5 Equivalent Resistance
5 Equivalent Resistance
5 Equivalent Resistance
Prepared by:
Engr. Tomashita P. Arenas, MEng’g.Ed-EE
Series Circuit Connection
• The loads are connected from end-to-end.
𝑅𝑇 = 𝑅1 + 𝑅2 + 𝑅3 + ⋯ + 𝑅𝑁
𝐼𝑇 = 𝐼1 = 𝐼2 = 𝐼3 = 𝐼𝑁
𝑉𝑇 = 𝑉1 + 𝑉2 + 𝑉3 + ⋯ + 𝑉𝑁
𝑃𝑇 = 𝑃1 + 𝑃2 + 𝑃3 + ⋯ + 𝑃𝑁
Parallel Circuit Connection
• The loads are connected across each other.
1
𝑅𝑇 =
1 1 1 1
+ + + ⋯+
𝑅1 𝑅2 𝑅3 𝑅𝑁
𝐼𝑇 = 𝐼1 + 𝐼2 + 𝐼3 + ⋯ + 𝐼𝑁
𝑉𝑇 = 𝑉1 = 𝑉2 = 𝑉3 = 𝑉𝑁
𝑃𝑇 = 𝑃1 + 𝑃2 + 𝑃3 + ⋯ + 𝑃𝑁
Series and Parallel Connection
• A combination of series and parallel connection.
Examples
SERIES CIRCUIT
PARALLEL CIRCUIT
Examples
Find the Rₑq for the circuit.
Solution:
Examples
Calculate the equivalent resistance Rₐb in the
circuit.
Solution:
Examples
Find the equivalent conductance Gₑq for the
circuit.
Solution:
Examples
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Voltage Division Theorem
• Applicable to 2 loads in series only.
𝑉𝑇 × 𝑅1
𝑉1 =
𝑅1 + 𝑅2
𝑉𝑇 × 𝑅2
𝑉2 =
𝑅1 + 𝑅2
Examples 2. Let 𝑣𝑖𝑛 = 6 V, 𝑅1 = 50 𝑘Ω, and 𝑅2 = 10 𝑘 Ω. Find 𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑡 ,
the voltage across 𝑅2 .
𝐼𝑇 × 𝑅2
𝐼1 =
𝑅1 + 𝑅2
𝐼𝑇 × 𝑅1
𝐼2 =
𝑅1 + 𝑅2
Examples
1. A 20 Ω resistor is connected in parallel with a 60 Ω resistor. If the combination is connected across a 30
volts battery supply, find the current flowing through each resistor and the total current supplied by the source.
2. Calculate the individual branch currents using the current division rule and the equivalent circuit resistance.
Example
Find iₒ and vₒ in the circuit. Calculate the
power dissipated in the 3-Ω resistor.
Solution:
Example
For the circuit, determine the voltage vₒ, the
power supplied by the current source and the
power absorbed by each resistor.
Solution:
9. Calculate the voltage , the conductance and the power p of the circuit below.
10. A resistor absorbs an instantaneous power of 20 cos²t mW when connected to a voltage source v=
10 cos t V. Find i and R.
Basic Concept
Wye-Delta
Transformation The resistors are neither in parallel nor in series.
Wye to Delta
Conversion formulas for transforming a wye network to
Conversion
an equivalent delta network
Basic Concept
Resistor in the ∆ The sum of all possible products of Y resistors taken two
network at a time, divided by the opposite Y resistor
Y and ∆ are
balanced
Conversion
formulas
Example
Convert the ∆ network to an equivalent Y
network.
Solution:
Example
Obtain the equivalent resistance Rab for the
circuit and use it to find current i.
Solution:
Practice Problems
1. Transform the wye network to a delta network.