Ex.

No : 03 Date:

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF SUPERPOSITION THEOREM

AIM:
To construct a given circuit in low power bread board base to verify superposition
theorem experimentally.

STATEMENT:
It states that "for a linear network the response in any branch of circuit having
more than one independent source equals the algebraic sum of the response caused by
each independent source acting alone while all other independent sources are replaced by
their internal impedances".

APPARATUS REQUIRED:

S.No Name of the Item

1 RPS (0-10V)
2 Resistor 470Ω, 1kΩ, 4.7kΩ, 220Ω
3 Bread board
4 Ammeter (0-50)mA MC
5 Voltmeter (0-15)V MC
6 Connecting wires

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

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CALCULATION

OBSERVATION TABLE:

Case Practical value Theoretical value

Without 5v
Without 10v
Total
When both connected

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PROCEDURE:

1. Give the connections as per the circuit diagram.

2. Set V1 = 10V and V1 = 5V, observe the ammeter reading connected to the load
resistor, RL = 1 kΩ.
3. Now, set V2 = 0V and V1 = 5V, observe the ammeter reading.
4. Above procedure in step 3 is repeated for V1 = 10V and V2 = 0V.
5. Total response is required at the load terminal which is obtained by sum of the
individual responses obtained in steps 3 and 4.
6. Observe that the response obtained in step 2 is equal to the response obtained in
step 5 proving superposition theorem.
7. Repeat the procedure for different values of V1 and V2.

RESULT:
Experimental verification of superposition theorem was performed and is validated
through theoretical calculation.