EEE1001

Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Lab

Dr. Jakeer Hussain

School of Electrical Engineering
jakeer.hussain@vit.ac.in

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Verification of Thevenin’s Theorem

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Exp No:
Date:
Aim:
To obtain branch voltage and current of a specific branch of a given DC
circuit using Thevenin’s theorem.
Apparatus Required:

Component/part in
S.No Value Path in the directory
ORCAD
1 DC Voltage source 100V PSPICE\SOURCE\VDC
2 5 ohms
3 10 ohms
4 Resistors 20 ohms PSPICE\ANALOG\R
5 25 ohms
6 50 ohms
7 Ground 0V Place >> Ground

Analysis Type: Bias point

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Theory:
Thevenin’s Theorem

A linear, active, resistive network which contains one or more voltage

or current sources can be replaced by a single voltage source and a
series resistance. The voltage is called the Thevenin’s equivalent
voltage, VTH and series resistance is called the Thevenin’s equivalent

resistance, RTH.
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 Procedural Steps for obtaining Thevenin circuit

To find the Thevenin’s voltage VTH :

1. Remove the load resistor (RL) and keep the terminals open.
2. Analyze the circuit to find the voltage across open terminals of
the load resistance (open circuit voltage).
3. The voltage across open terminals of the load resistance is called
Thevenin’s voltage.

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 Procedural Steps for obtaining Thevenin circuit

To find the Thevenin’s resistance RTH :

1. Make the all independent sources dead. Replace all the
independent voltage sources with short circuit and all the
independent current sources with the open circuit.
2. Remove the load resistor (RL) and find the equivalent circuit
resistance by looking from the open terminals of the load
resistance.
3. The computed resistance is called Thevenin’s resistance, RTH

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 Procedural Steps for obtaining Thevenin circuit
 Obtain the Thevenin’s equivalent circuit with Thevenin’s voltage
connected in series with the Thevenin’s resistance.

 Connect the load resistance in

series with the Thevenin’s
resistance.

 Compute the current flowing through the load resistance.

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To obtain the current through R3 and voltage across R3 of the given
circuit by applying the Thevenin’s theorem,
1. Obtain thevenin’s voltage
Remove the R3 resistor.

Calculate voltage across a-b terminals.

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1. Obtain thevenin’s voltage

Remove the R3 resistor.

E VC
Calculate voltage across a-b terminals.

Vab = 97.5V

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1. Obtain thevenin’s voltage Vab = 97.5V
2. Obtain thevenin’s resistance

 Make the independent voltage

and current sources zero.

 Voltage source  short circuit

 Current source  open circuit

 Find the circuit resistance by

applying voltage between a-b
terminals

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1. Obtain thevenin’s voltage
2. Obtain thevenin’s resistance

RTH = 4.25Ω

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1. Obtain thevenin’s voltage Vab = 97.5V
2. Obtain thevenin’s resistance RTH = 4.25Ω
3. Draw the Thevenin’s equivalent circuit

4. Calculate current through R3: IR3 = 3.334A

5. Calculate voltage across R3: VR3 = 83.334V

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Experiment Procedure:
To obtain Thevenin’s Voltage (VTH ):

1. Create the given circuit diagram in new project file using the
general procedure and remove the interested branch.
2. Replace the default component value and source value as per
given circuit diagram.
3. Create the New simulation profile and set analysis type as Bias
point.
4. Run the simulation and note down the bias voltage across the
removed branch open terminals.
5. The obtained voltage is Thevenin’s voltage, VTH .

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Experiment Procedure:
To obtain Thevenin’s Resistance (RTH ):

1. Remove the voltage source and short circuit the connection.

2. Replace the interested branch element with a voltage source.
3. Enable the bias voltage and current display.
4. Vary the voltage in voltage source and note down the current
values through the voltage source.
5. Find the resistance (RTH) of the circuit from the noted voltage and
current value using Ohm’s law.
6. Calculate the average value of RTH

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Experiment Procedure:
To obtain the voltage across and current through the interested branch:

1. Create Thevenin’s equivalent circuit with Thevenin’s voltage

and Thevenin’s resistance in series with the interested branch
element.
2. Simulate the circuit and note the voltage across and current
through the interested branch element.
3. Compare the difference between the recorded results and
calculated (theoretical) results.

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Tabulation for RTH calculation:

S.No V_IN I_IN R_TH

1 10V    
2 20V    
3 30V    
4 40V    
5 50V    
Average of R_TH  

Tabulation for values comparison:

Theoretical Experimenta % difference =
S.NO Parameter
Result (T) Result (E) {(T-E)/T}x100
1 V_TH      
2 R_TH      
3 V_Branch      
4 I_Branch      

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Bias Voltages and Bias Currents in simulation:

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Conclusions:
 The Thevenin’s equivalent circuit of the given circuit is
obtained.
 The voltage across and current through the interested branch
element is obtained using Thevenin’s theorem.
 The obtained values are verified with theoretically calculated
values.

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