CIRCUIT WITH SERIES-PARALLEL RESISTOR COMBINATIONS

THE COMBINATION OF COMPONENTS CAN REDUCE

THE COMPLEXITY OF A CIRCUIT AND RENDER IT
SUITABLE FOR ANALYSIS USING THE BASIC
TOOLS DEVELOPED SO FAR.
COMBINING RESISTORS IN SERIES ELIMINATES
ONE NODE FROM THE CIRCUIT.
COMBINING RESISTORS IN PARALLEL ELIMINATES
ONE LOOP FROM THE CIRCUIT

GENERAL STRATEGY:
•REDUCE COMPLEXITY UNTIL THE CIRCUIT
BECOMES SIMPLE ENOUGH TO ANALYZE.
•USE DATA FROM SIMPLIFIED CIRCUIT TO
COMPUTE DESIRED VARIABLES IN ORIGINAL
CIRCUIT - HENCE ONE MUST KEEP TRACK
OF ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIABLES

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Problems..

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 2k || 2k  1k
LEARNING BY DOING

1k
VOLTAGE DIVIDER : VO  (3V )  1V
1k  2k

1k  1k  2k

1k
CURRENT DIVIDER : I O  (3 A)  1A
1k  2k

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 Y   TRANSFORMATIONS

THIS CIRCUIT HAS NO RESISTOR IN THEN THE CIRCUIT WOULD

SERIES OR PARALLEL BECOME LIKE THIS AND
IF INSTEAD BE AMENABLE TO SERIES
WE COULD
OF THIS PARALLEL TRANSFORMATIONS
HAVE THIS

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 Rab  R2 || ( R1  R3 )  Y
Rab  Ra  Rb

Y 

Ra Rb  Rb Rc  Rc Ra
R2 ( R1  R3 ) R1 
Ra  Rb  R1R2 Rb
Ra 
R1  R2  R3 R1  R2  R3 Ra Rb  Rb Rc  Rc Ra
R2 
R2 R3
R3 ( R1  R2 ) Rb  Rc
Rb  Rc  R1  R2  R3 Ra Rb  Rb Rc  Rc Ra
R1  R2  R3 R3 
R3 R1 Ra
Rc 
R1  R2  R3 Y 
R1 ( R2  R3 )
Rc  Ra   Y
R1  R2  R3

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LEARNING EXAMPLE: APPLICATION OF WYE-DELTA TRANSFORMATION
c
COMPUTE IS c DELTA CONNECTION

R1 12 k  6k
R3 
12 k  6k  18k
a R2 b

R1R2 a b
Ra 
R1  R2  R3
R2 R3
Rb 
R1  R2  R3 REQ  6k  3k  9k  || (2k  4k )  10k
R3 R1
Rc 
R1  R2  R3 12V
IS   1.2mA
 Y 10k

ONE COULD ALSO USE A

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