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Table of Contents PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. VOLTAGE & CURRENT LAWS 3. BASIC ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES 4. NETWORK THEOREMS 5. CAPACITANCE 6. INDUCTANCE 7. AC FUNDAMENTALS 8. AC CIRCUITS 9. ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES (FOR AC) 10. NETWORK THEOREMS (FOR AC) 11. LAPLACE TRANSFORM 12. TRANSIENT ANALYSIS 13. 3-PHASE SYSTEMS REFERENCES 1 PREFACE In today’s world, there’s an electronic gadget for everything and inside these gadgets are circuits, little components wired together to perform some meaningful function. Have you wondered how a led display sign works or how a calculator works or toy cars work? How is it possible?? Answer, all because of electrical circuits. These tiny components when arranged in certain manner can do wonders. Fascinating isn’t it? Our fascination with gadgets and reliance on machinery is only growing day by day and hence from an engineering perspective, it is absolutely crucial to be familiar with the analysis and designing of such Circuits, at least identify components. Circuit analysis is one of basic subjects in engineering and particularly important for Electrical and Electronics students. So circuit analysis is a good starting point for anyone wanting to get into the ﬁeld. It is a very easy subject to learn and understand, but messing up these ideas or misunderstanding them, will lead to a lot of headache in other subjects. In this book we provide a concise introduction into basic Circuit analysis. A basic knowledge of Calculus and some Physics are the only prerequisites required to follow the topics discussed in the book. We've tried to explain the various fundamental concepts of Circuit theory in the simplest manner without an over reliance on math. Also, we have tried to connect the various topics with real life situations wherever possible. This way even ﬁrst timers can learn the basics of Circuit theory with minimum eﬀort. Hopefully the students will enjoy this diﬀerent approach to Circuit Analysis. The various concepts of the 2 subject are arranged logically and explained in a simple reader-friendly language with illustrative ﬁgures. This book is not meant to be a replacement for those standard Circuit theory textbooks, rather this book should be viewed as an introductory text for beginners to come in grips with advanced level topics covered in those books. This book will hopefully serve as inspiration to learn Circuit theory in greater depths. Readers are welcome to give constructive suggestions for the improvement of the book and please do leave a review. 3 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 ELECTRICAL CHARGE Have you ever wondered what Electricity is and where it comes from? To answer these questions, we have to start with the atom. Although we are more interested in the properties of electricity than the phenomenon itself, it wouldn’t hurt us to quickly discuss the basics. Everything in the universe is made of atoms and every atom consists of 3 types of particles, neutrons, protons and electrons. Neutrons and protons are packed together in the nucleus and make up the center of an atom, whereas the electrons move around the nucleus in a constant motion. For this discussion, we are only concerned about protons and electrons or more speciﬁcally, a property these two particles possess called the Electric Charge. Although it is very unlikely you’ll ever come across a proper deﬁnition for charge, the best we can come up with is, that charge is a form of electrical energy. Protons have a positive charge and Electrons have a negative charge. In a normal atom, the number of protons is equal to the number of electron and thus the atom as a whole is electrically neutral. Neutral objects aren’t of much interest to us, we are more interested in charged bodies. Electric Charge is denoted by the letter Q. 4 The SI unit of electric charge is Coulomb (C) and it is the charge possessed by 6.24 x 1018 electrons. 1.2 CURRENT Previously we mentioned that free electrons are responsible for the ﬂow of Electric Current. The concept behind this phenomenon is very simple, whenever a charged particle moves, it produces an Electric Current. Obviously the protons can’t move, because they are inside the nucleus. And the electrons close to the nucleus are held tightly by the force of attraction, so they can’t move either. So the only way an Electric current is produced is through movement of outer electrons, called the free electrons (it’s a little diﬀerent in electronics though). 5 To understand this better, consider the inside section of a Conductor as shown below. Conductors have tons of free electrons and they keep moving in random direction (due to thermal energy), and each of these small movements contribute to an Electric current. You might be thinking, if an electric current is produced this easily in a conductor, why do we need batteries and generators and power plants and stuﬀ. Can’t we just hook up a small piece of copper wire to a bulb and be done with it. Unfortunately, that won’t work. That’s because the currents produced by each free electron are in random direction (in accordance with the direction of their motion) and when we consider the conductor as a whole, these currents cancel each other out and net current is zero. The way out of this problem is to make all the free electrons drift in one direction and thus the net Electric Current adds up to a non-zero value. To do this all we need is a little eﬀort, a force of sorts, called the EMF or the Electromotive Force. We will discuss more about the EMF in the next section. 6 So Electric Current can be deﬁned as the ﬂow of charge (electrons) when subjected to an EMF. Or the more accurate deﬁnition would be, Current is the rate of ﬂow of charge. Mathematically, Current I is equal to, The unit of current is Ampere, named after French mathematician and physicist André-Marie Ampère. One ampere of current represents one coulomb of electrical charge moving past a speciﬁc point in one second. 1.3 EMF EMF stands for Electromotive force. The name may give you the impression that electromotive force is a type of force. Actually, it is not. As mentioned in the previous section, EMF or the Electromagnetic force is an energy that can cause current to ﬂow in an electrical circuit or device. This means that a current can ﬂow in a circuit or a device, only if an EMF is provided. Sources of EMF can be batteries, solar cells, generators etc. EMF is denoted by the symbol E and is measured in unit Volt (V). 7 1.4 POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE Both EMF and Potential Diﬀerence are closely related and are often used interchangeably in many places, but they aren’t the same quantities. When a current ﬂows through a material, the electrons are accelerated due to the applied EMF. But these electrons don’t gain much velocity, because they keep colliding with ions in the material and due to this, the kinetic energy of the electrons is converted to heat. What this means is that, the electrons at one of the material has more energy than the electrons at the other end, which leads to a potential diﬀerence. This obviously is a rough explanation, the actual physics behind phenomenon is more complex and beyond the scope of this book. It is important to note that, Potential diﬀerence is always measured between 2 points and never at a single point. 8 To sum up, the EMF is the driving force that keeps electrons in motion and Potential diﬀerence is the diﬀerence in energy of the electrons as a current is passed through a material. Both EMF and Potential diﬀerence have the common unit Volt (V). The term Voltage can be used in place of Potential diﬀerence or EMF. 1.5 OHM’S LAW From the previous sections itself, it must be pretty clear that the Voltage and the Current are two closely related quantities. They have a cause eﬀect relation as given by this general equation: Where the Voltage is the cause and the Current is the eﬀect. Now the question is, what could possibly be the opposition to current? This is where we introduce a quantity called Resistance. The concept of Resistance is analogous to friction in mechanics. Every material has a tendency to oppose current, but some more than the others. Materials with large no. of free electrons like metals have low resistance or a low tendency to oppose current. Such materials are called Conductors. Whereas materials with small no. of free electrons like plastic have high resistance. Such materials are called Insulators. And some materials fall in between, they oﬀer some resistance, but not very high either. They are called Semi-conductors. Now let’s substitute the terms we introduced so far into our general equation from earlier. 9 The result is this beautiful equation called the Ohm’s Law, after the German physicist and mathematician Georg Simon Ohm (weird name right??). It’s one of the most fundamental things there is in electrical engineering. Get used to it, 10 because it will remain with you as long as you do anything electrical related. The Ohm’s law essentially implies that, the current ﬂowing through a material/circuit is directly proportional to the Voltage applied across it, provided that the resistance of the material remain ﬁxed. So if we were to apply twice the voltage across a bulb, twice the amount of current would ﬂow through it or if we apply one third the voltage, then one third the current would ﬂow. Graphically the Ohm's law would look like, The Unit of Resistance is Ohm and is denoted by the Greek letter Ω. 1.6 CONDUCTANCE While we are at it, let’s deﬁne one more new quantity called Conductance. Conductance is the inverse of Resistance. It’s a measure of how well a material allows current to ﬂow 11 through it. The Unit of Conductance is Siemens and is denoted by Ω−1. 1.7 RESISTOR Have you seen one of these tiny components in an electronic circuit before?? Those are resistors. A Resistor is a device that provide resistance in an electrical circuit. WHAT?? But isn’t resistance a bad thing? Yes, resistance does oppose current and it does cause energy loss. But when used the right way it isn’t always a bad thing. Do you know that resistance is the reason we have bulbs and heaters? Resistors are electrical components that help control the ﬂow of current in a circuit. A high resistance means there is less current available for a given voltage. It is widely used in heating applications, for biasing, voltage dividers and tons of other applications. The symbol for resistor is: 12 1.8 POWER Electrical power is deﬁned as the rate at which electrical energy is transferred from an energy source to a circuit. When current is passed through a resistor, energy is dissipated as heat. It is easy to calculate Electrical power, it is simply the product of the current (I) ﬂowing through a component and the voltage (V) across the component. Applying the Ohm’s law, 2 other forms of equation can be obtained, Unit of electrical power is Watts. 13 2. VOLTAGE & CURRENT LAWS 2.1 SERIES CIRCUIT A series circuit is a circuit in which any number of components are connected one after the other, such that there is a single path for the ﬂow of current. For example, in the circuit shown in the ﬁgure below, the Resistors R1 and R2 are in series, because they are connected at a common point b. Similarly, Resistor R2 and the Voltage source are also in series, with the common point c. If there were any other components (that carry current) connected at any of these nodes (a, b or c), then this circuit wouldn’t be a series circuit anymore. For instance, if there 14 had been a third resistor R3 connected between nodes a and b, as shown in the ﬁgure below, this is no longer a series circuit. Clearly there are 2 paths for the current to ﬂow, through R1 & R3. 