Circuit Analysis

Problem Exercises
Topics to Review
• Intro, SI units • Diodes
• Circuit variables • Transistors
• Sources • Op-Amps
• Ohm's Law, KCL • Capacitors
• KVL • Inductors
• Combined KC/VL • Nodal Analysis
• Series Resistors and Voltage Dividers • Mesh Current
• Parallel Resistors and Current Dividers • Circuit Theorems
• Equivalent Resistance/Wye-Delta • Thevenin/Norton Equivalents
Exercise #1
Initial conditions for the circuit below: switch is open and capacitor is uncharged.
Determine the initial and steady state currents through each resistor.
Exercise #2
Determine the voltage, vo, and current, i, in the circuit shown below.
Exercise #3
The Si Darlington transistor pair has negligible leakage current, and β1 = β2 = 50. Let
VCC = 12V, RE = 1kΩ, and R2 to be a very large value (approaching infinity).
• Find the value of R1 needed to bias the circuit so that VCE2 = 6V
• Find the resulting VCE1
Exercise #4
Given ideal op amp. Compute for Vo.
Exercise #5
Assuming ideal components and Silicon diode, find Vo.