Parallel circuit to series circuit:

Series to parallel:

Parallel resonant circuit has the

Basic configuration as fig. 20.21
Unlike series resonance, impedance is relatively
high at parallel resonance.
For the figure, resonance occurs when =
and resonant frequency has the same format
obtained for series resonance.
Resultant total current will be in phase with the
applied voltage.
Power factor is unity

If there is a resistance in series with an inductor,

it does have an important impact on the parallel
resonant condition.
First effort is to find a parallel
network equivalent for the R-L
branch.

 Similar case is for R-C series circuit.

If the susceptances are replaced by their equivalent values,

= 2 2
2 + 2
+
2
1/2
=
2 + 2 2 + 2
Therefore, the quantities that may be varied are L, C, f, and

From =

2 1/2
[
]
2 2
1

, if we solve for :

So, within limits there are definite values of

which will bring the circuit to resonance at
some particular values of f, L, C and .

Also for resonance,

=

2
2

1
2 2

In contrast to series circuit, where resistances

have no part in determining the resonant
frequency, resistances in parallel circuit are of
significant importance.
It can be understood that with a certain current
in capacitive branch, some sufficiently large value
of will prevent a resultant current in inductive
branch from flowing which can be as much as the
current in C-branch even when L=0.
Inserting L will do nothing but make current
smaller.