AC Circuits

Chapter 10
10.1 Basic Approach
10.2 Nodal Analysis
10.3 Mesh Analysis
10.4 Superposition, Source
Transformation, Thevenin

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 10.1 Basic Approach
Steps to Analyze AC Circuits:
1. Transform the circuit to the phasor or frequency
domain.
2. Solve the problem using circuit techniques
(nodal analysis, mesh analysis,
superposition, etc.).
3. Transform the resulting phasor to the time
domain.

Time to Freq Solve Freq to Time

variables in Freq

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Voltage Divider

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EXAMPLE 8-10

Fig. 8-15

Find the steady-state currents i(t), and iC(t) in the circuit of

Fig. 8-15 (for Vs=100cos2000t V, L=250mH, C=0.5  F, and
R=3k ).

SOLUTION:
Vs=100∠0°

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EXAMPLE 8-12
Use a △ to Y transformation to solve for the phasor current IX
in Fig. 8-18.
SOLUTION:

ABC △ to Y

Fig. 8-18
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10.2 Nodal Analysis (1)
10.2 Nodal Analysis (1)
10.2 Nodal Analysis (1)
 EXAMPLE 8-21
Use node analysis to find the current IX in Fig. 8-31.

SOLUTION:

Node C :VC = 750

or
Fig. 8-31

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10.3 Mesh Analysis (1)

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10.3 Mesh Analysis (1)

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 Two cases: SUPERPOSITION
1. With same frequency sources.
2. With different frequency sources

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Use superposition to find the steady

- state voltage vR (t) in Fig. 8 - 21
for R=20 , L1 = 2mH, L2 = 6mH,
C = 20 F, V s1= 100cos 5000t V ,
and Vs2=120cos (5000t +30 )V.

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 SOLUTION:

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EXAMPLE 2

Use superposition to find the steady-state current i(t) in Fig. 8-

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vS2=8cos(60000t+30 ° ).
SOLUTION: With source no. 2 off and no.1 on

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 With source no.1 off and no.2 on

The two input sources operate at different frequencies, so

that phasors responses I1 and I2 cannot be added to obtain
the overall response. In this case the overall response is
obtained by adding the corresponding time-domain
functions.

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Source Transformation

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THEVENIN

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EXAMPLE 8-18
Use Thevenin's theorem to find the current Ix in the bridge
circuit shown in Fig. 8-26.

Fig. 8-26

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SOLUTION:

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