Lissajou's patterns on CRO

How to measure frequency & phase using Lissajou’s patterns on CRO? Explain with diagrams

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Laboratory Instruments

Phase Measurement

We can measure the phase difference θ between two waveforms with the help of CRO. For this we want to use both input terminals i.e. y-input and x-input of CRO.

To measure the phase different between two waveforms, their frequencies must be same. Connect the two waveforms randomly at x-input and y-input of CRO. Keep time/div knob in x-y mode. Now a Lissajou’s pattern of an ellipse is obtained as shown below.

Lissajou's pattern of an ellipse is obtained on the CRO screen

Measure the displacement “a” and “b” and then use the following equation to calculate the phase difference between two waveforms –

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Dattaraj Vidyasagar
Dattaraj Vidyasagar

Author on this website. He is veteran of Core Electronics since last 35+ years. ATL Mentor of Change, Niti Ayog, Govt. of India, Google Certified Educator, International Robotics Trainer and author of 17 books on electronics, robotics, programming languages and web designing... ➤➤

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