ME2212:Circuit Analysis-I

Fall 2015

Thvenin & Nortan Theorems

Lecture 17

M. Tahir Awan
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University,
Islamabad

Source Transformations
Source transformation refers to the process of
replacing a voltage source in series with a resistor R
with a current source in parallel with a resistor (with
the same resistance as R) and vice versa

In many circuits, source transformation can simplify

circuit analysis
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Source Transformation : Example

Transform the current source to voltage source
and find current I in the circuit

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Thvenin & Norton Theorems

Thvenin Theorem
Any linear, resistive circuit which contains one
or more voltage or current sources can be
replaced by a single voltage source and a series
resistance
Voltage is called the Thvenin equivalent Voltage
(Vth) and Resistance is called Thvenin
equivalent Resistance (Rth)

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Thvenin Theorem : Example

Thevenin equivalent of circuit shown below :
Vth = 8 V , Rth = 9 ohm

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Thvenin Theorem : Technique

Steps :
Step-1 : Remove the load resistance and find the
voltage across the open-circuit terminals, Voc
Step-2 : Determine the Thvenin equivalent
resistance of the network at the open terminals
with the load (RL) removed
Step-3 : Independent sources in circuit are made
zero by replacing the voltage sources with short
circuits and the current sources with open
circuits
VTH = Voc
RTH = Req

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Thvenin Theorem : Applications

Thevenins Theorem is useful in analyzing power
circuits where one particular resistor in the
circuit (RL) is subject to change, and recalculation of the circuit is necessary with each
trial value of load resistance

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Thvenin Theorem : Example

Find Thevenin equivalent of circuit shown below.

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Thvenin Theorem : Example

Find Thevenin equivalent of circuit shown below.
Connect RL = 2k ohm and find power dissipated
in it

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Thvenin Theorem : Example

Find Thevenin equivalent of circuit shown below.
Connect RL = 100 ohm and find power dissipated
in it

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Thvenin Theorem : Example

Find Thevenin equivalent of circuit shown below

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