Search RFC: |                                  
Please support my efforts by ADVERTISING!
Serving a Pleasant Blend of Yesterday,
Today, and Tomorrow™

Vintage Magazines

Electronics World
Popular Electronics
Radio & TV News
QST | Pop Science
Popular Mechanics
Radio-Craft
Radio-Electronics
Short Wave Craft
Electronics | OFA
Saturday Eve Post

Formulas | Data

Electronics | RF
Mathematics
Mechanics
Physics


Calvin & Phineas

kmblatt83@aol.com

Archive | Sitemap

Resources

Articles | Radar
Cogitations
Magazines | AI
RF Museum
Software | Videos
Radio Service
Tech Notes

Entertainment

Crosswords
Humor | Podcasts
Quotes | Quizzes
Tech Comics

Parts | Services

1000s of Listings


About RF Cafe

Software: RF Cascade Workbook | RF Symbols for Office | RF Symbols & Stencils for Visio | Espresso Workbook
Please Support My Advertisers!
Aegis Power | Centric RF | RFCT
Empower RF | Reactel | SF Circuits

Alliance Test | Isotec
Copper Mountain Technologies Vector Network Analyzers - RF Cafe

Maury Microwave / Noisecom UFX7000B Noise Generator - RF Cafe

Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs
Temwell Corporation Filters - RF Cafe

ConductRF Phased Matched RF Cables - RF Cafe

Johanson Dielectrics EMI Filters - RF Cafe

Please Support RF Cafe by purchasing my ridiculously low-priced products, all of which I created.

RF Cascade Workbook for Excel

RF & Electronics Symbols for Visio

RF & Electronics Symbols for Office

RF & Electronics Stencils for Visio

RF Workbench

T-Shirts, Mugs, Cups, Ball Caps, Mouse Pads

These Are Available for Free

Espresso Engineering Workbook™

Smith Chart™ for Excel

Series RLC Combinations

minimum height spacer

Here are the most common series configurations of resistors (R), inductors (L), and capacitors (C). These are the basic forms, and all other Series combinations can be reduced to one of the following forms. For instance, if you have three capacitors in series with two inductors in series with two resistors, you can reduce the series resistors to a single equivalent resistor, and the same with capacitors and inductors. You will end up with the series RLC form at the lower left. Here is amore comprehensive page for impedance and admittance formulas for RLC combinations, and of course my RF Cafe Espresso Workbook has a worksheet devoted to doing the calculations for you.

Series Resistors
RF Cafe: Series RLC combination schematic drawing resistor inductor capacitor
RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor
RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor

 

Series Inductors Series Capacitors
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination schematic drawing resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination schematic drawing resistor inductor capacitor
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor
   
   
Series RL Series RC
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination schematic drawing resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination schematic drawing resistor inductor capacitor
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor
   
Series RLC Series LC
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination schematic drawing resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination schematic drawing resistor inductor capacitor
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor
 RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor RF Cafe: Series RLC combination equation formula resistor inductor capacitor

 

Related Pages on RF Cafe

- Capacitors & Capacitance Calculations

- Capacitor Color Codes

- Capacitance Conversions

- Capacitor Dielectrics

- Standard Capacitor Values

- Capacitor Vendors

- The Noble Art of De-Coupling

Innovative Power Products (IPP) CoolChips - RF Cafe