Circuit Analysis Tutorial

1. Simplify the following circuit. If the output of the voltage source is 4 volt, find the current
drawn from the source.
2. Consider the series/parallel resistor circuit shown in the Figure below.
(a !valuate the total resistance of the circuit and hence find the current drawn from the
source.
(b Find the voltages at the nodes ", #, and C (with respect to the reference node shown.
$. %he following circuit is used to measure the internal resistance of a battery, r
b.
%he load
resistance, &
'
, is () . *hen the switch is open, +
out
,-..+ while, when the switch is closed,
+
out
,-.4/+. *hat is r
b
0
4. Consider the circuit shown in Figure 1 below. Solve the values for
currents I1, I2 and I3.
.. Find +oltage +
"#
for the below given circuit.
1. For the below circuit, the voltage source is having internal resistance -)2. %wo loads of
())2 and ()32 are connected across the voltage source in two different cases (case - and
case (. Show that the Supply voltage varies with the load. 4ow do you e5pect this variation
should be if you had an ideal voltage source of the same voltage value0
7. 6se 7odal analysis find the value of +
a
and +
b
in the following circuit.
Case - Case (
+oltage source +oltage source
8. 6se loop or mesh current analysis method to analy8e the following circuit. *hat is the net
current passing through +s(0
9. &ecall that, in the lecture, we have analy8ed the following circuit using principle of
superposition. *ould you now use both mesh current and nodal analysis methods to solve I
)
0
10. (a 6se the principle of superposition to determine the power dissipated in the /
resistor in the circuit as shown. (b *hat is the %hevenin e9uivalent circuit that the / 2
resistor sees0 "nd use this e9uivalent circuit to calculate the power dissipation in the / 2
resistor0
11. Find the %hevenin and 7orton e9uivalent circuits for the following circuit at the output
indicated by the two open circles.
-(. (a For the below circuit diagram, find the current through all the resistors. (4int: ;a3e
use of <C' and <+' for the wor3ing out the branch currents.
(b =raw the %hevenin e9uivalent circuit for the above diagram 3eeping /2 resistor as the
load resistor.