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A tank circuit is used on a radio transmitter. It is an electronic circuit that is used to tune a specific frequency. The tank is made up of two components, an inductor and a capacitor. The two components are connected in a parallel with each other. This is where the term "tank" comes from. Used in a radio transmitter, it is tuned for maximum RF (radio frequency) output on the frequency the transmitter is tuned to.

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Why parallel resonance circuit is called tank circuit?

traditionit is often used (like a storage tank for water is) to store resonant energy in AC circuits.


What are all the types of circuits?

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How op amp works as oscillator?

oscillator needs positive feedback in order to produce the undamped oscillations .This is done with help of he amplifier circuit.The oscillations are produced by the tank circuit cosisting of inductor and capacitor.The output of this tank circuit is fedback to the transistor which amplifies it and give back to the tank circuit input.If the gain of the circuit consisting of tank circuit and amplifier is more than one and the feedback given to tank circuit is in phase then we get undamped scillations as the output.


What is capacitors in combination?

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Why does a series resonant circuit cannot be tank circuit?

A series resonant circuit has it's reactive components connected in series with each other; while the reactive components, as in a "tank" circuit, are connected in parallel with each other. The resonant series circuit has the capability of producing usable increased voltage levels across each component at resonance, while the resonant tank circuit does not. The resonant parallel, or "tank" circuit; has the dual capability of creating a situation whereby the input amperage level is reduced to minimum while, at the same time, a maximum amount of circulating amperage is created between the two reactive tank components at resonance.


When a parallel LC circuit is tuned to resonance the tank circuit draws?

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An oil circuit breaker is a breaker that is immersed in a tank of insulating oil. The tank has two electrical bushings through the tank to allow the supply and load to be connected to the breaker. These breakers can be opened under a heavy amperage load. The insulating oil is used to extinguish the arc that is produced when opening a switch under load.


Why do we use a tank circuit in an am radio?

we use the tank network in AM radio curcite because we get the resonens frequncy.


How does a transistor act as a oscillator?

A: actually any active components will oscillate with positive feedback A transistor can be used as an amplifier along with an LC tank circuit to form an oscillator; it is an active device (as LIBURNO states) which will amplify the feedback signal coming out of the LC tank circuit. The tank circuit has a natural resonant frequency, meaning the L and C together will try to generate a specific frequency; this is then fed back into the input of the transistor amplifier, and the output is fed to the LC tank circuit exacerbating this oscillation until it reaches its' maximum level. An inverting amplifier can be used similarly; the output is fed to the input; this will cause the output to change as fast as the amplifier can. The frequency of this design is much harder to control, but potentially higher. Also, without the LC tank, the output voltage will remain lower.


How do you prevent the excess amount of current flows through the source?

An inrush current preventing circuit includes a rectification circuit, a temperature-sensitive component, a controller, a switching circuit, and a tank circuit. The controller outputs a control signal to turn on the switching circuit in response to the tank circuit being at a substantially full voltage, and the rectification circuit and the switching circuit forming a current loop for providing power from the rectification circuit to an electronic device. The controller outputs no control signal to turn off the switching circuit in response to the tank circuit being undercharged, and the rectification circuit and temperature-sensitive component forming a current loop for providing power from the rectification circuit to the electronic device for protecting the electronic device. the rectification circuit and the switching circuit forming a current loop to provide power from the rectification circuit to the electronic device;wherein the controller does not output a control signal to turn off the switching circuit in response to the tank circuit being undercharged, the rectification circuit and temperature-sensitive component forming a current loop to provide power from the rectification circuit to the electronic device such that an excess amount of current is prevented from flowing to the electronic device


What is meant by tank circuit in hartley oscillator?

it is the circuit that is responsible for producing oscillation.In hartley it is two inductors connected in series and a capacitor parallel to this series connection.Without tank oscillator tends to act as as an amplifier.


How does a RC tank circuit work?

A tank circuit is an LC filter that, when at resonance, has an near infinite resistance. It is composed of an inductor in parallel with a capacitor. Resonance occurs when the magnitude of the impedance of the cap and inductor are equal. They have a fairly narrow bandwidth, which is why they are used in RF applications. They are able to 'focus in' on the desired frequency, and ignore the others. For example, if I have a simple tank circuit with a resonant frequency at 1 MHz connected to an unregulated ac function generator, and I measure the voltage across the tank circuit, when the frequency I apply is close to the resonant frequency, the amplitude of my output begins to increase. So at 900kHz, say, I might be getting 90% of the signal I apply to the circuit as my output. The impedance of this circuit increases as the frequency nears the resonance frequency of the tank. So if I set the function generator to 1MHz, the tank has extremely high impedance, and functions like an open, so I can expect my entire signal to drop across the tank circuit. Alternately, they can be used to create oscillators. Another name for a tank circuit which more useful for visualizing how it functions is the slosh circuit. When energy is applied to the slosh circuit, the cap will discharge into the inductor, and vise versa, and it will oscillate like this at the tanks resonant frequency. The energy 'sloshes' from one component to the other. This can be exploited by circuitry to make oscillators, amplifiers, voltage doublers and so on. I have not seen an RC tank circuit before, but one is theoretically possible using an active circuit called a gyrator, which consists typically of an op amp, a couple resistors, and a capacitor. A gyrator essentially makes one component function like another. If I construct a gyrator with a cap, it will function much like an inductor (not identically, there are a few differences), and likewise, I could make a psuedo-cap using an inductor based gyrator. So one could conceivably make a tank circuit using this gyrator in place of an inductor. But as far as practicality goes, I'm not sure how good of a substitute it would make, as the gyrator doesn't exhibit all of the properties of an inductor, and some active components can be quite sensitive to voltage, and extreme voltages are possible in a tank circuit configuration due to opposing phase shifts from the components. And, just to be pedantic, it would probably be called an RCQ tank circuit.