2.2 KIRCHHOFF’S VOLTAGE LAW (KVL) Kirchhoﬀ’s Law’s….Wait!! “Laws ” you say?? You mean there’s more than one law?? Yes, there are 2 Kirchhoﬀ’s Law’s: Kirchhoﬀ’s Voltage law & the Kirchhoﬀ’s Current Law. Kirchhoﬀ’s laws are the most fundamental laws, next to the Ohm’s law, in Electrical engineering. But fortunately, just like the Ohm’s law, these are 2 really simple laws. Even 15 simpler than the Ohm’s Law I would say, because there is no formula, just a simple statement. The entire basis of Circuit analysis are these 2 laws and the Ohm’s law. They are basically spin oﬀs to the energy and charge conservation laws. We’ll get to the Kirchhoﬀ’s Current Law in later section. For now, we’ll focus on the Kirchhoﬀ’s Voltage Law or the KVL. Kirchhoﬀ’s voltage law (KVL) states that “the algebraic sum of the potential rises and drops around a closed loop (or path) is zero”. Symbolically, In layman’s terms Kirchhoﬀ’s voltage law essentially means: “Voltage supplied = Voltage used up, around a closed loop”. Forming a KVL equation is really easy, start at a certain point of the circuit and note down all the potential changes (either rises or drops) in one particular direction, till the starting point is reached once again. Then equate the resulting expression to zero. That’s it. 16 For the above Circuit, KVL equation is E –V1 –V2 = 0 or E (Voltage supplied) = V1 +V2 (Voltage Used up). Do note that KVL is applicable to all loops or closed paths, however complex the circuit maybe. 2.3 RESISTORS IN SERIES When dealing with a circuit containing large no of components, it’s a smart thing to simplify the circuit. This applies to resistors as well. A combination of resistors, be it series or parallel or otherwise can be replaced by a single resistance, called the equivalent or the eﬀective resistance of the circuit. For a series combination of resistors, the equivalent resistance is found by simply adding the individual resistance values. Mathematically, 17 The proof for this is pretty straight forward. Consider our example (ﬁrst one) from section 2.1. Let V1 & V2 are the voltages across the resistors R1 and R2 respectively. Using KVL, we know V = V1 + V2. Therefore, 2.4 VOLTAGE DIVIDER RULE In the last section, we saw that in a series connection, the resistors share a common current, but have diﬀerent voltage drops across them. Now we will try to ﬁnd out the exact magnitude of the voltage drops. For that we use the Voltage Divider Rule. 18 From Ohm’s law, Then the Voltage drops across the resistors are: To sum up, the Voltage drop across a Resistor in series connection is given, 19 2.5 PARALLEL CIRCUIT A parallel circuit is a circuit in which any number of components are connected across 2 common terminals, such that they share a common voltage. For example, in the circuit shown in the ﬁgure below, the Resistors R1 and R2 are in parallel, because they are connected between the same terminals a and b. The current will be divided amongst the resistors, according as their resistance values. 2.6 KIRCHHOFF’S CURRENT LAW (KCL) 20 According to the Kirchhoﬀ’s Current Law, the algebraic sum of the currents entering and leaving a node or a junction of a circuit is zero. It’s easily evident that this law is derived from the Law of conservation of charge. The idea is really simple, once a current is generated in a circuit, it is distributed throughout the circuit. It cannot just accumulate in a wire or vanish into thin air. Symbolically, Consider the example shown below and let’s formulate the KCL equation for node a. At node a, there are 3 currents, one entering and 2 leaving. Hence the KCL equation is, I = I1 +I2. 2.7 RESISTORS IN PARALLEL For a parallel combination of resistors, the reciprocal of the equivalent resistance is the sum of the reciprocals of the 21 individual resistances. Mathematically, Consider our example from section 2.1. Let I1 & I2 be the currents ﬂowing through the resistors R1 and R2 respectively. Using KCL, we know I = I1 + I2. 2.8 CURRENT DIVIDER RULE The Current Divider Rule is used to determine the magnitude of current entering each branch of a parallel connection. 22 From Ohm’s law, Then the Currents ﬂowing through resistors are: To sum up, the Current ﬂowing through a Resistor in parallel connection is given by, 23 2.9 OPEN & SHORT CIRCUIT Short Circuit is a condition where two points in a circuit are directly connected to each other through a path of zero resistance. The voltage across the 2 points will be always zero in case of a short circuit. Open Circuit is exactly the opposite condition as short circuit. In case of an open circuit, there is no connection between two points in a circuit and hence no current ﬂows between the 2 points. 24 3. BASIC ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES 3.1 ENERGY SOURCES There are basically 2 types of energy sources: Voltage source & Current source. Again they can be classiﬁed as ideal & practical sources. First we’ll discuss ideal sources then consider practical sources. 3.1.1 Voltage Source An ideal Voltage source is an Energy source which gives constant Voltage across its terminals irrespective of the current drawn by the load connected to its terminals. At any instant of time, the voltage across the terminals remain the same. Thus the V-I Characteristics of an ideal voltage source is a straight line as shown. 25 But it is not possible to make such Voltage sources in practice. Practically, all Voltage sources have a small internal resistance. For analysis purposes, we assume that this internal resistance is in series with the voltage source and is represented by Rse. Because of Rse, the voltage across the terminals decreases slightly with the increase in the current. 26 Usually, Voltage sources are manufactured keeping the internal resistance to the minimum, such that it acts more or less like an ideal voltage source (till a max load current limit). Batteries are an example of Voltage source. 3.1.2 Current Source No prizes for guessing what a current source is, an ideal current source is a power source that gives constant current, irrespective of the voltage appearing across its terminals 27 But a practical Current source hardly ever functions this way. In a practical Current source, the current decreases slightly as the Voltage across the load terminals increase. This behavior can be analyzed by considering a high internal resistance, represented by Rsh in parallel with the source. 28 3.2 COMBINATION OF SOURCES In many circuits, it is necessary to use multiple energy sources. Analyzing such circuits directly is a bit of a mess. So what we usually do is to reduce the multiple sources to a single equivalent source, making the analysis a lot easier. Like the resistors and other circuit components, power sources too can have series or parallel combinations. 3.2.1 Combination of Voltage sources If two Voltage sources are in series i.e. they are connected back to back, the eﬀective voltage is simply their algebraic sum. It is important to consider their polarities while doing so. If their polarities are the same, then the eﬀective voltage is their sum and if their polarities are opposing, then the eﬀective voltage is the diﬀerence of the 2 voltages. 29 Unlike a series connection, any two Voltage sources can’t be combined in parallel. Practically, only Voltage sources of the same magnitude are combined in parallel. If 2 unequal Voltage sources are connected in parallel, there will be a circulating current between them. Essentially what happens is that, the smaller voltage source is acting as a load for the larger voltage source. The magnitude of the current will depend on the value of the internal resistances of the 2 sources. Since the internal resistance is usually very small, a very large current ﬂows, leading to overheating and possibly irreparable damage. Don’t even think about connecting 2 ideal voltage sources in parallel, results could be 30 catastrophic. And If you somehow manage to connect two voltage sources in parallel without damaging anything, the voltage across the combination will be somewhere between the 2 values depending on the internal resistances. If 2 equal voltage sources are connected in parallel, the single equivalent source will have the same voltage as the 2 sources. The only reason to do this would be if the load requires a higher current than the source can supply by itself. Other than that, no good can come from connecting 2 voltage sources in parallel. 3.2.1 Combination of Current sources Connecting two Current sources in series is a bit like connecting two Voltage sources in parallel. It’s simply not a good idea. There are very few cases where such connection is required in practice, but that’s a rarity. In any case only 2 current sources of same magnitude are connected in series. The magnitude of single equivalent source will supply the same current as the individual sources. Connecting 2 diﬀerent Current sources in series is a violation of the Kirchhoﬀ’s current law. Again, you don’t want to be messing with Kirchhoﬀ!! The problem with connecting 2 unequal current sources in series is that, you are asking the small current source to supply more than hat it is capable of. Intuitively, this means one source is trying to push more charge than the other source is capable of accepting. If two current sources are connected in parallel, the eﬀective current output of the combination is their algebraic sum. If the sources are in opposite direction, then the single equivalent source will produce current in the direction of the larger current source. 31 3.3 SOURCE TRANSFORMATION In some circuits, you will encounter the presence of both current and voltage sources. This makes things a little trickier. Lucky for us, it is possible to convert one type of source to other type and it’s pretty straightforward. Consider a voltage source having an internal resistance Rse connected to a load resistor RL. Now consider a current source having an internal resistance Rsh supplying the same load. If the two supplies were to be equivalent, then the load current (or voltage) should be the same in both cases. 32 The current delivered by the voltage source is given by, And the current delivered by the current source (applying current division rule) is given by, Equating both equations, 33 Now if we equate the numerators and denominators separately, we get, Once the sources are transformed into same kind, they can be easily combined in series or parallel, as we did in the previous section. 3.4 MESH ANALYSIS Using Circuit analysis techniques, we are essentially trying to ﬁnd the voltage across or current through a component in a circuit. Two of the most popular and basic analysis techniques are the Node and the Mesh analysis. These techniques were developed as an extension to the KVL and KCL. We’ll learn about Mesh analysis in this section & Node analysis in the next. In mesh analysis, we are dividing the circuit into areas or loops called Meshes and assigning them a Mesh current. Consider the circuit below, just from observation, we can identify 3 loops or meshes. Do note that, these loops have 34 some common components. Now assume a loop current to ﬂow in each of these loops and give them a random direction (although normally we assume clockwise direction as in the ﬁgure). At ﬁrst glance, this may seem like extra work, but it’s worth it, because reduces the no. of equations signiﬁcantly, making calculation very easy. Now let’s try out an example. Consider the circuit below, it has 2 voltage sources and a bunch of resistors. Simply through observation, we can identify 3 meshes. Let’s assume currents IA, IB, IC ﬂow through the 3 meshes respectively. 