EE-102

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

Mechatronics Engineering

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 RESISTIVE CIRCUITS

•SINGLE NODE-PAIR CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

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 SINGLE NODE-PAIR CIRCUITS
IN PRACTICE NODES MAY ASSUME STRANGE
THESE CIRCUITS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY ALL
FORMS
THE ELMENTS HAVING THE SAME VOLTAGE
ACROSS THEM - THEY ARE IN PARALLEL

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V
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EXAMPLE OF SINGLE NODE-PAIR

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LOW DISTORTION POWER AMPLIFIER
V
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THIS ELEMENT IS INACTVE (SHORT-CIRCUITED) 3

LOW VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY - PARTIAL VIEW

SAMPLE PHYSICAL NODES

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COMPONENT SIDE CONNECTION SIDE
 BASIC CURRENT DIVIDER Rp
THE CURRENT DIVISION
APPLY KCL

THE CURRENT i(t) ENTERS THE NODE AND

SPLITS - IT IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE
CURRENTS i1(t) AND i2(t)

USE OHM’S LAW TO REPLACE

CURRENTS

DEFINE “PARALLEL RESISTANCE COMBINATION” 1 4

I1  (5)  1mA I 2  I  I1  (5)
i (t ) 
1
v (t ) 1 4 1 4
Rp
R1R2
v (t )  i (t )
R1  R2 5
 FIND I1 , I2 , VO

WHEN IN DOUBT… REDRAW THE CIRCUIT TO

HIGHLIGHT ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS!!

IS EASIER
TO SEE THE
DIVIDER  80 k * I 2
24V

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 CAR STEREO AND CIRCUIT MODEL

215mA
215mA

POWER PER SPEAKER

THERE IS MORE THAN ONE

LEARNING EXTENSION - CURRENT DIVIDER OPTION TO COMPUTE I2

USING CURRENT DIVIDER

KCL : I 2  16  I1  0
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I2   (16)  4mA
120  40
POWER : I 2 R
RESISTANCE IN k, P  144* 40K  5.76W
120 CURRENT IN mA YIELD POWER IN mW7
I1  (16) I1  12mA
120  40
 FIRST GENERALIZATION: MULTIPLE SOURCES
APPLY KCL TO THIS NODE

EQUIVALENT SOURCE

DEFINE “PARALLEL RESISTANCE COMBINATION”

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iO ( t )  v (t )
Rp
R1 R2
v (t )  iO ( t )
R1  R2

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 FIND VO AND THE POWER
SUPPLIED BY THE SOURCES

6k 
VO
10mA 3k
15mA 

 VO  10V
Rp VO P15 mA  VO (15mA)
5mA   150mW
6k * 3k P10 mA  VO (10mA)
Rp   2 k
6k  3k  100mW
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SECOND GENERALIZATION: MULTIPLE RESISTORS
APPLY KCL TO THIS NODE

Ohm’s Law at every resistor

v (t )  RP iO (t )
v (t )   i K (t )  p iO (t )
R
ik (t )  Rk
Rk 
General current divider
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 FIND i1 AND THE POWER
SUPPLIED BY THE SOURCE
20k||5k

i1
4k 20k 5k
8mA
1 1 1 1 5 1 4 1
      R p  2k
Rp 4k 20k 5k 20k 2k
2k AN ALTERNATIVE
i1  (8)  4mA APPROACH
4k
v  4k * i1  16V i1
P  v (8mA)  128mW 4k 4k
v (t )  RP iO (t ) 8mA
v (t )   i K (t )  p iO (t )
R
ik (t )  Rk
Rk 
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General current divider
 FIND THE CURRENT IL

COMBINE RESISTORS
COMBINE THE SOURCES

1mA

STRATEGY: CONVERT THE PROBLEM INTO A

BASIC CURRENT DIVIDER BY COMBINING
SOURCES AND RESISTORS.
THE NEXT SECTION EXPLORES IN MORE
DETAIL THE IDEA OF COMBINING RESISTORS

NOTICE THE MINUS SIGN

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 I1
6k 6k I2
B C 3
I1  9[mA]  3mA
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3k 3k I 2   I1
9mA
A

6k
I1 C
B 6k I1 B 3k
3k

I2 6k C
9mA
9mA
A 3k 3k 6k
A I2
DIFFERENT LOOKS FOR THE SAME
ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
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 Determine power
+ delivered by source
2k 4k V 3k
_ 20mA P  Rp * (20mA) 2

1 1 1 1 63 4
   
Rp 2k 4k 3k 12k
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Rp  k
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P  *103  * (20 *10 3 ) 2 [ A]
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4.800
P W
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