RF Circuit Designer's Notes

Little nuggets of RF/analog circuit theory and design. Learn with me about PLLs, Q, noise, oscillators, filters, digital receiver concepts, etc.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Q -1

Basic calculation of Q for resonant LC tanks

Parallel RLC
Q= Rp/|Zp(wo)|

Series
Q=|Zs(wo)|/Rs

More facts:
|Zp(wo)|=|Zs(wo)|=SQRT(L/C)
This ratio is also known as the characteristic impedance of the tank.

This makes sense because we want Rp high or Rs low to minimize the loss.


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