35 Now let’s consider each mesh separately and form equations using KVL. Do note that the 5Ω resistor is common to both meshes A and B, so the current through it is the diﬀerence of the two mesh currents (because the currents are in opposite direction w.r.t 5Ω resistor.) Similarly we form equation for the other too meshes. 36 37 Now we have 3 unknown variables IA, IB, IC and 3 equations. This can be easily solved using the Cramer’s rule or by substitution. 3.5 SUPER MESH Mesh analysis is all well and good, but what if a current source is present in the circuit?? We could assign an unknown voltage across the current source, apply KVL around each mesh as before, and then relate the source current to the assigned mesh currents. This is generally the more diﬃcult approach. The easier method is to create something called the Super Mesh. Super Mesh is basically a 38 mesh formed by combining 2 adjacent meshes, ignoring the branch which contains the current source. For example, in the circuit below, we create a Super Mesh by combining meshes A and B. The Super Mesh equation can be obtained by applying KVL to the super mesh, ignoring the common branch (that contains the current source). The second equation relating the 2 mesh currents can be obtained by applying KCL to the common branch. In our example, it is, 3.6 NODAL ANALYSIS 39 Much like the Mesh analysis, Nodal analysis is another commonly used circuit analysis technique. The Nodal analysis is based on KCL, whereas Mesh analysis is based on KVL. Before we go any further, we need to deﬁne a node. A Node is simply a point where two or more circuit elements meet. Let’s try using Nodal analysis in practice. We’ll use the same circuit we used in Mesh analysis example to get a better understanding between the similarities and diﬀerences between the two techniques. The ﬁrst task in Nodal analysis is to identify the nodes in the circuit. Do note that, in Nodal analysis, we are only interested in nodes where 3 or more components meet. If we were to consider all the nodes, the method will still work, but the number of steps will increase. In our example, we can identify 3 such nodes. The next step is to assume one of those nodes as a reference node (usually the bottom one is chosen). The idea is assume zero voltage/potential at a point (Reference Node) in the circuit, so that we can 40 measure/calculate voltage at diﬀerent points with respect to this reference point. Once the Reference node is ﬁxed, assume voltages at the other nodes (V1, V2, V3 etc.). Once these things are taken care of, it’s time to look at the nodes separately and form node equations. Applying KCL at Node 1, Similarly applying KCL at Node 2, 41 Solving these equations, we can obtain the node voltages and the rest of the parameters. 3.7 SUPER NODE In some circuits, a voltage source maybe present between 2 nodes. To deal with such circuits it’s best to use the Super Node analysis. The ﬁrst step is the same, to identify nodes and assign nodal voltages. Once that is done, we need to create something called the super node, by combining the 2 nodes ignoring the voltage source in between them. Then to obtain the super node equation, KCL is applied to both the 42 nodes at the same time. The current through the common branch can be ignored, because the current exiting node 1 and the current entering node 2 are the same and hence they cancel out when taking the combined KCL equation. The second equation connecting the 2 nodes can be obtained by equating the diﬀerence between the 2 node voltages to the voltage of the source i.e. V1 –V2 = Vx. All the other nodes can be treated as before and corresponding node equations can be found. 43 4. NETWORK THEOREMS While the circuit analysis techniques discussed so far, are very handy for simple circuits. They aren’t are the preferred choice for more complex circuits. For that we need the help of some theorems. The idea is to use one or more of these theorems to convert the complex circuit into a simple equivalent, which can be easily analyzed using our familiar basic analysis techniques. Let’s look at these Theorems one by one in detail. 4.1 SUPERPOSITION THEOREM Analysis of circuits having multiple energy sources is not the easiest of tasks, but Superposition theorem provides an easy solution to this. According to the Superposition theorem, the eﬀect or response in a component when 2 or more energy sources (voltage or current sources) are applied together is equal to the sum of eﬀect/responses when the sources are applied individually. This may seem complicated, but that’s just the statement, the application is very easy. What the Superposition theorem really does, is to convert a circuit with n energy sources into n circuits with a single energy source acting individually, so that they can be analyzed individually and the results can be added up. To study the eﬀects of one particular energy source on the circuit, the other sources need to be eliminated. This can be done by Short Circuiting the Voltage sources and Open 44 circuiting the Current sources, which are not under consideration. Now let’s try and use the Superposition theorem in practice with the help of an example. In the circuit shown below there are 2 energy sources, one current and one voltage source and suppose we need to ﬁnd the voltage across resistance R2. 1. First thing to do is to split up the circuit into 2 circuits with a single energy source, as shown above. 2. In the ﬁrst circuit, as the current source is open circuited, the branch containing resistance R3 is no longer relevant. By using the voltage divider rule, the voltage across Resistor R2 can be found as, 45 3. In the second circuit, the voltage across R2 can be determined with the help of the current division rule. 4. Once these results have been calculated, all you to do is to combine these results together, to ﬁnd the voltage across the resistor R2 due to the both sources acting simultaneously. 4.2 THEVENIN’S THEOREM In circuit analysis, we often encounter large circuits and most times we are interested only in a portion of the circuit, and not the circuit as a whole. In such cases, the analysis is cumbersome and the possibility of making errors is very high. Lucky for us, French engineer Léon Charles Thevenin found a solution. It’s what’s known as the Thevenin’s Theorem. According to the Thevenin’s theorem, any two-terminal, dc network can be replaced by an equivalent circuit consisting of a voltage source and a series resistor. 46 Vth is called the Thevenin equivalent voltage and Rth is called the Thevenin equivalent resistance. The Thevenin’s theorem enables us to replace a large part of a circuit, often a complicated and uninteresting part, with a very simple equivalent. With the help of an example, let’s see the Thevenin’s theorem in action. (We have used a simple circuit for better understanding.) 47 In the circuit shown above, let’s try to ﬁnd the current through the 10Ω resistor. 1. Firstly identify the part of the circuit, whose equivalent you want to determine. In this case it’s everything except the 10Ω resistor. 2. Then temporarily remove the load resistor (10Ω) resistor from the circuit. 3. To ﬁnd the Thevenin equivalent Resistance (RTH), remove all the energy sources in the circuit. This can be done by short circuiting the voltage sources and open circuiting the current sources. In our example, there is one voltage source, short it out. 4. Now ﬁnd the equivalent resistance between the terminals i.e. as if were looking from the terminals. This will give the value of RTH. In our example, 3Ω resistor is in parallel with 6Ω resistor, which are in series with 6Ω. Therefore RTH = 8Ω (do the math.) 5. To ﬁnd the Thevenin equivalent Voltage (VTH), return the energy sources to the way it was before, then 48 determine the open circuit voltage across the terminals. Do note that current cannot ﬂow through the 6Ω resistor (highlighted) because the load resistance is open circuited and hence no voltage drop across it. Therefore using Voltage Division rule, VTH = 6 x 9/ (3+6) = 6V. 6. Now that we obtained both RTH and VTH values, we are ready to put the load resistance back in its place and obtain the Thevenin equivalent circuit. 49 7. Now solving this circuit is a piece of cake. (Current through 10 resistor is 0.33 Amperes) 4.3 NORTON’S THEOREM In the previous chapter we saw that it is possible to replace Voltage source by a Current source and vice versa. American engineer E.L. Norton made good use of this idea and theorized a corollary to the Thevenin’s theorem called the Norton’s theorem. Norton’s theorem states that, any two-terminal, dc network can be replaced by an equivalent circuit consisting of a current source and a parallel resistor. Now let’s try the Norton’s theorem on our example from previous section. Steps are as follows: 1. Firstly identify the part of the circuit, whose equivalent you want to determine and then temporarily remove the load resistor (10Ω) resistor from the circuit. 50 2. The Norton equivalent Resistance is the same as the Thevenin equivalent Resistance. So the procedure is the same, remove all the energy sources in the circuit and ﬁnd the resistance between the load terminals. (RN = 8Ω). 3. To ﬁnd the Norton equivalent Current (IN), return the energy sources to the way it was before, then determine the short circuit current through the terminals. (IN = 0.25 A ) 4. So the Norton’s equivalent circuit is: 51 5. If you solve the circuit and the current through the 10 resistor would be 0.333A, exactly same as obtained from Thevenin’s theorem method. We can easily switch between the two equivalent circuits simply by doing source transformation. In doing so we can also come up a relation between the 3 quantities RTH, IN and VTH. 4.4 MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER THEOREM When we connect a load to a circuit, say a speaker to an ampliﬁer circuit, it’s only sensible that the maximum power should be delivered to the load. So how do we go about this?? Change the circuit to suit the load or change the load to suit the circuit?? Both are possible, but we can’t randomly keep altering the components, we need to ﬁgure this out on paper. This is exactly what the Maximum Power Transfer theorem is there for. According to the Maximum Power Transfer theorem, the maximum power is delivered to the load, when the 52 load resistance is equal to the Thevenin equivalent resistance of the circuit. First let’s make sense of this intuitively, before we go into the mathematical proof. We know that power is the product of Voltage and Current, so for maximum power, both quantities need to be high. Say the load resistance is low, then the Current will be very high, but the Voltage will be equally low. Similarly, if the load resistance is high, then the Voltage will be high, but the Current though it will be very low. So clearly the extremes are not the way to go. At RL =RTH, both voltage and current will high enough to deliver maximum power. It’s promising, but to conﬁrm we need to use math. 53 To ﬁnd the RL corresponding to maximum power, PL is diﬀerentiated with respect to RL, keeping RTH constant and equated to zero. If you actually bother to do the math, you can obtain the relation RL =RTH. The Maximum Power Transfer theorem isn’t a circuit analysis technique as such, but rather a practical application of the Thevenin and Norton theorems. 