EEE1001 – Basic Electrical and

Electronics Engineering

Module I – DC Circuits

Lecture 2
 Ohm’s law

Ohm’s law states that the current I flowing in a circuit is directly proportional
to the applied voltage V and inversely proportional to the resistance
R, provided the temperature remains constant.
 Kirchhoff's Law
Kirchhoff’s current law (KCL) states that the algebraic sum of currents
entering a node (or a closed boundary) is zero.

The sum of the currents entering a node is equal to the sum of the
currents leaving the node.

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 Kirchhoff’s voltage law (KVL) states that the algebraic sum of all voltages
around a closed path(or loop) is zero.

Sum of voltage drops = Sum of voltage

rises

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For the circuit find the voltages.
Find currents and voltages in the circuit shown in Fig

At node a, KCL gives

Applying KVL to loop 1

 References
• Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Charles
K. Alexander, Matthew N. O. Sadiku, Fifth
Edition, McGraw Hill Education (India)
Private Limited, New Delhi.