5.3 R
ESONANCE
D
ETECTION
It is very typical to employ lockin amplifiers to detect resonances of external systems. The
reference output of the lockin amplifier excites the system, while the frequency dependence of its
reaction is analysed plotting R and Phi vs. f.
The application lockin.exe allows to sweep the frequency. The result is shown in these figures:
The circuit answers with 115 mV signal on 1 V excitation. The Q of this analogue circuit is quite
low (only 9), so that the width of the detected resonance peak, whose centre frequency is found
at 50 kHz, almost reaches 5 kHz.
Manual Anfatec PCI-Lockin Amplifier AMU2.4 – Rev. 1.10 dated 30/09/20
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Figure 18: Circuit diagram qucs/resonanzkreis.sch a photograph of the
resonance circuit connected to the USBLockIn250.