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This document is an assignment for an electrical engineering course. It contains 14 questions involving circuit analysis techniques like node-voltage method, mesh-current method, source transformations, Thévenin/Norton equivalents, maximum power transfer, and superposition. Students are asked to use these techniques to solve for values like branch currents, node voltages, power dissipated, and equivalent circuit parameters in various circuits depicted in the figures provided.

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Assignment 4

This document is an assignment for an electrical engineering course. It contains 14 questions involving circuit analysis techniques like node-voltage method, mesh-current method, source transformations, Thévenin/Norton equivalents, maximum power transfer, and superposition. Students are asked to use these techniques to solve for values like branch currents, node voltages, power dissipated, and equivalent circuit parameters in various circuits depicted in the figures provided.

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Department of Electrical Engineering and

Computer Science

York University

EECS2200

Assignment # 4
EECS2200 York University Assignment # 4

The Node-Voltage Method:


Q1. Use the node-voltage method to find the branch currents 𝑖1 , 𝑖2 and 𝑖3 in the circuit Q1.
Check your solution by showing that the power dissipated in the circuit equals the power
developed.

Fig. Q1
Q2. Use the node-voltage method to find the total power dissipated in the circuit in Fig. Q2.

Fig. Q2

Q3. a) Find the node voltages 𝑣1 , 𝑣2 , and 𝑣3 in the circuit in Fig. Q3.
b) Find the total power dissipated in the circuit.

Fig. Q3

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The Mesh-Current Method:


Q4. Use the mesh-current method to find the power developed in the dependent voltage source
in the circuit in Fig. Q4.

Fig. Q4

Q5. Find the branch currents 𝑖𝑎 − 𝑖𝑒 for the circuit shown in Fig. Q5. Check your answers by
showing that the total power generated equals the total power dissipated.

Fig. Q5

Q6. a) Use the mesh-current method to find the branch currents in 𝑖𝑎 − 𝑖𝑒 in the circuit in Fig.
Q6.
b) Check your solution by showing that the total power developed in the circuit equals the
total power dissipated.

Fig. Q6

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Source Transformations:

Q7. a) Find the current 𝑖𝑜 in the circuit in Fig. Q7 by making a succession of appropriate source
transformations.
b) Using the result obtained, work back through the circuit to find the power developed by
the 50 V source.

Fig. Q7

Q8. a) Use source transformations to find 𝑣𝑜 in the circuit in Fig. Q8.


b) Find the power developed by the 520 V source.
c) Find the power developed by the 1 A current source.
d) Verify that the total power developed equals the total power dissipated.

Fig. Q8

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Thévenin & Norton Equivalents:


Q9. Find the Thévenin equivalent with respect to the terminals a,b for the circuit in Fig. Q1.

Fig. Q9

Q10. Find the Norton equivalent with respect to the terminals a,b in the circuit in Fig. Q2.

Fig. Q10

Maximum Power Transfer:


Q11. The variable resistor in the circuit in Fig. Q3 is adjusted for maximum power transfer to
𝑅𝑜 .
a) Find the value of 𝑅𝑜 .
b) Find the maximum power that can be delivered to 𝑅𝑜 .
(Hint: First step is to find the Thevenin equivalent of the circuit.)

Fig. Q11

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Q12. The variable resistor (𝑅𝐿 ) in the circuit in Fig. Q4 is adjusted for maximum power transfer
to 𝑅𝐿 .
a) Find the numerical value of 𝑅𝐿 .
b) Find the maximum power transferred to 𝑅𝐿 .

(Hint: First step is to find the Thevenin equivalent of the circuit.)

Fig. Q12

Superposition:
Q13. Use superposition to solve for 𝑖𝑜 and 𝑣𝑜 in the circuit in Fig. Q13.

Fig. Q13

Q14. Use superposition to solve for 𝑣𝑜 in the circuit in Fig. Q14.

Fig. Q14

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