example has R sqrt(C/L)=1; resonance and both half-power points are marked, with asymptotic phases shown. Details.
For the supplied component values and , and . The element peak currents are
Inductor and capacitor currents are opposite phasors; their magnitudes subtract here rather than add. The resistor carries the input current, with
These results assume ideal components and sinusoidal steady state.

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