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201A: Introdu tion to Ele troni s

Aug. 9th, 2012

Assignment 3
Instru tor: Adrish Banerjee

Due date: Aug. 16th, 2012

Problem 1
Employ superposition to determine the voltage a ross the
maximum power rating of the resistor is
whi h the

5V

250 mW ,

17 k

resistor in Fig.1. If the

what is the maximum positive voltage to

sour e an be in reased before the resistor overheats?

6I x

1k Ohm
+

_
Ix

+
_

5V

20 mA

17k Ohm
22k Ohm

Figure 1: Figure for Problem 1

Problem 2
Find the Thevenin equivalent of the network in Fig.2 as viewed from terminals: (a)

x ; (b)

and y .
10 Ohm

20 Ohm
y

88 V

+
_

1A

50 Ohm
40 Ohm

Figure 2: Figure for Problem 2

Problem 3
1. Find the Thevenin equivalent of the network shown in Fig.3.
2. What power would be delivered to a load of

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100

at

and b?

and

40 Ohm

100 Ohm
a

+
_

20 V

1.5i 1

200 Ohm
i1

Figure 3: Figure for Problem 3

Problem 4
Find the Thevenin equivalent of the two-terminal network shown in Fig.4.
0.2v ab
50 Ohm
_

+
+

0.01v ab

100 Ohm

200 Ohm

vab
_
b

Figure 4: Figure for Problem 4

Problem 5
The ir uit in Fig.5 is a part of an audio amplier. If we want to transfer maximum power
to the 8 speaker, what value of RE is needed?
vp

300 Ohm

10k Ohm

vs

+
_

RE

70k Ohm
3x10

-3

8 Ohm

vp

Figure 5: Figure for Problem 5

Problem 6
A pra ti al urrent sour e provides 10 W to a 250 load and 20 W to an 80 load. A
resistan e RL with voltage vL and urrent iL , is onne ted to it. Find the values of RL , vL ,
and iL if
a) vL , iL is a maximum.
b) vL is a maximum.
) iL is a maximum.

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