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Techniques of Circuit
Analysis
4.1 Terminology
4.2-4.4 The Node-Voltage Method (NVM)
4.5-4.7 The Mesh-Current Method (MCM)
4.8 Choosing NVM or MCM
4.9 Source Transformations
4.10-4.11 Thévenin and Norton Equivalents
4.12 Maximum Power Transfer
4.13 Superposition
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Overview
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Key points
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Section 4.1
Terminology
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Definition
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Planar circuits
Circuits without crossing branches.
Not in
contact
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Example of a nonplanar circuit
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Identifying essential nodes in a circuit
iab is not!!
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Section 4.2-4.4
The Node-Voltage Method
(NVM)
1. Standard procedures
2. Use of supernode
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Step 1: Select one of the ne essential nodes as
the reference node
Can be either
v1 v2 planar or nonplanar.
Reference v=0
Selection is arbitrary. Usually, the node
connecting to the most branches is selected
to simplify the formulation.
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Step 2: List ne-1 equations by KCL, Solve them
v1 v2
i23 = ?
0V
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Solution 1: Add an unknown current
50 V 2 3
i23
0V
v2 50 v2
Node 2: i23 0,
5 50 v2 50 v2 v3
4 (1)
v3 5 50 100
Node 3: 100 23 i 4 .
Source constraint: v3 = v2 + 10(v2 v1)/(5 )…(2).
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Solution 2: Use supernode
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Counter example (Example 4.3)
G
20-V source is not the only element between
Nodes 1 and G, branch current i20V = (v1-20)/(2 )
is still available, KCL can still be applied to Node 1,
no need to use supernode.
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Example 2.11: Amplifier circuit (1)
ne=4, 3 unknown
voltages. Since iB
cannot be derived
by node voltages,
4 unknowns.
The 2 voltage
sources provide 2
constraints:
va VCC (1)
vc vb V0 (2)
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Example 2.11 (2)
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Section 4.5-4.7
The Mesh-Current Method
(MCM)
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Branch currents as unknowns
i1 i2
i3
R1 R3 R3 ia v1 ia 1 v1
, i R v .
R3 R2 R3 ib v2 b 2
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Case of failing to derive mesh equation
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Solution 1: Add an unknown voltage
1 2 3
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Section 4.8
The Node-Voltage Method
vs. the Mesh-Current
Method
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Example 4.6 (1)
Q: P300 = ?
v2 v2 v1 v2 v3 v2 128 v3
Node 2: 0 ( 2)
300 250 450 500
v2 v2
Source constraint: v1 v3 50 (3)
300 6
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Example 4.7 (1)
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Section 4.9
Source Transformations
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Source transformations
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Proof of source transformation
+ vs RL
i1 , v1 vs .
RL v1 R RL R RL
i1
R R vs
i2 R R is R R R i1 ,
+ L L
RL v2
v i ( R // R ) vs RRL v .
i2 2 s L
R R RL
1
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Redundant resistors
Why?
Why?
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Example 4.9 (1)
Q: (1) vo = ? (2) P250V = ?
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Example 4.9 (2)
To find vo, transform the 250-V voltage source
into a 10-A current source.
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Example 4.9 (3)
vo (2 A) (10 ) 20 V.
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Example 4.9 (4)
A general circuit
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Example: Calculating voc
Open
Short
Same as
by voc, isc.
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Method 1 to get RTh alone
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Example 4.11: Find RTh of a circuit (1)
Step 1: Deactivate all independent sources:
Short
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Example 4.11 (2)
Step 2: Assume a test voltage source vT:
To find the
equivalent circuit
that “drives”
terminals b and d
(the input of a BJT
transistor), we can
redraw the circuit
as if it were
iB = ?
composed of two
stages.
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Amplifier circuit solved by equivalent circuit (2)
For terminals b, d,
the left part has an
open-circuit voltage:
R2
vTh vCC ,
R1 R2
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Formulation (1)
Consider a circuit
(represented by a Thévenin
equivalent) loaded with a
resistance RL. The power
dissipation at RL is: 2
VTh
p i RL
2
RL ,
RTh RL
To find the value of RL that leads to maximum
power transfer, perform derivative:
dp ( R R ) 2
2 RL ( RTh RL )
VTh
2 Th L
.
dRL ( RTh RL ) 4
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Formulation (2)
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Section 4.13
Superposition
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What is superposition?
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Example (1)
Q: i1,2,3,4 = ?
Deactivated
Deactivated
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