4.5 SUBSTITUTION THEOREM According to the Substitution theorem, any branch of a dc network can be replaced by a diﬀerent combination of elements as long as the new combination of elements will maintain the same voltage across and current through, as the original branch. For example, consider this particular of a network, it has a voltage of 10V across it and a current of 2A ﬂowing through it. 54 This branch can be replaced by any combination of elements as long as the voltage and the current remains the same. Shown below are some of the possible replacement combinations. Substitution theorem gives you the ability to replace complicated branches of a circuit with convenient components to make circuit analysis simpler. 4.6 RECIPROCITY THEOREM 55 This is one of those nasty theorems, a bit hard to understand, and has limited application. But we are engineers and we don’t have a choice but to learn. According to the Reciprocity theorem, if a voltage source in a circuit causes a current in some other part of the circuit, then the positions of the voltage source and the resulting current can be interchanged without a change in the current. There’s no way that you can understand this theorem without the help of an example. Let’s go step by step. Consider this example, here the 10V voltage source causes a current I to ﬂow throw the 4 Ω resistor. If you do the math, you will get the magnitude of I as 0.45 A. Now if you interchange the positions of the voltage source and the resultant current, you will get this circuit, shown below. 56 The 10V source will produce a current I’ in its new position. Let’s calculate it. We’ve used mesh analysis (but you are free to use anything) and we got 2 equations: 4I’ -2I1= 0 and -2I’ +12 I1= 10. Solving them, we get I’ as 0.45A, which is the same as before. This is what the Reciprocity Theorem is. The ratio V/I is known as the transfer impedance. Do keep in mind that the reciprocity theorem’s use is strictly limited to single source circuits. 57 5. CAPACITANCE 5.1 CAPACITORS A capacitor is an electrical device that is used to store electrical energy. Isn’t that what batteries are for?? Yes…In a way, a capacitor is like a battery, they both store electrical energy. But the diﬀerence is in how they store energy and hence their applications diﬀer. In a battery, chemical reactions produce electrons at one terminal and absorb electrons at the other terminal. Whereas, a capacitor is much simpler, it cannot produce new electrons, it only stores them. 58 Next to the resistor, the capacitor is the most commonly encountered component in electrical circuits. A capacitor is constructed out of two metal plates, separated by an insulating material called dielectric. The plates are conductive and they are usually made of aluminum, tantalum or other metals, while the dielectric can be made out of any kind of insulating material such as paper, glass, ceramic or anything that obstructs the ﬂow of the current. In fact, you can make a simple capacitor can be made from two strips of aluminum foil separated by two thin layers of wax paper (Check out this instructable : http://www.instructables.com/id/Aluminum-Foil-Plate- Capacitor/). Of course, our homemade capacitor won’t work very well, but it shows capacitor like behavior nonetheless. Since the plates are made of metal, they contain a huge no. of free electrons. In their normal state, the plates are neutral, as there is no excess or deﬁciency of electrons. But when we connect a power source to the metal plates of the capacitor, a current will try to ﬂow i.e. the electrons from the plate connected to the positive lead of the battery will start moving to the plate connected to the negative lead of the battery. However, because of the dielectric between the plates, the electrons won’t be able to pass through the capacitor, so they will start accumulating on the plate. After a certain number of electrons accumulated on the plate, the battery will not have the suﬃcient energy to push any new electrons. This leaves the top plate with a deﬁciency of electrons 59 (i.e. positive charge) and the bottom plate with an excess of electrons (i.e. negative charge). In this state, the capacitor is said to be charged. This state will remain even after the battery is removed and the Capacitor will only discharge once a load is connected across it. 60 The ability of a capacitor to store an electric charge is referred to as its capacitance. The capacitance C is the ratio of charge stored Q to the potential diﬀerence V between the conductors. Mathematically, So a better capacitor would be the one able to store more charge for a particular voltage applied. Capacitance is measured in farads. This is a very large unit and hence most capacitors are rated in microfarads or less. The commonly used symbols for Capacitors are: 61 5.2 HYDRAULIC ANALOGY A better understanding of how Capacitors store charge can be gained with the help of a hydraulic analogy. Consider the arrangement shown below, it consists of a water tank separated by a diaphragm D in the middle and a piston P to force water into either side of the diaphragm. 62 Under normal circumstance, when the piston is left untouched, the diaphragm is ﬂat as shown by the dotted line. It’s similar to an uncharged capacitor, it has no energy. But if the piston is pushed towards the left, water is drawn from the right side of the diaphragm and at the same time water is being forced into the left side. Under this condition the diaphragm is no longer ﬂat, as shown by the full line. Greater the force applied to the piston, more water is displaced, and hence the diaphragm is under greater stress. The force applied to the piston is analogous to the EMF applied, and the water displaced to the charge displaced, in case of a capacitor. Just like the diagram separates the two halves of the tank and doesn’t allow water from either side to mix, the dielectric separate the charge in a capacitor. If we now remove the force on the piston, the diaphragm will try to release its stress (energy) by becoming ﬂat, hence pushing the piston back to its original position. This is exactly what happens when a charged capacitor is connected to a load resistance. A current rushes through the 63 resistance till the energy stored is released. The rate of ﬂow of water is dependent on the resistance oﬀered by the pipes, much like the rate of ﬂow of charge (current) is dependent on the resistance oﬀered by the wires. The diaphragm will rupture if suﬃcient enough force is applied on the piston, just as the Capacitor will breakdown under excess voltage. 5.3 CAPACITORS IN PARALLEL Like with resistors, capacitors can also be connected in series or parallel combination and to analyze such circuits, we can ﬁnd equivalent capacitance for these combinations. When a set of capacitors are connected in parallel, the total equivalent capacitance is the sum of individual capacitances. Suppose two capacitors, having capacitances C1 and C2 farads are connected in parallel across a potential diﬀerence 64 of V volts. Let the charge on C1 be Q1 coulombs and that on C2 be Q2 coulombs, where. If we were to replace the capacitors by a single equivalent capacitor C, then a charge Q= Q1 + Q2 would be produced by the same potential diﬀerence. This result can be extended to any no. of capacitors connected in parallel. For ‘n’ capacitors in parallel, 5.4 CAPACITORS IN SERIES For a series combination of capacitors, the reciprocal of the equivalent capacitance is the sum of the reciprocals of the individual capacitances. 65 Suppose two capacitors, having capacitances C1 and C2 farads are connected in series across a potential diﬀerence of V volts. Let he voltages across C1 and C2 be V1 and V2 volts respectively. Obviously, because it’s a series connection, the currents and hence the charge ﬂowing through the capacitors are the same. Now if we were to replace the 2 capacitors with an equivalent capacitor of capacitance C, then it would have the same charge Q, when connected across the voltage V. Also from KVL, we know that V = V1 + V2. Therefore, 66 This result can be extended to any no. of capacitors connected in series. For ‘n’ capacitors in series, Do note that the expression for capacitors in series and resistors in parallel are the same and similarly the expression for capacitors in parallel and resistors in series are also the same. 5.5 CHARGING & DISCHARGING OF A CAPACITOR A Capacitor doesn’t charge up all of a sudden, when connected to a voltage source. It takes some deﬁnite time for the capacitor to become fully charged and it does so in an exponential manner. When an uncharged capacitor is 67 connected to a DC source, the voltage across is zero, as if there is a short circuit, then the voltage exponentially increases to the applied voltage after a while. On the contrary, as soon the source is connected, the max current rushes to the capacitor. Later as the time passes, the current decreases to zero and acts like an open circuit. How fast the capacitor charges up depends on any resistance present in the circuit. A fully charged capacitor will discharge in exactly the reverse manner, the voltage drops and the current picks up exponentially. 68 We’ll study this in greater detail with the help of Laplace transform in chapter 12. 5.6 ENERGY STORED BY CAPACITORS The energy stored in a Capacitor is basically the energy the battery expended in moving electrons from the positive plate to the negative plate of the capacitor against their natural tendency. Suppose a voltage V is applied to capacitor terminals, then the work done transferring an inﬁnitesimal amount of charge dq from the negative to the positive plate is simply, The work done is a variable quantity, because as the charge accumulates, more work needs to be done in moving the electrons. Similarly, Voltage is also a function of charge. Hence the incremental work is given by, 69 To ﬁnd the total work done, we need to integrate this quantity from 0 to the maximum charge Q. This expression has diﬀerent forms, based on the quantities you choose: 70 6. INDUCTANCE 6.1 ELECTROMAGNETISM Firstly, Electromagnetism is a huge topic and doesn’t really have a place in a circuit analysis text. But since we want to give our readers a proper introduction to inductance, we will quickly go through the fundamental ideas in electromagnetism without going into the minute details. The most fundamental idea in electromagnetism is that there is magnetic ﬁeld surrounding every current carrying object. These magnetic ﬁelds take the shape of concentric rings around a straight wire, called magnetic ﬁeld lines. Larger the current ﬂowing through wire, more the no. of magnetic ﬁeld lines. These lines are not random, they have direction, which can be determined by using the Right hand thumb rule. It goes like this, if you point your thumb in the direction of the current, then the ﬁngers curl in the direction of the ﬁeld lines 71 Similarly, when current ﬂows through a coil, a magnetic ﬁeld is generated, such that coil acts like a magnet with a north and south polarity. The pattern of ﬁeld lines is as shown below. Do note that ﬁeld lines are concentric if you consider a tiny portion of the coil, but these ﬁeld lines add and cancel each other giving us this eﬀective pattern. By the way these sort of coils are called Solenoids. 