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Series and Parallel Ac Circuits

This document summarizes key concepts about series and parallel AC circuits: 1) It discusses impedance and phasor diagrams for series circuits with resistive, inductive, and capacitive elements. The total impedance of series configurations is the sum of the individual impedances. 2) For parallel circuits, it covers admittance, susceptance, and how to calculate the input admittance and impedance. The total admittance of parallel configurations is the sum of the individual admittances. 3) It also discusses voltage and current divider rules that can be used to solve for unknown voltages and currents in series and parallel AC circuits containing resistors, inductors, and capacitors.

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Series and Parallel Ac Circuits

This document summarizes key concepts about series and parallel AC circuits: 1) It discusses impedance and phasor diagrams for series circuits with resistive, inductive, and capacitive elements. The total impedance of series configurations is the sum of the individual impedances. 2) For parallel circuits, it covers admittance, susceptance, and how to calculate the input admittance and impedance. The total admittance of parallel configurations is the sum of the individual admittances. 3) It also discusses voltage and current divider rules that can be used to solve for unknown voltages and currents in series and parallel AC circuits containing resistors, inductors, and capacitors.

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Chapter 15

Series and Parallel ac Circuits


SERIES ac CIRCUITS

IMPEDANCE AND THE PHASOR DIAGRAM

Resistive Elements

EXAMPLE 15.1
Using complex algebra, find the current i for the circuit of Fig. 15.2. Sketch the
waveforms of v and i.

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Inductive Reactance

EXAMPLE 15.4
Using complex algebra, find the voltage v for the circuit of Fig. 15.10.

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Capacitive Reactance:

EXAMPLE 15.5
Using complex algebra, find the current i for the circuit of Fig. 15.14.

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Impedence diagram:

For any configuration (series, parallel, series-


parallel, etc.), the angle associated with the
total impedance is the angle by which the
applied voltage leads the source current. For
inductive networks, T will be positive, whereas
for capacitive networks, T will be negative.

15.3 SERIES CONFIGURATION

EXAMPLE 15.7
Draw the impedance diagram for the circuit of Fig. 15.21, and find the total impedance.

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EXAMPLE 15.8
Determine the input impedance to the series network of Fig. 15.23. Draw the impedance
diagram.

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Series R-L Circuit:

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Series R-C circuit:

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Series R-L-C circuit:

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15.4 VOLTAGE DIVIDER RULE

EXAMPLE 15.9
Using the voltage divider rule, find the voltage across each element of the circuit of Fig.
15.40.

EXAMPLE 15.10
Using the voltage divider rule, find the unknown voltages VR, VL, VC, and V1 for the
circuit of Fig. 15.41.

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15.5 FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF THE R-C CIRCUIT

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Using Voltage divider,

PARALLEL ac CIRCUITS

15.7 ADMITTANCE AND SUSCEPTANCE

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EXAMPLE 15.12
For the network of Fig. 15.56:
a. Find the admittance of each parallel branch.
b. Determine the input admittance.
c. Calculate the input impedance.

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15.8 PARALLEL ac NETWORKS

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Paralled R-L circuit:

Determine YT, ZT, I, IR, IL, PT, Power factor.

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15.9 CURRENT DIVIDER RULE

EXAMPLE 15.15
Using the current divider rule, find the current through each impedance of Fig. 15.77.

EXAMPLE 15.16
Using the current divider rule, find the current through each parallel branch of Fig. 15.78.

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15.10 FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF THE PARALLEL R-L
NETWORK

Using current divider,

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15.12 EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS

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EXAMPLE 15.17
Determine the series equivalent circuit for the network of Fig. 15.90.

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