Chapter 2 Basic Laws
Chapter 2 Basic Laws
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2.1 Ohms Law (1)
• Ohm’s law states that the voltage across
a resistor is directly proportional to the
current I flowing through the resistor.
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• Two extreme possible values of R:
0 (zero) and (infinite) are related
with two basic circuit concepts:
• short circuit and open circuit.
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2.1 Ohms Law (2)
• Conductance is the ability of an element to
conduct electric current; it is the reciprocal
of resistance R and is measured in mhos or
siemens.
1 i
G
R v
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The i-v characteristic
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2.2 Nodes, Branches and Loops (1)
b l n 1
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2.2 Nodes, Branches and Loops (2)
Example 1
Original circuit
Equivalent
circuit
How many branches, nodes and loops are there?
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Two or more elements are in series if they exclusively
share a single node and consequently carry the same
current.
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2.3 Kirchhoff’s Laws (1)
Mathematically, i
n 1
n 0
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2.3 Kirchhoff’s Laws (2)
Example 1
I + 4-(-3)-2 = 0
I = -5A
This indicates that
the actual current
for I is flowing
We can consider the whole enclosed in the opposite
area as one “node”. 10direction.
2.3 Kirchhoff’s Laws (3)
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Mathematically, v
m 1
n 0
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2.3 Kirchhoff’s Laws (4)
Example 2
• Applying the KVL equation for the circuit of the
figure below.
We can start with any branch and go
around the loop either clockwise or
counterclockwise.
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2.4 Series Resistors and Voltage Division (1)
Example 3
10V and 5W
are in series
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2.5 Parallel Resistors and Current Division (1)
Example 4
2W, 3W and 2A
are in parallel
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60+180=240
240//60 = 48
Req = 25 +48 = 73
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2.6 Wye-Delta Transformations
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2.6 Wye-Delta Transformations
R1 R2 R2 R3 R3 R1
R1
Rb Rc Ra
( Ra Rb Rc ) R1
Rc Ra R1 R2 R2 R3 R3 R1
R2 Rb
( Ra Rb Rc ) R2
Ra Rb R1 R2 R2 R3 R3 R1
R3 Rc
( Ra Rb Rc ) R3
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