72 Faraday’s Laws: Michael Faraday formulated 2 laws, which form the basis of Electromagnetic studies, called the Faraday’s Laws. These laws introduces us to the phenomenon called Electromagnetic Induction. According to the Faraday’s ﬁrst law, when a conductor is placed in a varying magnetic ﬁeld, an EMF gets induced across the conductor and if the conductor oﬀers a closed circuit then induced current ﬂows through it. And Faraday’s second law states that, the induced EMF is directly proportional to the rate of change of magnetic ﬂux. If you place a bar magnet near a wire, nothing happens, no voltage is induced. But if you move the magnet such that some of the ﬂux lines (imaginary) are cut by the wire, then a voltage is induced. There are two ways to obtain varying magnetic ﬁeld: 73 1. One is relative spatial movement that is, if the distance between the magnet and the conductor keeps changing, the magnetic ﬁeld also keeps changing and induction is possible. 2. The other is to vary the magnetic ﬁeld originating from the source itself. This is not possible with permanent magnets, but it’s easy to do with solenoid magnets we discussed earlier. All you need to do is to vary the current through the coils, the magnetic ﬁeld also varies as a result. Guess what would happen if we placed 2 coils close to each other, one connected to a varying current source and the other to an ammeter? Yes, the ammeter will show deﬂection, proving that a current has been induced in the second coil. So can we just place many coils in the proximity of a current carrying coil and induce current in all of them? Yes, that’s 74 possible. Wait! Did we just invent a new method to generate electricity?? Unfortunately not, there’s a catch in all this, called mutual induction. When we induce a current in the secondary coil, this current will produce itself produce a ﬂux in the secondary coil. This ﬂux will link with primary coil, inducing an EMF. So this is a mutual process. To sum up, the primary induces a voltage, therefore a current in the secondary, which in turn will induce a voltage and a current back in the primary. The catch is that the current induced back in the primary will be in the opposite direction as the original applied current in the primary, thus reducing the overall eﬀect. This isn’t a wild theory or anything, it’s a direct consequence of the law of conservation of energy. In electromagnetics it’s called the Lenz’s law. Lenz's Law ensures that the electrical energy of the primary coil is reduced by the same amount as the energy gained by the secondary coil. In layman’s terms, an induced eﬀect is always such as to oppose the cause that produced it. Electromagnetic induction is the principle behind the working of devices like transformers, motors etc. Now there’s another type of Inductance called Self Inductance. We’ll study about it in detail in the next section. 6.2 INDUCTOR Inductor is the ﬁnal member of our amazing trio that includes the resistor and the capacitor. Like the other two components, the inductor is practically used everywhere. Have you seen a copper coil in an electronic circuit?? That’s the inductor, that’s right it’s just a coil, nothing else. 75 Inductor like the capacitor is an energy storing device, but it uses a completely diﬀerent mechanism to do so. While the capacitor stores energy in the form of electrostatic energy, the inductor stores its energy in the form of magnetic energy. Despite this, Inductors aren’t primarily used as a storage devices, they are commonly used as ﬁlters and chokes. That’s because Inductors have the ability to suppress variation in current ﬂowing through it. The inductors ability to resist variation in current can be attributed to a phenomenon called Self Induction. The phenomenon can be better understood with the help of the ﬁgure below. 76 Consider just two loops of an inductor coil. When a current is passed through the inductor or more speciﬁcally the ﬁrst loop of the inductor, it produces magnetic a ﬁeld around it in a concentric manner (as with any other conductor). This magnetic ﬁeld created by the ﬁrst loop also links with the second loop, because of their proximity. The natural response of the second loop to this magnetic ﬁeld, is to produce a current (or a counter magnetic ﬁeld as represented by the bottom ring) such as to oppose the original current, in accordance with the Lenz’s law. The direction of the current induced in the second loop due to the ﬁeld generated by the ﬁrst loop is show by the dotted arrow. These currents will be generated whenever there is a variation in current in the inductor and it opposes the original inductor current. So this ability of an Inductor to oppose change in current is called the Self Inductance or simply Inductance. It is denoted by the letter L and its unit is Henry (H). 77 Our analysis was just with 2 loops, but the inductance will increase if the number of winds in the coil is increased since the magnetic ﬁeld from one coil will have more coils to interact with. So self-induction in a way, is the mutual induction between the loops of an inductor coil. The commonly used symbol for an Inductor is, 6.3 INDUCTORS IN SERIES For inductors in series, the total inductance is simply the sum of individual inductances, just as with resistors in series. 78 Do note that this result is under the assumption that the magnetic ﬁelds of the inductors do not interact with each other. 6.4 INDUCTORS IN PARALLEL For a parallel combination of inductors, the reciprocal of the equivalent inductance is the sum of the reciprocals of the individual inductances, just as with resistors. Once again, this result is under the assumption that the magnetic ﬁelds of the inductors do not interact with each other. 79 6.5 CHARGING & DISCHARGING OF A INDUCTOR Like the capacitor, it takes some deﬁnite time for the inductor to become fully charged. When an uncharged inductor is connected to a DC source, it acts as an open circuit and the voltage across it is equal to the applied voltage, then the voltage exponentially decreases to zero after a while. On the contrary, the current ﬂowing the capacitor initially is zero. Later as the time passes, the current builds to a maximum value and acts like a short circuit. How fast the capacitor charges up depends on any resistance present in the circuit. A fully charged inductor will discharge in exactly the reverse manner, the voltage picks up and the current drops exponentially. 80 6.6 ENERGY STORED BY AN INDUCTOR The EMF induced across the inductor due to variation in current (which leads to change in ﬂux) is given by, Therefore the instantaneous power which must be supplied to initiate the current in the inductor is, 81 To ﬁnd the total work done, we need to integrate this quantity from 0 to the maximum charge I. 82 7. AC FUNDAMENTALS 7.1 INTRODUCTION TO AC So far we have only discussed about DC circuits and its analysis. Now we’ll turn our attention to AC circuits. AC stands for Alternating current. AC is of interest to us, because 90% of supply used for commercial purposes is AC. DC supply, we dealt with so far had constant magnitude and direction (positive to negative). A DC source like your car battery will always have a constant magnitude between its terminals. Its positive and negative terminals will always remain as it is. On the contrary, for AC supply like your power outlet, both magnitude and direction changes periodically. The whole process takes place in 2 parts or 2 half cycles, Positive half cycle and the negative half cycle. In the positive half cycle, the voltage (and therefore the current) will gradually increase from 0 to a max value, then starts decreasing back to zero. The same thing happens in the negative half cycle, but in reverse direction. Reverse direction?? So does the current ﬂows from negative to positive terminal in the negative half cycle?? No, it doesn’t happen that way. It’s the terminals that change its polarity. The terminal that would have been positive in the positive half cycle changes to negative in the negative half cycle and similarly for the other terminal. This essentially means that there is no ﬁxed Positive and Negative terminals for AC supply. A terminal can have one polarity in a half cycle and the opposite polarity in the other half cycle. 83 AC is complex, DC was straightforward. Why would we even bother generating AC? That would be the obvious question on your mind at this point. The answer is simple, it’s a way lot easier to generate, transmit and manipulate AC supply. 84 Unfortunately for us, this simplicity in operation doesn’t translate into easier math. So far we have discussed about variation of voltage in AC supply, but not about the pattern of this variation. Does the voltage shoot up to a max value all of a sudden and fall back to zero again or does it follow a triangular pattern?? All these patterns are called waveforms. A waveform is basically a plot of a quantity (in our case voltage/current) against time. All these waveforms shown in the ﬁgure above and many more, are deﬁnite possibilities and many of them have real practical applications. But the pattern or waveform of our interest at least in this book, is the sine waveform. For commercial AC supply pure sine wave is the most preferred waveform, because it’s easier to generate and mathematically simpler to analyze. 7.2 TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO A WAVEFORM 7.2.1 Instantaneous value 85 The value or the magnitude of an alternating quantity at a particular instant of time is known as its instantaneous value. For example, in the Voltage-time waveform, the instantaneous values of voltage at instants t1, t2, t3 are v1, v2 and v3 respectively. Instantaneous quantities are always denoted by small letters (v, e, i etc.) 7.2.2 Cycle A Cycle is a portion of a waveform, which when repeated makes up the entire waveform. In the ﬁgure below, the shaded portion is the only unique part of the entire waveform, rest of the waveform is just repetitions of this portion. A more formal deﬁnition would be: an alternating quantity is said to have completed a cycle when it goes through the entire range of positive and negative instantaneous values without reoccurrence. Obviously it goes without mentioning that the concept of a cycle is only relevant to periodic waveforms like the sine waveform. Do 86 note that a cycle needn’t start from zero value and end at zero value. It’s only for convenience. For example, Vmax to the next Vmax is also a cycle. 7.2.3 Time Period The time period is the time taken by an alternating quantity to complete one cycle. In other words, a cycle of an alternating quantity repeats after every T seconds, where T denotes the Time period. 7.2.4 Frequency The number of cycles completed by an alternating quantity in a second is known as its frequency. It’s measured in cycles per second or Hertz. So a 60 Hz supply means that the waveform complete 60 cycles in a second. It is denoted by f. Did you notice something interesting?? The deﬁnitions for Frequency and Time Period were kind of the reverse of each other. One is the time taken for a cycle and other is the number of cycles per time. That’s because Frequency and Time Period are inversely related quantities i.e. 87 So as the frequency increases, time period decreases and vice versa. 7.2.5 Amplitude Amplitude is the maximum value (positive or negative) attained by an alternating quantity during its cycle. 88 7.3 EQUATION Now that you have a basic idea about alternating quantities, let’s talk math. The general equation for an AC sinusoidal voltage is: This equation can be understood better, if we take a look at the working of a generator. 89 Inside a generator a coil is made to rotate with the help of external forces like water or steam or other form of energy. As the coil moves within a magnetic ﬁeld, voltage is induced in the coil, this is the basic working. The voltage induced is a function of the sine of the angle (ϴ) the coil makes with the center line. When the coil is along the center line, no voltage is induced and when the coil is at 90 degrees to the center line, max voltage is induced. It is better to represent the voltage as a function of time instead of the physical angle of the coil, so the term ?? t is used. It is usually measured in radians. Going back to the general equation, v represents the instantaneous value of the voltage and Vmax represents the amplitude of the voltage waveform. 