RESISTORS

CIRCUIT INTERPRETATION

Voltage-current Relationship Power dissipated

𝟐
𝑽 = 𝑰𝑹; 𝑬 = 𝑰𝑹 𝑽
𝑷 = 𝑰𝑽 = 𝑰𝟐 𝑹 =
𝑹
𝟐
𝑰 = 𝑮𝑽 𝑰
𝑷 = 𝑽 𝑮𝑽 = 𝑽𝟐 𝑮 =
𝑮

where
𝑉 = 𝐸 = 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠 Energy
𝑅 = 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑠
𝐼 = 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑾 = 𝑷𝒕
𝐺 = 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑚ℎ𝑜 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑠
𝑃 = 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑠
𝑊 = 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦, 𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠
RESISTORS IN SERIES
CHARACTERISTICS

1. Current flowing in each resistor is the same

𝑰 = 𝑰𝟏 = 𝑰𝟐 = 𝑰𝟑

2. Total resistance is equal to the sum of all circuit resistance.

𝑹𝑻 = 𝑹𝟏 + 𝑹 𝟐 + 𝑹𝟑

3. Total voltage is equal to the sum of voltage drop across each resistor
𝑽 = 𝑽𝟏 + 𝑽𝟐 + 𝑽𝟑
𝑰𝑹 = 𝑰𝑹𝟏 + 𝑰𝑹𝟐 + 𝑰𝑹𝟑

4. Total power is equal to the sum of all power

𝑷𝑻 = 𝑷𝟏 + 𝑷 𝟐 + 𝑷𝟑
RESISTORS IN PARALLEL
CHARACTERISTICS

1. Voltage across each resistor is the same 𝐼1 𝐼2 𝐼3

𝑽 = 𝑽𝟏 = 𝑽𝟐 = 𝑽𝟑

2. Total resistance is equal to the sum of the reciprocal of the circuit or equal to the sum of the conductance
of the circuit.

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝑹𝑻
=𝑹 +𝑹 +𝑹
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝑮𝑻 = 𝑮𝟏 + 𝑮𝟐 + 𝑮𝟑

3. Total current is equal to the sum of the current which flows in each resistor
𝑰 = 𝑰𝟏 + 𝑰𝟐 + 𝑰𝟑

4. Total power is equal to the sum of all power

𝑷𝑻 = 𝑷𝟏 + 𝑷𝟐 + 𝑷𝟑
 QUICK CHECK

RESISTORS
Find the total resistance of the following circuit

(a) (b)