Electrical Circuits I (Lecture 3)

Electrical Circuits I
)Lecture 3(

We present in this lecture the following topics:

• Series and parallel resistive networks,
• current divider rule,
• voltage divider rule.

NOTE: All examples are taken from Electric circuits (J. Nillson) with minor changes
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Two resistors are said to be in series, if they are connected at a single node

.Series-connected circuit elements carry the same current

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When two resistors or more connect at a single node pair, they are
said to be in parallel

a single node pair

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𝒊𝟏 𝒊𝟐 𝒊𝟑 𝒊𝟒
Parallel-connected circuit resistors have
the same voltage across their terminals.
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Example
Calculate the no-load voltages in and for the voltage divider
circuit shown in Fig

𝑣𝑅 )4700(
1 V 94

𝑣 𝑅2
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By simplifying the circuit with

series-parallel reductions we get Fig.
a
Then, using the formula for current division:

Fig. a
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Voltage Division And Current Division
We can now generalize the results from analyzing the voltage-divider
circuit and the current-divider circuit
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the equivalent resistance of the four parallel

branches containing resistors. Symbolically

Applying Current-division equation

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𝑣 =48 V