7.4 AVERAGE VALUE 90 Average value is a pretty common and useful concept in technical ﬁelds, yet its meaning is often misunderstood. Imagine sand piled up in the form of a mountain over a certain distance, then the average value is that height obtained if the same distance is maintained while the sand is leveled oﬀ. From observation itself, it is pretty clear that the average value of the sine waveform over a full cycle is zero. So for symmetrical waveforms such as the sine waveform, the average value is calculated over a half cycle rather the full cycle. 91 7.5 RMS VALUE For a long time, AC was thought to be a useless form of electricity, primarily because its average value is zero over the full cycle, but experiments showed otherwise. When an AC current is passed through a wire, the wire gradually heated up, showing that power is being delivered. How is that possible?? It’s possible because both Voltage and Current are changing direction simultaneously and power being the product of these 2 quantities, power is always delivered. Consider this ridiculous example, say someone punched in your face, then he decides to you punch on the back of your head, but if you turn around at the exact moment, you’ll once again be punched in the face. So as long as both you and the attacker moves simultaneously, all the punches are delivered at the same place, your face (Ouchh!). Similarly as long as both current and voltage have same direction, their product is always positive, hence the power is always delivered. The electrons are forced to switch direction ever so quickly that they practically remain still and yet power is being 92 delivered by them. Getting an intuitive feel of how AC power is delivered is not the easiest of tasks, but a water analogy might help. When you throw a rock into a pond, the ripples formed will travel throughout the pond causing leaves and other debris to oscillate on the water’s surface. This means that energy has been transferred from the rock to the ﬂoating leaves, even though no single water molecule has actually travelled all the way from the rock’s impact point to the ﬂoating debris. The energy is carried by the waves formed on the water’s surface, in which chains of water molecules push and pull on each other in succession, transferring energy without actually moving anyone around. By now it should be pretty clear that average value is not the most eﬀective parameter to measure AC. So we need a better parameter to quantity AC, it is called the RMS or Root Mean Square value. It is developed by comparing the heating eﬀect caused by DC and AC sources. The RMS value of AC current is the magnitude of DC current which need to be passed through a resistor, so as to produce same heat as the AC, for the same duration of time. Say we pass an AC current through a resistor for 1 minute and measure its temperature and it’s found to be say 100°C. Now if we connect a DC source to the same resistor for the same duration of 1 minute and the temperature is raised to 100°C. Then, that value of DC current gives the RMS value of the AC current. 93 Hence the RMS value of AC is 1/ or 0.707 times the maximum value. When you measure the voltage of your power socket, the reading indicates the RMS value. Unless speciﬁcally mentioned, all values related to AC voltages and currents are RMS values. 7.6 PHASE In our general equation, we have only considered sinusoids having zero value at ?? t =0, and maximum value at ?? t = ,. But this needn’t be the case always, sinusoids can be shifted to the left or the right as shown below. 94 The waveforms are identical in all aspects, but the second waveform starts earlier than the ﬁrst, and the third waveform has a delayed start than the ﬁrst. In other words, the second wave leads the ﬁrst wave and the third wave lags the ﬁrst. The lead or lag of a waveform is denoted by ϕ known as the phase angle. Considering this concept of phase angle, we can modify the general equation for an AC sinusoidal voltage as, 95 The diﬀerence between phase angles of 2 sinusoids is called the phase diﬀerence. 7.7 COMPLEX NUMBERS DC circuit analysis we did so far were pretty easy, because voltages and currents could be added or subtracted directly, but now that we introduced the demon called phase, things are about to get a little trickier. To tackle this problem, we need the help of a mathematical tool called complex numbers. Complex numbers can be represented in 2 forms: 1. Rectangular Form: It’s the most commonly used representation for complex numbers. Note that in electrical engineering, letter j is used to denote the imaginary part, instead of i, to not get mixed up with symbol for current. 96 2. Polar Form: In polar form, a quantity is denoted in terms of its magnitude and the angle it makes with the positive x-axis. 97 Converting between the two forms is very easy and will come in handy later. 7.8 OPERATIONS USING COMPLEX NUMBERS 7.8.1 Addition/Subtraction: Complex Addition/ Subtraction is as easy as they some. To add two complex number’s, simply add the real and imaginary parts separately. Similarly, to subtract two complex number’s, simply subtract the real and imaginary parts separately. 98 7.8.2 Multiplication: To multiply two Complex numbers in rectangular form, each term of the ﬁrst complex number is multiplied separately by each term of the second complex number. Then the real parts and the imaginary parts are separated out to obtain the product complex number. Complex multiplication is a lot easier in polar form, the magnitudes are multiplied and the angles added algebraically. 99 7.8.2 Division: In rectangular form, Complex multiplication is done by multiplying both the numerator and denominator with the denominator of the denominator and separating out the real and imaginary parts. In polar form, the magnitudes of the numerator is divided by the magnitude or the denominator and the angle is subtracted from the other. In the next chapter, we’ll put all that we learnt in this chapter in understanding AC circuit further. 100 8. AC CIRCUITS 8.1 AC THROUGH RESISTANCE Before we delve into the deep end, we will study the behavior of AC when passed through our amazing trio of resistors, capacitors, and inductors and build from there. Resistance is the easiest component to analyze in AC circuits, because it behaves the same way for DC as well as AC. Consider the circuit shown below, where an AC voltage v = Vm sin ( t) is applied across a resistor R. Obviously a current will ﬂow through the circuit, which as per the ohms law is given by, 101 If you compare this equation with the equation for the applied voltage, you can identify that the current and applied voltage are in phase (phase shift ϕ = 0) and also the maximum values are related as, Im = Vm/R. Both the current and the voltage waveforms are exactly the same and only diﬀerence is that the voltage waveform is R times bigger than the current waveform, as shown below. 8.2 AC THROUGH INDUCTOR We have learnt that, an inductor is a component that resists change in current, due to its self-inductance property. When an Inductor is connected to an AC source, the current will repeatedly change in the magnitude and direction. The 102 inductor will try to oppose this change by inducing a voltage across it, which limits the current in the circuit. This opposition due to the inductance is called inductive reactance. Inductive reactance is denoted by the symbol XL and is measured in ohms. Inductive reactance is dependent on the frequency of the applied AC voltage, as given by the relation, As the frequency of the applied voltage increases, the Inductive reactance increases and hence the voltage drop across it also increases. The inductor can be thought of as a variable resistor, whose opposition to the current is controlled by the frequency of the supply voltage. Consider an AC voltage applied to a pure inductor (the coil oﬀers no resistance) of inductance L, as shown in the circuit below. The current ﬂowing through the circuit can be calculated as follows: 103 This derivation itself isn’t very important, but what is important are these conclusions than can be made from it. 1. Comparing the equation with that of supply voltage, it is obvious that the current has a phase angle of - or -90 i.e.the current lags the applied voltage by or 90. 2. The maximum magnitude of current is related to the maximum magnitude of the applied voltage as, 104 8.3 AC THROUGH CAPACITOR When an AC voltage is applied to a capacitor, a voltage is developed across its plates, as the electrostatic charge is built up. This impressed voltage opposes the applied voltage and limits the ﬂow of current in the circuit. This opposition caused by capacitance is called capacitive reactance (XC) and is measured in ohms. It is similar to Inductive reactance in a lot of ways, but the key diﬀerence is that the capacitive reactance opposes the change in voltage, whereas the inductive reactance opposes the change in current caused as a result of the applied voltage. Capacitive reactance is also frequency dependent, as given by the relation, 105 Obviously as you can see, unlike inductive reactance, the capacitive reactance is inversely proportional to the frequency of the supply voltage. Why it is so, is beyond the scope of this book. Think of it this way, as voltage changes faster, lesser the time for charge to accumulate, hence lesser capacitive reactance. The current ﬂowing in the circuit, shown above can be determined as follows: 106 Again this derivation itself isn’t very important, but some inferences can be made from it. 1. Comparing the equation with that of supply voltage, it is obvious that the current has a phase angle of or 90 i.e.the current leads the applied voltage by or 90. 2. The maximum magnitude of current is related to the maximum magnitude of the applied voltage as, 107 8.4 IMPEDANCE Impedance is deﬁned as the opposition to the ﬂow of alternating current in a circuit. As we have seen, in a pure inductive circuit, the opposition was the inductive reactance, in a pure capacitive circuit, it was the capacitive reactance and in a resistive circuit it was the resistance. Similarly, in a circuit with one or more of these elements, in any combination, the impedance is the total current limiting element in the circuit. It is denoted by Z and its unit is obviously Ohm. As seen in the previous sections, the Inductive reactance introduces a phase shift of -90 to the current and capacitive reactance introduces a phase shift of +90 to the current. Whereas the resistance doesn’t cause any phase shift. Hence the inductive part of the circuit leads the resistive part of the circuit by 90 and similarly, the capacitive part of the circuit lags the resistive part of the circuit by 90. For this reason, Impedance is a complex quantity that has a magnitude and a phase. 108 Here’s an example of a phasor diagram for a circuit containing all these elements. XL and XC lie on the Imaginary axis of the complex plane. Therefore to represent them, XL is multiplied by j and XC is multiplied –j. Here are some examples on how to calculate Impedance of a circuit. 