CIRCUITS WITH DEPENDENT SOURCES
GENERAL STRATEGY
TREAT DEPENDENT SOURCES AS REGULAR
SOURCES AND ADD ONE MORE EQUATION FOR
THE CONTROLLING VARIABLE
A CONVENTION ABOUT DEPENDENT SOURCES.
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THE CURRENT
AND VOLTAGE VARIABLES ARE ASSUMED IN SI
UNITS OF Amps AND Volts
FOR THIS EXAMPLE THE MULTIPLIER MUST HAVE
UNITS OF OHM
UNITS ARE EXPLICIT
KVL
A PLAN:
SINGLE LOOP CIRCUIT.
USE KVL TO DETERMINE CURRENT
ONE EQUATION, TWO UNKNOWNS. CONTROLLING
VARIABLE PROVIDES EXTRA EQUATION
REPLACE AND SOLVE FOR THE CURRENT
USE OHM’S LAW