NETWORK

THEOREMS

BY –PANKAJ
UPRETI
Types of network

 LINEAR AND NON LINEAR

 UNILATERAL AND BILATERAL

 ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

● These theorems provide shortcut methods to
solve complex networks.

 SOME IMPORTANT THEOREMS ARE-

•THEVENIN’S THEOREM
•NORTON’S THEOREM
•MAXIMUM PIWER TRANSFER
THEOREM
•SUPERPOSITION THEOREM
SUPERPOSITION
THEOREM
 Applicable to linear system
 Should have more than one independent
power source
 the total response is the sum of the
individual responses.
Thevenin’s theorem
 Thévenin’s Theorem: A resistive circuit
can be represented by one voltage
source and one resistor in series
NORTON’S THEOREM
Norton theorem: A resistive circuit can be
represented by one current source and one
resistor in parallel
i

Rs v

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Norton-to-Thevenin and Thevenin-to-Norton
Conversions
MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER
THEOREM
The maximum power transfer
theorem states the following:
A load will receive maximum power
from a linear bilateral dc network
when its total resistive value is exactly
equal to the Thévenin resistance of
the network as “seen” by the load
RL = RTh
• To find the maximum power delivered to RL,

2
2
VTh R L VTh
pmax = =
 2R L  2
4R L
THAN
KS