Lecture 4: Nodal Analysis Nilsson & Riedel ENG17 (Sec. 2): Circuits I Spring April 10, 2014
Overview Recap on Voltage & Current Dividers Term Definition Node Voltage Method NVM w/Dependent Sources NVM Special Cases 2
Voltage Divider Wheatstone Bridge –2 voltage dividers in parallel 3
Current Divider 4 Similar analysis
Overview Recap on Voltage & Current Dividers Term Definition Node Voltage Method NVM w/Dependent Sources NVM Special Cases 5
Planar Circuit 6 Planar Not Planar Nodal good for either Mesh good for planar
Identify Node Essential Node Path Branch Essential Branch Loop Mesh 7
Simultaneous Equations How many unknown currents? How many equations needed? 8
Overview Recap on Voltage & Current Dividers Term Definition Node Voltage Method NVM w/Dependent Sources NVM Special Cases 9
Node Voltage Method – Setting Up Identify essential nodes Define reference node Apply KCL to each non-reference node, express current in terms of node voltages Solve simultaneous equations 10
Node Equations 11
Example 12
Overview Recap on Voltage & Current Dividers Term Definition Node Voltage Method NVM w/Dependent Sources NVM Special Cases 13
Dependent Sources Only need to add equation to describe relationship of the dependent source 14
Example 15
Overview Recap on Voltage & Current Dividers Term Definition Node Voltage Method NVM w/Dependent Sources NVM Special Cases 16
Source Between Essential Nodes 17
w/Dependent Source 18
Supernode 19
Example 20
Recap Recap on Voltage & Current Dividers Term Definition Node Voltage Method NVM w/Dependent Sources NVM Special Cases 21