RESISTIVE CIRCUITS
Here we introduce the basic concepts and laws that are
fundamental to circuit analysis
LEARNING GOALS
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OHM’S LAW - DEFINES THE SIMPLEST PASSIVE ELEMENT: THE
RESISTOR
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KIRCHHOFF’S LAWS - THE FUNDAMENTAL CIRCUIT CONSERVATION
LAWS- KIRCHHOFF CURRENT (KCL) AND KIRCHHOFF VOLTAGE (KVL)
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LEARN TO ANALYZE THE SIMPLEST CIRCUITS
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SINGLE LOOP - THE VOLTAGE DIVIDER
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SINGLE NODE-PAIR - THE CURRENT DIVIDER
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SERIES/PARALLEL RESISTOR COMBINATIONS - A TECHNIQUE
TO REDUCE THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME CIRCUITS
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CIRCUITS WITH DEPENDENT SOURCES - (NOTHING VERY
SPECIAL)
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WYE - DELTA TRANSFORMATION - A TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE
COMMON RESISTOR CONNECTIONS THAT ARE NEITHER SERIES NOR
PARALLEL
