SECTION 2: SERIES, PARALLEL,

SERIES-PARALLEL CIRCUITS,
VOLTAGE AND CURRENT DIVIDER
CIRCUIT

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Series and Parallel Circuits

Series-Parallel Circuits
Voltage and Current Division
Kirchhoffs Law

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Resistance Connections
Series
I
+

Solving for R

+ R1 V1
V2

+
R2
-

V
V3

+
R3
-

R = R1 + R 2 + R 3
V = V1 + V2 + V3
I
I1
I2
I3
Solving for P
P = P1 + P2 + P3
VI = V1I1 + V2I2 + V3I3

V = V1 + V2 + V3
I = I1 = I2 = I3

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Parallel
I
V = V1 = V2 = V3

I = I1 + I2 + I3

I1

+
R1
-

I2

I2 +
V2
1 +
R2

I3
V3
1
R3

+
R2
-

I3

+
R3
-

Solving for R
I =
V
1
=
R

I1 +
V1
1 +
R1

Solving for P
P = P1 + P2 + P3
VI = V1I1 + V2I2 + V3I3

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Thank You for

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Lets discuss Voltage and Current Division...

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Kirchhoffs Law
Series and Parallel Circuits
Series-Parallel Circuits
Voltage and Current Division

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Voltage Division
From the Series Circuit
I
+

+ R1 I = I1 = I2 = I3
V1
V2

+
R2
-

V
V3

+
R3
-

V
V1 V2 V3
=
=
=
R1 R2 R3
R
where
V = supply voltage
V1 , V2, V3 = partial voltage
R1
R
R2
V2 = V
R
R3
V3 = V
R

V1 = V

at this case, total R is

R = R1 + R 2 + R 3

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Current Division
From the Parallel Circuit
I
V = V1 = V2 = V3

IR = I1R1 = I2R2 = I3R3

I1

+
R1
-

I2

+
R2
-

I3

+
R3
-

where
I = supply current
I1 , I2, I3 = partial current
R
R1
R
I2 = I
R2
R
I3 = I
R3

I1 = I
-

at this case, total R is

1
= 1 + 1 + 1
R
R1 R2 R3

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For two branches parallel ciruits

I

from
IReq = IaRa = IbRb

Ia

+
Ra
-

Ib

+
Rb
-

to solve for branches currents

Req
Rb
=I
Ia = I
Ra
Ra + Rb
Req
Ra
=I
Ib = I
Rb
Ra + Rb
For nth common resistance in parallel ciruits

Req =

Ra Rb
Ra + Rb

R1

R2

R3

Rn

from
Req =

= 1 + 1
Req
Ra Rb

R
n

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