Questions tagged [circuit-analysis]
Circuit (Network) analysis is the process of finding the voltages across, and the currents through, every component in the network.
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Vo in an RLC circuit
So I have this RLC circuit: And its equations for voltage addition, current conservation, ohm's law and a solution of those equations (Vo).
Then there's this RLC circuit:
With another set of new ...
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Q: Help me really understand discharging and Charging of a capacitor
I feel bad at this point. This will be my last post about it, however, I will explain myself more clearly and more transparent so everyone doesn't need to guess my issues.
Never been so confused ...
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Q: Finding the current through the capacitor
Having a hard time trying to find the current through the capacitor I don't know what method to use.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
This is how far I have gotten:
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Moving Ground in between resistors in series
What happens when you move Ground to the given point? How does it affect the Voltage and the Resistors after moving it in the circuit?
Missing values:
.Current (I)= 30mA
(V.R1)= 15V
(V.R2)= 3.6V
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DC Black Box and Thenevin Equivalence
There's a DC Black Box, and my goal is find the Thevenin resistance within the black box. By connecting a digital mulitmeter to the terminal, I have found that the "open-circuit" output is \$0.647\ \...
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How does one do nodal analysis on this circuit?
I am having troubles trying to figured out the analysis of this circuit.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Here's my attempt on trying to do nodal analysis on the ...
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Two capacitors of same value connected in series and connected to power supply instead of one capacitor of equivalent value for PCB design
what's the purpose of two capacitors of same value connected in series and connected to power supply instead of one capacitor of equivalent value for PCB design especially for Automotive applications
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How do I go about solving this and finding the value of v(t)?
I'm very sorry if the solution turns out to be very basic, but I'm a very recent student and my teacher is less than happy to help.
edit: sorry for not posting my attempted solutions first.
Here is ...
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Does a diode block current but not voltage?
When running this test circuit on CircuitLab and my expected result was that only M1 would open
but then i noticed that the M4 mosfet is also open even though there is a diode between it and the the ...
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Basic Ideal Op Amp Circuit Analysis
I am trying to familiarize myself with operational amplifiers by going through this book by Sergio Franco.
This is a basic question regarding the example given on page 16, which I am struggling to ...
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Node analysis in which branch contains Voltage Source
I'm experiencing problem while solving the circuit problem and finding Iab: It is because there is a voltage source on the branch which is connected to the left ...
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Unbalanced Anderson bridge equation
Taking in consideration the schematics below, how can I get \$I_D(r)\$, that is the a function of the current in the detector as a function of the resistance \$r\$?
\$R_L,L,R_2,R_3,R_4,C\$ are known, ...
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Need help explaining behaviour of a circuit
just can't wrap my head around this one for some reason. I am sorry if it's easy for you to see. Just confused on the duality of things in circuits, Is it a filter? Or is it a peak detector? How do ...
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Is there current flowing out of an Operational Amplifier output?
I came across the following self-study problem, taken from The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits (8th edition).
I was not intending to solve the problem, since I am just looking over all ...
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Differential to single ended audio signal
I'm working on an interface that will be connected instead of a speaker, input of my interface is differential, and output is single ended.
I'm using the following schematics :
R3 is the load to ...
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If a circuit only has a current source and no voltage source where does the voltage come from to supply the circuit?
For example this circuit, A current source is something with would alter the voltage across it to meet a certain current.
But where is there a voltage source to do this or even have a voltage at Vx. ...
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Explanation of this drawing (transistors) [on hold]
I am very new to ECE and when i googled circuits for the beginner and this was one of them.
So far i have a basic knowledge of transistors and that they exist. please correct me if i am wrong.
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Have i understood voltage correctly?
I am not from an engineering background, so this may be very simple and stupid but:
Voltage is the difference in electric potential between 2 points
Voltage drop describes the reduction in energy of ...
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NPN BJT Transistor Circuit Analysis Problem: Is This Question Solvable?
I've been doing some circuit analysis questions as practice but came across one that seemed very odd:
As far as I can tell, this question is missing information and therefore unsolvable? I was able ...
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KCL / KVL Circuit Analysis
I have a question regarding using KCL / KVL to analyse the circuit below to find all currents and voltages.
My question is : When performing KCL at the top centered node, what way should I assume ...
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Collisions of Thermal Impedances
As shown in the picture below, thermal impedances of an IGBT device depends on the temperature. However, there is a strange phenomenon as follows. While with increasing the temperature, steady-state ...
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How to calculate the zero input response of the current through an inductor?
The question is find the current through the inductor when the iL(0-)=.5A.
The top picture is the posted solution. My solution is on the bottom. They are not the same and I realize that I should not ...
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How to find the output impedance of a two BJT small signal circuit?
Like for instance, the picture above. How to find the output impedance?
My thought was like draw the small signal circuit of them, then do the equivalent. But I am not sure if I need to short the ...
