Understanding LCR Meters

This video provides a brief technical introduction to LCR meters and how they are used to make different types of measurements.

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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:12 Fundamental electronic building blocks
00:34 A brief refresher on impedance
01:27 Measuring inductance (L), capacitance (C), and resistance (R)
02:10 About traditional LCR bridges
02:39 About phase shifts
03:18 About LCR meters
04:03 Phase angle and loss angle
05:16 About Q (quality factor)
06:02 Transformer testing
06:52 Making measurements with LCR meters
07:07 Connections / test fixtures / corrections
08:00 About Kelvin (4-wire) measurements
08:58 Series vs. parallel models
09:41 Measurement frequency
10:26 Measurement level
10:54 Bias
11:35 Summary