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Berdibekov Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I

Homework 3

1. What is the Thevenin equivalent resistance RT H of the dashed portion of the circuit below
as seen from RL (Figure 1)? Assume that V1 = 5V , R1 = 75Ω, R3 = 25Ω, and R2 = 150Ω.

Figure 1: Circuit 1

2. What is the Thevenin equivalent voltage VT H (Figure 1)? What value of RL maximizes
the power transferred to the load?

3. In the circuit below (Figure 2), Vs = 15V , R1 = 15Ω, R2 = 15Ω, R3 = 15Ω, and R4 = 15Ω.
Determine RT H for the Thévenin equivalent circuit with respect to the nodes at the right.
Determine VT H for the Thévenin equivalent circuit.

Figure 2: Circuit 2

4. For the circuit below (Figure 3), Vs = 20V , R1 = 20Ω, R2 = 60Ω, and R3 = 75Ω. Find
the value of RL which gives maximum power transfer to the load resistor RL .

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Figure 3: Circuit 3

5. For the same circuit as above (Figure 3) and assuming the ideal load resistance is present,
how much power is being consumed by the load resistor RL ? What is the total power
being generated by the Thevenin voltage source?

6. For the circuit below (Figure 4), assume the following values: R1 = 3Ω, R2 = 3Ω,
R3 = 4Ω, R4 = 4Ω, R5 = 4Ω, R6 = 10Ω, Vs = 7V and is = 2A. Find the voltage, v, in
volts. Hint: use source transformations.

Figure 4: Circuit 4

7. In the circuit below (Figure 5), suppose the output voltage is equal to the voltage at
node A (vA ) measured with respect to ground. Assume that V1 = 24V , R1 = R4 = 60Ω,
R2 = R5 = 120Ω, and R3 = R6 = 180Ω. Find the Thevenin equivalent voltage of the
circuit from the output.

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Figure 5: Circuit 5

8. Find the short circuit current isc at the output in amps. Recall that isc is the current
flowing through the branch connecting node A to ground (Figure 5).

9. Using the Thevenin equivalent voltage from 2 questions before and the short circuit
current from previous question, find the Thevenin/Norton equivalent resistance in ohms
for the circuit measured from the output.

10. In the circuit below (Figure 6), I1 = 200mA, V1 = 15V , R1 = 20Ω, R2 = 30Ω, R3 = 50Ω.
Calculate RT h and isc for the equivalent circuit.

Figure 6: Circuit 6

11. Suppose we connect a load with resistance RL to the circuit from above. What should
the value of RL be for maximum power transfer?

12. Select all of the following circuits that are equivalent to the circuit below (Figure 7). More
than one answer is possible.

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Figure 7: Circuit 7

ˆ a

ˆ b

ˆ c

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ˆ d

ˆ e

13. Consider the circuit below (Figure 8), where R1 = R3 = 400Ω, R2 = 500Ω, Vs = 10V ,
and is = 200mA. Use superposition to solve for the value of V1 in volts due to is is alone.

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Figure 8: Circuit 8

14. Consider the same circuit (Figure 8). Now, solve for V1 in volts due to the contribution
of Vs alone. Solve for the total value of V1 .
15. Consider the circuit below (Figure 9), where R1 = R4 = 100Ω, R2 = R3 = 200Ω,
Vs1 = 6V , and Vs2 = 3V . Use superposition to solve for the value of V2 in volts due to
Vs1 alone.

Figure 9: Circuit 9

16. Consider the same circuit (Figure 9). Now, solve for V2 in volts due to the contribution
of Vs2 alone.
17. Consider the same circuit (Figure 9). Now, solve for V2 in volts due to the both Vs1 and
Vs2 .
18. The following equations show four examples of the relationships between the source volt-
age to a circuit, Vs , and the voltage across one of the components, Vo . Which one of the
corresponding equations is not linear?

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ˆ Vo = 1000Vs
ˆ Vo = 0.9(Vs − 2)
R0
ˆ Vo = t Vs dt
ˆ Vo = dVs
dt

19. Which of the following sensors measures temperature by using a resistor that varies re-
sistance with temperature.
ˆ Strain Gauge
ˆ Thermister
ˆ Potentiometer
ˆ Piezoelectric
20. Which of the following sensors uses change in resistance to measure position?
ˆ Piezoelectric
ˆ Potentiometer
ˆ Thermister
ˆ Strain Gauge
21. For the circuit below (Figure 10), the variable resistor R represents a sensor whose re-
sistance decreases when exposed to light. The maximum resistance is 10kΩ and the
minimum resistance is 1kΩ. When the sensor is in the dark, what is the ratio of the
voltages V 1 to V 2 (i.e what is VV 21 )?

Figure 10: Circuit 10

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V2
22. When the same sensor is in the light, what is V1
?

23. Assuming the lowest resistance value corresponds to complete expose to light and the
highest resistance value corresponds to the complete absence of light, what is the percent
exposure of the sensor to light when VV12 = 1?

24. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.3-1.

25. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.3-6.

26. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.3-9.

27. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.3-10.

28. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.3-12.

29. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.3-15.

30. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.4-1.

31. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.4-4.

32. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.4-7.

33. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.4-12.

34. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.4-14.

35. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.4-18.

36. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.4-20.

37. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.5-1.

38. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.5-3.

39. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.5-5.

40. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.5-10.

41. Chapter 5 (Dorf&Svoboda), problem 5.5-12.