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Formula Sheet: Series Circuit

This document provides formulas and steps for analyzing various circuit components and analysis methods. It includes summaries of formulas for series and parallel circuits, methods for Thevenin and Norton conversions, the steps for mesh current analysis, an overview of the superposition theorem, and the steps for applying Thevenin's theorem to reduce circuits.

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Formula Sheet: Series Circuit

This document provides formulas and steps for analyzing various circuit components and analysis methods. It includes summaries of formulas for series and parallel circuits, methods for Thevenin and Norton conversions, the steps for mesh current analysis, an overview of the superposition theorem, and the steps for applying Thevenin's theorem to reduce circuits.

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Formula Sheet

SeriesCircuit: TotalResistanceRT=R1+R2+R3+RN TotalCurrentIT=ES/RT VoltagedropV=IxR KVL0=ES+VR1+VR2+VR3+..VRN VoltageDividerRuleVX=(RX/RT)xE TotalPowerP=ExI

ParallelCircuit: TotalCurrentIT=I1+I2+I3+IN or IT=V/RT=[Link]/RT TotalResistanceRT=1/(1/R1+1/R2+1/R3+..1/RN) RT=E/IT TotalResistancefortworesistorsinparallelRT=(R1xR2)/(R1+R2) KCLIT=I1+I2+I3+IN CurrentDividerRuleIx=(RT/RX)xIT SpecialCasefortworesistors: I2=(R1/R1+R2)xIT I1=(R2/R1+R2)xIT TotalPowerPT=P1+P2+...PN

ThevenintoNortonsConversions: RN=RTH ETH=RNxIN IN=ETH/RN Maximumpower PLattainsitsmaximumvaluewhenRL=RTH

StepstofollowfortheMeshCurrentmethodofanalysis: 1. Drawmeshcurrentsinloopsofcircuit,enoughtoaccountforallcomponents. 2. Labelresistorvoltagedroppolaritiesbasedonassumeddirectionsofmeshcurrents. 3. WriteKVLequationsforeachloopofthecircuit,substitutingtheproductIRforEineachresistor [Link],expressthe currentasthealgebraicsumofthosetwomeshcurrents(i.e.I1+I2)ifthecurrentsgointhe [Link],expressthecurrentasthedifference(i.e.I1I2 ). 4. Solveforunknownmeshcurrents(simultaneousequations). 5. Ifanysolutionisnegative,thentheassumedcurrentdirectioniswrong! 6. Algebraicallyaddmeshcurrentstofindcurrentincomponentssharingmultiplemeshcurrents. 7. Solveforvoltagedropsacrossallresistors(E=IR).

SuperpositionTheorem TheSuperpositionTheoremstatesthatacircuitcanbeanalyzedwithonlyonesourceofpower atatime,thecorrespondingcomponentvoltagesandcurrentsalgebraicallyaddedtofindout whattheylldowithallpowersourcesineffect. Tonegateallbutonepowersourceforanalysis,replaceanysourceofvoltage(batteries)witha wirereplaceanycurrentsourcewithanopen(break).

TheveninsTheorem TheveninsTheoremisawaytoreduceanetworktoanequivalentcircuitcomposedofa singlevoltagesource,seriesresistance,[Link]: 1. FindtheTheveninsourcevoltagebyremovingtheloadresistorfromtheoriginalcircuitand calculatingvoltageacrosstheopenconnectionpointswheretheloadresistorusedtobe. 2. FindtheTheveninresistancebyremovingallpowersourcesintheoriginalcircuit(voltage sourcesshortedandcurrentsourcesopen)andcalculatingtotalresistancebetweentheopen connectionpoints. 3. DrawtheTheveninequivalentcircuit,withtheTheveninvoltagesourceinserieswiththe [Link] circuit. 4. Analyzevoltageandcurrentfortheloadresistorfollowingtherulesforseriescircuits.

ThevenintoNortonConversion TheveninandNortonresistancesareequal. TheveninvoltageisequaltoNortoncurrenttimesNortonresistance. NortoncurrentisequaltoTheveninvoltagedividedbyTheveninresistance.

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