The Q factor of a parallel resonant circuit is given by

The quality factor is defined as the ratio of the maximum energy stored to maximum energy dissipated in a cycle

\(Q = 2\pi \frac{{Maximum\;energy\;stored}}{{Total\;energy\;lost\;per\;period}}\)

In a series RLC, Quality factor \(Q = \frac{{\omega L}}{R} = \frac{1}{{\omega RC}} = \frac{{{X_L}}}{R} = \frac{{{X_C}}}{R}\)

In a parallel RLC, \(Q = \frac{R}{{{\rm{\omega L}}}} = \omega RC = \frac{R}{{{X_L}}} = \frac{R}{{{X_C}}}\)

It is defined as, resistance to the reactance of reactive element.

The quality factor Q is also defined as the ratio of the resonant frequency to the bandwidth.

\(Q=\frac{{{f}_{r}}}{BW}\)

For parallel RLC Circuit \({{\rm{Q}}_1} = {\rm{R}}\sqrt {\frac{{\rm{C}}}{{\rm{L}}}}\)

For Series RLC Circuit \({{\rm{Q}}_2} = \frac{1}{{\rm{R}}}\sqrt {\frac{{\rm{L}}}{{\rm{C}}}}\)