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SHAH & ANCHOR KUTCHHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

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UG Program in Information Technology

Basic Electrical Engineering

DC Circuits
FE SEM I BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
By
Nibha Desai
SAKEC 1

Nibha Desai,SAKEC
Outline
 Basic Definitions
 Ohm’s Law
 Resistances in Series
 Resistances in Parallel
 Kirchhoff’s Law(KCL & KVL)
 Star-Delta Transformation
 Mesh Analysis
 Nodal Analysis
 Source Transformation
 Thevenin Theorem
 Norton’s Theorem
 Maximum Power Transfer Theorem
 Examples on Above topics
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Basic Definitions
1. Circuit: It is a Conducting part through which either
Electric current flows or is intended to flow.

2. Linear Circuit: Circuit in which circuit parameters do not

change with change in V & I.

3. Parameter: Elements of Circuit R,L & C are called

parameters

4. Bilateral Circuits: Whose Properties or characteristics are

same in both directions . R,L & C etc are bilateral circuit
elements
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5. Unilateral Circuit: Properties or Characteristics of a
circuit change with the direction of its operation.
Ex. Diode

6. Electrical Network: Combination of Various Electric

elements, connected to one another is called Electrical
Network.

7. Passive Network: Circuit which does not contain any

source of emf called Passive Network.

8. Active Network: Circuit which contains one or more

sources of emf.
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9. Resistance: Property or a substance due to which it
opposes the flow of current through it. Unit = Ω

10. Laws of Resistance: R depends upon following

factors
 Varies directly as its length l
 Inversely ∝ to A , of the conductor
 Nature of Material
 Temperature of the conductor
𝑙
𝑅= 𝜌
𝐴
𝜌 = Constant → Depends upon, the nature of Material
called resistivity or Specific resistance
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