109 By the way, impedances in series/parallel are calculated in the same way as resistances in series/parallel. Here are some more examples: 110 8.5 POWER & POWER FACTOR As mentioned earlier in the book, electrical power is the product of voltage and current. But how does this translate to AC circuits, where both voltage and current both vary sinusoidally? Does the power also vary? 111 The term cos(ϕ) is called the Power factor of the circuit. Resistive circuit: In the earlier section we saw that in a purely resistive circuit, the voltage and the current are in phase. In the ﬁrst half cycle, both voltage and current are positive, therefore power is the product of these two quantities is also positive in the ﬁrst half cycle. Similarly, in the second half cycle, both the voltage and current are negative, therefore the power is positive in this half cycle too. Hence the average power is always positive in a pure resistive circuit. In a purely resistive circuit, phase diﬀerence is zero, hence the power factor is equal to 1. 112 Inductive circuit: In a purely inductive circuit, the current lags the voltage by 90. Therefore the power factor is zero and consequently the average power is also zero. 113 In the interval A, both the voltage and current are positive, therefore the power is also positive. During this interval, the power is absorbed by the inductor to set up a magnetic ﬁeld. In the interval B, the current is positive, but the voltage is negative, therefore the power is negative. Negative power means the power is being returned back to the source, as the magnetic ﬁeld collapses. This process continues for the next 2 intervals C and D as well. So it is very evident that over a full cycle, the average power absorbed by the inductor is zero. To sum up, a pure inductor doesn’t dissipate energy like a resistor, it only stores energy in the form of magnetic ﬁeld for a while, then releases it back. Capacitive circuit: 114 In a purely capacitive circuit, the current leads the voltage by 90. Therefore, similar to a purely inductive circuit, here too the power factor and the average power are zero. In the interval A, both the voltage and current are positive, therefore the power is also positive. During this interval, the power is absorbed by the capacitor to build up charge and increase electrostatic energy. In the interval B, the voltage is positive, but the current is negative, therefore the power is negative. Now the capacitor starts discharging and the returns gathered electrostatic energy back to the source. This process continues for the next 2 intervals C and D as well. So over the full cycle, the average power absorbed by the capacitor is zero. By now, you may have ﬁgured out that, resistor is the only component that absorbs and dissipates energy, whereas inductors and capacitors can only store energy for a while. 115 Returning to our earlier discussion, the power factor of a circuit tells us the amount of resistance contributing to the total impedance of the circuit. Mathematically, To sum up, the Electrical power in an AC circuit, depends on three factors: Voltage, Current and the Power factor. 8.6 SERIES R-L CIRCUIT Before we close out this chapter, we’ll take a look at few circuits with combinations of these components and their response to AC, to solidify what we’ve learnt so far. First stop is the RL series circuit, shown below. Since you are more or less familiar with complex number math at this stage, we’ll go that route. The total impedance 116 of this circuit is Z = 5 +j7 (Always remember to multiply XL by j) and the current and the power factor can be calculated as, Generally, in an RL series circuit, the current lags the applied voltage by an angle less than 90. If the resistance is very high compared to inductive reactance, then the phase diﬀerence will be closer to zero and if resistance is 117 negligible, then the phase diﬀerence will be close to 90 In our example, the current lags the voltage by 54.54. 8.7 SERIES R-C CIRCUIT Consider the example of an RC series circuit shown below. The total impedance of this circuit is Z = 2 -j4 (Always remember to multiply XC by -j) and the current and the power factor can be calculated as, 118 Generally, in an RC series circuit, the current leads the applied voltage by an angle less than 90. If the resistance is very high compared to capacitive reactance, then the phase diﬀerence will be closer to zero and if resistance is negligible, then the phase diﬀerence will be close to 90 In this example, the current leads the voltage by 63.89. 8.8 SERIES RLC CIRCUIT 119 The total impedance of the RLC circuit shown above is Z = 2-j. Hence the power and the power factor can be calculated as: 120 In the RLC circuit, the Inductive reactance and the Capacitive reactance oppose each other. In our example, the capacitive reactance is more than the inductive reactance, hence the current leads the voltage by an angle. At a certain frequency called the resonance frequency, the inductive reactance and the capacitive reactance become equal. Then the circuit becomes a purely resistive circuit with capacitor-inductor combination acting as a short. At resonance frequency, the capacitor and the inductor exchanges energy back and forth, without eﬀect the rest of the circuit. 121 9. ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES (FOR AC) 9.1 VOLTAGE DIVIDER RULE A lot of the laws and theorems used in this chapter and the next chapter are very similar to what we learnt for DC circuits, but there are some diﬀerences as well. So we’ll go through each of these with the help of examples, rather than repeating the theory. This way you can get better at handling complex number math. In a series AC circuit, the voltage will be divided amongst the components according to their impedance values, and to ﬁnd the exact values, we need to use the Voltage divider rule. Consider the RL series circuit shown below. In this circuit the voltage applied by the source is divided amongst the resistor R and an inductor L. The resistor oﬀers an impedance Z1 = R, and the inductor L oﬀers an impedance of Z2 = jXL (in rectangular form), where XL = ?? L. 122 In general the Voltage divider rule for AC circuits is, Were x is the component whose voltage we want to ﬁnd out. 9.2 CURRENT DIVIDER RULE As you already know, the current divider rule is to ﬁnd the Current division between components in a parallel circuit. 123 This time we’ll use a parallel RL circuit example to derive the result. In general the Current divider rule for AC is, 9.3 SOURCE CONVERSION Just like DC sources, AC voltage sources and AC current sources can also be converted to one another. The process 124 is the same, only diﬀerence is that we need to use phasors in this case. 9.4 MESH ANALYSIS Like we mentioned before, most of these techniques and theorems are same as for DC and only diﬀerent in math part, so will go through examples for each of them than repeat the theory. Consider the following example: 125 It’s easy to see that there are 3 loops or meshes in the circuit. Let’s assign a mesh current to each of them and obtain 3 mesh equations using KVL. 126 Notice how there is a polarity given to the voltage source. Well, technically AC doesn’t have a direction, we know that, but for analysis a direction, which denotes to the direction in the positive half cycle, is often given. 127 In mesh 1, current I1 passes through all the components and current I2 passes through the inductor 4j, and because I2 is in opposite direction to I1, the voltage 4jI2 has to be subtracted from the equation. Similarly currents I1 and I3 has to be considered in mesh 2 along with its mesh current I2. Also the current direction we assumed is entering into the positive terminal of the voltage source, hence the negative sign for the voltage source in the equation. Mesh 3 equation is easy because it has a current source, all we need to do is equate I3 to it (they are in opposite direction though). It is not necessary to assume mesh currents in clockwise direction, it can be chosen as per your wish, only thing is the equation should be formed accordingly, the results will be the same. Now the equations can be solved easily using the Cramer’s rule, to ﬁnd the currents. 128 Do note that this circuit can be solved in multiple ways, for instance, converting the current source and the 6 resistor to a voltage source, would reduce the circuit to a 2 meshes, which is signiﬁcantly easier to solve (Sorry it’s better to learn the hard way).Concepts like Super Mesh analysis are applicable for AC too. 9.5 NODAL ANALYSIS Now let’s try to solve this circuit using nodal analysis, the procedure is same as with DC. 129 The ﬁrst step is to identify the nodes and to select a reference node (Remember that node is a point where 2 or more components meet). Unlike our last example, the impedance values are not in the complex form, so we to convert them before proceeding further. It’s simple, just add j before inductive impedance and add –j before capacitive impedance and leave resistance as such. Then assign voltages to the nodes and use KCL to form equations for each node. 130 When forming the equations, assume that all currents ﬂow away from the node. After the equations are obtained, proceed as we did in the last example using the crammers rule. 131 10. NETWORK THEOREMS (FOR AC) 10.1 SUPERPOSITION THEOREM If you recall correctly, we used the superposition theorem to convert circuits with multiple sources into circuits with single sources. Here too we are doing the same, we are eliminating the other sources in the circuit and analyzing the circuit and repeating the same for the other sources and ﬁnally adding up the results. Consider this example, it has two voltage sources and suppose we are required to ﬁnd the current through inductor. This is an ideal situation to use the superposition theorem, even though this circuit can be solved in plenty ways, including the techniques we learnt so far and the one’s we are going to. The ﬁrst task while using the superposition theorem is to remove the energy sources than the one under consideration. This can be done by shorting the 132 voltage sources and opening the current sources. In this example, we can obtain 2 circuits, as there are 2 sources. For a while let’s consider only the 10 0 V source and we get this circuit. Let’s use mesh analysis to solve this circuit. Solving the equations we get, I1 = 0.29-j0.25 and I2 =0.24 + j0.68. Therefore, Now let’s shift our focus to the second voltage source. 133 To solve this circuit, let’s use ohm’s law and KVL. Now that we have analyzed the circuits separately, let’s combine the results. So the current through the inductor is, 134 The superposition theorem may seem a little complex and cumbersome, and that’s probably true, but nonetheless it’s a handy tool to use in analyzing certain types of circuits. 10.2 THEVENIN THEOREM Thevenin’s theorem states that, any two-terminal, ac network can be replaced by an equivalent circuit consisting of a voltage source and a series impedance. This is essentially the same as Thevenin’s theorem for DC, except that we use Thevenin impedance here. Consider the circuit shown below, now let’s try to ﬁnd the current through the 4 Ω resistor. The steps are the same as for DC, but we’ll go through them once again. 135 1. Identify the part of the circuit whose equivalent you need to ﬁnd and then temporarily open circuit the load impedance (4 Ω resistor in our case). 2. To ﬁnd the Thevenin equivalent Impedance (ZTH), remove all the energy sources in the circuit. This can be done by short circuiting the voltage sources and open circuiting the current sources. 3. Now the equivalent impedance between the terminals will give us the Thevenin equivalent impedance. Here 136 the inductor and the capacitor are in parallel, therefore ZTH =(j8)(-j2)/(j6) = -2.67j 4. To ﬁnd the Thevenin equivalent voltage (Vth), energy sources are returned to their original position and then the open circuit voltage across the terminals is determined (Vth = -3.33V). 