Lecture 3
Lecture 3
• Voltage Division
• It is used to express the
voltage across one of several
series resistors in terms of the
voltage across the combination.
R2
v2 = v
R1 + R2
& R1
v1 = v
R1 + R2
Rk
• For N series resistors, vk = v
R1 + R2 + L+ RN
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Voltage and Current Division
• Current Division
• The larger of two parallel resistors
always carries the smaller current.
R1
i2 = i
R1 + R2
R1
i2 = i
R1 + R2
R2
• & i1 = i
R1 + R2
1
• For N parallel resistors, Rk
ik =
1 1 1
+ +L +
R1 R2 RN
• Nodal Analysis:
“An N-node circuit will have (N-1)
unknown voltages and (N-1) equations”.
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