Electric Circuit(1) Chapter 4

Lecture
Lecture N06
N06

Chapter 4.
Techniques of
Circuit Analysis
Learning Goals -continue-

1. Node-Voltage Analysis Method

2. Mesh-Current Analysis Method
3. Source Transformation
4. Thevenin & Norton Equivalent
5. Max. Power Transfer
6. Superposition
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Main
Main Contents
Contents in
in Chapter
Chapter 44

4.1 Terminology
4.2 Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method
4.3 The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent Sources
4.4 The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special Cases
4.5 Introduction to the Mesh-Current Method
4.6 The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent Sources
4.7 The Mesh-Current Method: Some Special Cases (★)
4.8 The Node-Voltage Method Versus the Mesh-Current
Method (★)

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Main
Main Contents
Contents in
in Chapter
Chapter 44

4.9 Source Transformations

4.10 Thévenin and Norton Equivalents
4.11 More on Deriving a Thévenin Equivalent
4.12 Maximum Power Transfer
4.13 Superposition

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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method

It works only with planar circuits.

 Mesh currents are assigned to each mesh, and

Kirchhoff’s voltage law is used to write one equation
per mesh.

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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method

The number of equations is b – (n – 1), where b is the

number of branches in which the current is unknown,
and n is the number of nodes.

The mesh currents are used to find the branch

currents.

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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method

Fig.
Fig.4.18
4.18

A circuit with the mesh currents defined

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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method

Fig.
Fig.4.19
4.19

A circuit used to illustrate development of the mesh-

current method of circuit analysis
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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method

• Apply Kirchhoff’s current law to the upper node and

Kirchhoff’s voltage law around the two meshes to generate
the following set of equations:

i1  i2  i3
v1  i1 ( R1  R3 )  i2 R3
v1  i1 R1  i3 R3  v2  i1 R3  i2 ( R2  R3 )
 v2  i2 R2  i3 R3

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Selection
Selection of
of Mesh/Loop-Current
Mesh/Loop-Current

Line Mesh
MeshCurrent
LineCurrent
Current Current

Mesh
MeshCurrent
Current Loop
LoopCurrent
Current
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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method
Mesh currents

Fig.
Fig.4.20
4.20

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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method
Mesh currents

Fig.
Fig.4.20
4.20

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4.5
4.5 Introduction
Introduction to
to the
theMesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method
Mesh currents

Fig.
Fig.4.20
4.20

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Fig.
Fig.4.20
4.20

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Fig.
Fig.4.20
4.20

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Fig.
Fig.4.20
4.20

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4.6
4.6 Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method and
and Dependent
Dependent Sources
Sources

Example:
Use the mesh-current method of circuit analysis to determine the
power dissipated in the 4 Ω resistor in the circuit shown below.

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Example: Use the mesh-current method of circuit analysis to determine

in the circuit shown below.

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4.7
4.7 Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method (Some
(SomeSpecial
SpecialCases)
Cases)

A circuit illustrating mesh analysis

when a branch contains an independent current source :
Only one mesh equation
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4.7
4.7 Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method (Some
(SomeSpecial
SpecialCases)
Cases)

Fig.
Fig.4.25
4.25

A circuit illustrating mesh analysis

when a branch contains an independent current source ;
ic-ia=5A
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4.7
4.7 Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method (Some
(SomeSpecial
SpecialCases)
Cases)

The circuit illustrating the concept of a supermesh

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4.7
4.7 Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method (Some
(SomeSpecial Cases)((★
SpecialCases) ★))

The circuit with the mesh currents ia , ib, ic

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4.7
4.7 Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current Method
Method (Some
(SomeSpecial
SpecialCases)
Cases)((★★))

The circuit depicting the supermesh created by the presence of the

dependent current source
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4.8
4.8 Node-Voltage
Node-Voltage Method
Method Vs Vs Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current
Method
Method ((★★))
• Advantage:

Reduce the number of simultaneous

equations that must be manipulated.

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4.8
4.8 Node-Voltage
Node-Voltage Method
Method Vs Vs Mesh-Current
Mesh-Current
Method
Method ((★★))
• When is the node-voltage method preferred
to the mesh-current method and vice versa?

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THE END
<Chapter 4.>
= Part II =

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