5. Finally put the resistor back in its place and we are ready to draw the equivalent circuit. Finding the current through the resistor in this circuit is now a piece of cake (I = -0.57 – j0.38 A). 10.3 NORTON’S THEOREM Norton’s equivalent circuit is essentially the source transformed version of the Thevenin’s equivalent circuit. Using Thevenin’s theorem, we could replace a complex portion of a circuit by a voltage source in series with an equivalent impedance, whereas using Norton’s theorem, we 137 could replace the circuit by a current source in parallel with an equivalent impedance. Let’s use the Norton’s theorem on our last example and spot the similarities between the two theorems. 1. Repeat all the steps and ﬁnd Zth. Norton’s equivalent impedance is same as the Thevenin’s equivalent impedance. 2. To ﬁnd the Norton equivalent current (IN), energy sources are returned to their original position and then the closed circuit current through terminals is determined. When the load is shorted, the capacitor is also shorted out. Hence the Norton equivalent current is given by IN = 10/j8 = -1.25j 3. Finally put the resistor back in its place and we are ready to draw the equivalent circuit. 138 The current through the resistor can be found using the Current division rule. I = (-1.25j)(-2.67j)/(4-2.67j) =-0.57- j0.38 A, which is exactly the value we obtained using the Thevenin’s theorem. 10.4 MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER THEOREM All the theorems stated so far were pretty much the same as for DC, but this theorem is slightly diﬀerent, the idea is the same, the math part is signiﬁcantly diﬀerent. Maximum Power Transfer Theorem for AC states that, maximum power will be delivered to a load when the load impedance is the conjugate of the Thevenin impedance across its terminals. The statement is all sorts of confusing, where did the conjugate term come from? Let’s try to prove this theorem our self to get a better understanding. Suppose we reduced a random circuit to its Thevenin’s equivalent and connected a load impedance across it, we 139 get a circuit like this. The current through this circuit will be, Hence the power delivered to the load impedance is given by, Notice how there is only RL term in the numerator and the XL term is missing, that’s because the reactive part of the impedance doesn’t consume any power over the full cycle. To get the condition for max power, we need to diﬀerentiate the PL with respect to XL (I’m not going to, but you should) and equate it to zero. Then we get the condition XTH + XL =0 140 i.e. XL = - XTH. Substituting this relation in the power equation, we obtain a simpler expression. To get the next condition for maximum power transfer, diﬀerentiate the PL once again, this time with respect to RL and equate it to zero, it’s much easier this time. This time we get the condition RL + RTH = 2RL i.e. RL = RTH. So the two conditions for Maximum power transfer in AC circuits is, To sum up, maximum power can be transferred from source to the load in an AC circuit, if the resistive part of the source and the load are the same and the reactive parts cancel each other out. 141 11. LAPLACE TRANSFORM 11.1 INTRODUCTION So far we dealt with DC circuits and sinusoidal AC circuits in steady state (more on this in the next chapter). But in most real life circuits, the sources may not always be sinusoidal and quantities of interest in these circuits may be in transient state etc. So the math we used so far will prove inadequate to deal with these circuits. The way to deal with such circuits is to model them with the help of diﬀerential equations. Perhaps an example will make things more clear. Consider this simple RLC circuit with a voltage source vs(t) and suppose the current through the circuit is the quantity of our interest. Using KVL, vs(t) = vR + vL + vC. The voltage across each components can be replaced by the relations 142 shown in the table below (memorize this table). This is done to make each term a function of current i(t), which is common to all components, as this is a series circuit. Now the KVL equation becomes: This is the diﬀerential equation for this particular circuit. There are lots of advantages to modelling circuits this way. For one, this equation is a general one, it is applicable to any kind of source voltage, DC or sinusoidal AC or any other waveform. Also a lot of inferences can be made just from the nature of the diﬀerential equation. For instance, the equation in our example is a second order diﬀerential 143 equation and that is enough information to predict the general behavior of this circuit to various inputs. The only problem with this method is that, solving diﬀerential equations isn’t the easiest of tasks and not everyone’s an expert in calculus. But luckily there’s an easier way to solve diﬀerential equations, using Laplace transform. 11.2 LAPLACE TRANSFORM The Laplace transform is a well-established mathematical technique for solving diﬀerential equations. It is named in honor of the great French mathematician, Pierre Simon De Laplace. Like all transforms, the Laplace transform changes a mathematical function into another according to some ﬁxed set of rules or equations. Before we dig into Laplace transform, let’s look into transforms in general. So what is a transform? Why do we need them? Let’s begin by considering a simple computational problem: compute the value of x = 3.42.4. It is not easy to get the exact value using straightforward methods. What we can do to make this problem solvable is to take natural log on both sides: now the equation becomes ln(x) = 2.4 ln (3.4). Now the value of ln(x) can be easily obtained from a log table. And to obtain the value of x, all we have to do is to take the antilog of the value obtained. What we did was to take the hard problem, convert it into an 144 easier equivalent problem. This is the very idea behind transforms. The concept of transformation can be illustrated with the simple diagram below: What kind of transformation might we use with ODEs? Based on our experience with logarithms, the dream would be a transformation, it would be useful if some transformation allowed us to replace the operation of diﬀerentiation by some easier operation, perhaps something similar to multiplication. This is exactly what the Laplace transform is used for. The Laplace transform, transforms the diﬀerential equations into algebraic equations which are easier to manipulate and solve. Once the solution in the Laplace transform domain is obtained, the inverse Laplace transform is used to obtain the solution to the diﬀerential equation. 145 The Laplace transform of a function f(t), denoted as F(s), is deﬁned as: This equation looks menacing at ﬁrst glance. But fortunately, most times you don’t need to use this equation, you can easily get away with knowing some standard results and some properties. 11.3 PROPERTIES OF LAPLACE TRANSFORM Some of the basic properties of Laplace transform are listed here, 146 11.4 STANDARD LAPLACE TRANSFORM PAIRS 147 148 11.5 INVERSE LAPLACE TRANSFORM Finding the Inverse Laplace transforms of functions isn’t terribly diﬃcult. Most times Inverse Laplace transforms of functions can be ﬁgured out by inspection. The general method to ﬁnd the Inverse Laplace transforms of functions is to express them as partial fractions and then make it into a convenient form and ﬁgure out which function’s Laplace each term is. Keeping the various properties of Laplace transform is very handy. Here are some examples on ﬁnding Laplace Inverse: Link 11.6 SOLVING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS We started with Laplace transform as an easier method to solve diﬀerential equations. The procedure is best illustrated with an example. Example: f ’’(t) + 3 f’(t) + 2 f(t) = e-t, with the initial conditions f(0) = f’(0) =0 149 At ﬁrst glance, this may not seem any better than diﬀerential equations, but trust us, using Laplace transform is very easy with some practice. Here are more examples to practice: Link 11.7 MODELLING CIRCUITS IN S- DOMAIN Once you gain enough conﬁdence with Laplace transform, you don’t have to ﬁnd the diﬀerential equations for the circuits, then convert it into Laplace transform. Instead you can form algebraic equations in the Laplace domain or the s-domain, directly by inspection. Voltage or current in an element in the circuit can be represented as given in the table below. These are just the Laplace transforms of the relations from the earlier table. 150 With the diﬀerentiation and integration gone, the relations look easier already. We have ignored the initial states of the components in these relations (That’s for the next chapter). Now we’ll try to model a circuit in the Laplace domain directly. What better than our circuit from earlier, to try this out. 151 Modelling circuits in the s-domain has lots of advantages, it’s easier to study stability, natural response, frequency response etc., but that’s more of a control systems terro and we are not going into it. You can check out our control systems book if you are interested: Control Systems for Complete Idiots 152 12. TRANSIENT ANALYSIS 12.1 INTRODUCTION A circuit whose circuit parameters or conditions remain constant, is said to be in a steady state. But a circuit isn’t always in steady state, when a circuit or a portion of the circuit is switched on or oﬀ, there is a sudden change in circuit parameters (like amplitude, frequency etc.). A certain amount of time is taken for these changes to take place, this duration is called the Transient period and this phenomenon is known as Transient. Once the transient period is over, the circuit settles down and attains the steady state, if not disturbed further. So when you switch on a circuit, there are 2 responses; one is the transient response or the natural response and the other is the steady state response or the forced response. All the circuit analysis we did till now was to ﬁnd the steady state response, we ignored the transient response. Transients are due to the presence of energy storing elements (Capacitors and Inductors) in a circuit. These elements don’t respond instantly to change in circuit conditions. 12.2 TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF AN RL CIRCUIT TO DC EXCITATION 153 Consider this initially uncharged inductor in series with a resistor. At t=0, the switch S is closed. Being an initially uncharged inductor, the current before the instant of closing, i(0-) is zero. But as the inductor cannot quickly respond to the change in current, the current at the instant right after the closing of the switch, i(0+) is also zero i.e. Then the current that ﬂows through the circuit can be found using diﬀerential equation. Using KVL, This is a simple ﬁrst order diﬀerential equation and can be solved easily, but we’ll go with the Laplace transform approach. Do not forget to include the initial value terms in the Laplace transform of the diﬀerential. 154 The equation just validates our discussion, that circuits have 2 responses, steady state and transient. As t increases the transient response term decreases exponentially and nulliﬁes, leaving only the steady state response. If you go by the methods used prior to this chapter, current value by ohms law will give the result I = V/R, which is our steady state response. The graph of the current response of this circuit will look like this: 155 The constant τ = L/R is called the time constant of the circuit. This value decides how fast this circuit wi

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