EE 2006
Electric Circuit Analysis
Spring 2015
January 23, 2015
Lecture 02
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Lab 1 Digital Multi-meter
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Lab instructions
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Available online
Print out and read before Lab
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MWAH 391, 4:00 – 7:00 pm, next Monday or Wednesday
(January 26/28)
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Work in pairs (group of 3 if odd number)
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Group data, individual report
Lab safety rules
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Lecture Outline
• Voltage, power, and energy
• Active and passive elements
• Ohm’s Law
• Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws
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Review: Electric Current

Created by motion of charge
I

Measured by charge change rate, unit in A (amperes)
dq
1C
i=
, 1A =
dt
1s

Convention on direction: flow direction of positive
charges, opposite to the flow of negative charges
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Review: DC Current and AC current
Direct current (DC)
I
DC ( I ): current that remains
constant with time
Alternating current (AC)
i
AC ( i ): current that varies
sinusoidally with time
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Voltage
Definition: electrical potential difference between two points of an
electric circuit or electromotive force (emf) required to move the
charge from one point to another point
+
a
The potential difference between points a and b:
vab= va-vb = dw/dq,
vab
b
w: energy with unit in joules (J)
q: charge with unit in coulombs (C)
v: voltage with unit in volts (V)
1V=1J/C
Polarity: “+” or “-” used to define the reference direction
Voltage drop direction: from “+” polarity to “-” polarity
The polarity can be defined by you
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Power and Energy
Power: the time rate of expending or absorbing energy,
measured in watts (W):
p=dw/dt=(dw/dq).(dq/dt)=vi
Sign convention:
i
+
a
v
b
Current direction is the same
as the voltage drop direction ,
P=vi
i
-
a
v
+
b
When current direction is
opposite to the voltage drop
direction, P= - vi
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Circuit Elements
Circuit element is a mathematical model of a real device
• Active element: p = vi <0, generating energy
i.e., batteries, generators, operational amplifiers
• Passive element: p=vi>0, absorbing or storing energy
i.e., resistors (absorbing energy),
capacitors and inductors (storing energy)
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Active Element
The most important active elements are voltage and
current sources
• Independent sources
v
+
-
• Dependent sources
+
V
i
-
Independent
voltage sources
Independent
current sources
v
+
-
Dependent
voltage source,
VCVS or CCVS
i
Dependent
current source,
VCCS or CCCS
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Example of Dependent Sources
A
B
i
A
i
10i
+
-
C
+
5V
-
+
-
C
0.2i
CCVS
CCCS
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Resistance
Resistance is the physical ability to resist current.
The circuit element used to model this behavior is the resistor, which is a passive
element
R
Circuit
symbol:
Unit for R: Ω, 1Ω =1V/A
l: length in m
A: crosssectional
area in m2
Resistance is dependent on the material property
and physical dimensions of the resistor
ρ: Material receptivity in Ω·m
l
R=ρ
A
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Ohm’s Law
Statement: the voltage v across a resistor is directly
proportional to the current i flowing through the resistor, i.e.,
v∝i
v = iR
v
+
-
i
V = iR
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Short Circuit and Open Circuit
v = iR (0 ≤ R < ∞)
(A)Short Circuit (SC)
R=0→v=0
+
i
v=0 R=0
-
(B) Open Circuit (OC)
R=∞→i=0
+
i=0
R=∞
-
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Conductance
Conductance G is the reciprocal of resistance R, i.e.,
1 i
G= =
R v
Unit of G: siemens (S) or mhos ( )
1S=1/Ω=1A/V
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Power
Power: the time rate of expending or absorbing energy,
measured in watts (W):
p=dw/dt=(dw/dq).(dq/dt)=vi
Instantaneous power for any circuit element: p(t)=v(t)i(t)
The power delivered to a resistor is
2
v
v
 
= v 2G
p = vi = v  =
R R
2
i
p = vi = (iR )i = i 2 R =
G
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Branch, Nodes and Loops
One node
+
-
A branch is a single element such as a voltage (current) source or
a resistor;
A node is the point of connection between two or more branches;
A loop is any closed path in a circuit
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Elements in Serial and Parallel
Two elements are in series if they
exclusively share a single node
Two elements are in parallel if
they are connected to the same
two nodes
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