SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BENG (HONS) ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

EC120 ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC PRINCIPLES I

Example Problems for the Lecture

01. Use Superposition Theorem to determine the voltage across R2 resistor.

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02. Derive Thevenin’s Equivalent and determine the current through RL.

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03. Determine the current through R5 using Thevenin’s Theorem.

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04. Redo questions 02 & 03 using Norton’s Theorem.

05. Find the Norton’s Equivalent circuit external to terminals a & b and determine the current
through RL.

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06. Determine the value of the load resistance required to transfer maximum amount of power
to the load.
Find VL, IL and PL when maximum power is delivered to the load.

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