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Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2012 Paper 1 Section C C11 a Solution by
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In sinusoidal steady state, complex impedance is the voltage phasor divided by the current phasor. Its modulus is the amplitude ratio and its argument is the voltage lead. With the convention, , so .
The PDF labels across , not across the complete driven network. If is the current through , then and , whereThe resistor-referenced parallel-resonator response isWriting ,The maximum occurs at , where and the phase is zero. Below resonance the phase is positive, tending to ; above it the phase is negative, tending to . The amplitude tends to zero at both extremes: the inductor shorts the parallel network at low frequency, and the capacitor does so at high frequency. At resonance their reactive currents cancel, leaving only the resistor current.
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