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Writing the Nodal and Mesh equations for large circuit and large supermesh
Here's my circuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I have defined the node 'voltages' and the mesh current directions and the currents themselves. What I want to do ...
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Confused about KVL / KCL / ohm's law
I am confused about when to use KVL/KCL or ohm's law to solve the circuit question?
I need to compute voltage in point B and point C, every current pass through R1 R2 R3 R4
R1= 100 ohm, R2=300 ...
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combinational circuit interference
Hi I'm a complete newbie in EE, sorry if my question sounds dumb:
Let's say there is a combinational circuit with one input and one output. And it takes 1 second to generate one output.
If we put the ...
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Identifying an unknown code “W62” SOT363 dual inverter
QUESTION: What is this component?
RESOLUTION: Equivalent part is SN74LVC2GU04DCKT normally code "CDK" This appears to be specially "Wacom" branded for obscurity. Question below for historical context.
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Finding voltage drop across a capacitor
The circuit below is a part of a continuous circuit :
The question asks to find the voltage drop across the capacitor of 2 microF. The values of the resistances and currents are arbitrary. I only ...
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Sedra and Smith - Common Mode Input Resistance
So in Sedra and Smith, it is stated that the common mode input resistance of a differential amplifier is
from the diagram(s)
So it is stated in the book they have used the diagram on the right (...
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How to find a number a such that an input 10e^-at to a transfer function does not have a Ke^-(at) term in the output
I have a transfer function, \$H(s) = \frac{-16(s+4)(s-1) }{ (s^2+16)(s+2)}\$.
The impulse response is \$-16*(-3/10 * e^{-2t} + \frac{13}{10} cos(4t) + \frac{1}{10}sin(4t))u(t)\$.
I am supposed to ...
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Ideal Op Amp (Integrator and Differentiator)
I'm working on at a ideal op amp integrator and differentiator but i`m actually do it with the non-Ideal op amp but i have to do it with the ideal model i simulated in OrCAD/SPICE and i have a doubt ...
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MOSFET selection
Need help with MOSFET selection for a circuit. I am having some difficulty understanding data sheets.
Primary mosfet, Vds controlled 20mv, Vgs 3.2-4.35(Lipo). Drain current up to 4A. Ideally Rdson ...
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How is Falstad online circuit simulator helpful, and is there a simple PC application similar to it? [duplicate]
I found this Falstad online simulator online and felt that it is interesting. What do you recommend about it for beginners like me? Is it a beneficial tool to use? Is there a simple PC application ...
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Howcome there is current flowing through the gate of this transistor?
I have a few conceptual questions:
If there wasn't Rg (Resistor between gate and drain), would Vin = Vout then?
For small signal analysis, current can flow through the gate (AC) if there's a voltage ...
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Integrator (Op amp) Simulation OrCAD
I'm working on in a integrator op amp and actually i make the desing in a breadboard and is working but in time of simulation is like there is not voltage in the output of the op amp. I don't ...
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Where might the fault be in this battery checker circuit from an old camera? [closed]
I'm repairing an old rangefinder camera, a Canonet QL17 GIII.
I have had to do a lot of internal rewiring. All is now working, except for the battery checker functionality. I've included that part of ...
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Combining two ideal voltage sources with an impedance between them
Solving a problem, I came across the following source transformation:
My question is:
I know that I can do the following:
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Calculating Thevenin voltage and Norton current for complicated circuit
I asked this question before in relation to calculating power before but it seems I might have not been clear enough. I'll draw the original circuit and then the circuits for calculating Thevenin and ...
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Source transformation with impedance being inductor or capacitor
I found a presentation that states the following about source transformation when the impedance is capacitive/inductive:
While electrical circuits books, like Nilsson's, says:
If I transform the ...
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Differentiator (Op amp) with a square wave
I'm working on a differentiator (op amp) with a unitary gain i calculated the value of RC and the period with a frequency of (1kHz).
Figure 1. Differentiator Schematic (OrCAD).
This is the schematic ...
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Finding R for max power deliverable to R and determining the max power
This relates to max power transfer. Here's my circuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
My goal is to try and find the value of R for the maximum power that can be ...
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calculated Voltage explanation
The blue highlighted values are the answers, but can sombody explain how my teacher got 120v for the 4k resistor and 60v for the 2k resistor? the only one I could figure out is the right side where I ...
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Finding Thevenin equivalent circuit and using that circuit when terminals inside circuit
Sorry for the bad title, but I'm trying to get the Thevenin equivalent circuit and then use that circuit to calculate a current i. The problem I'm having is I'm not sure what to get the open circuit ...
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4-bit binary multiplier circuit
I have made this 4-bit binary multiplier circuit, but the product of, for example: B3B2B1B0 (1100) x A3A2A1A0 (0001) = P7P6P5P4P3P2P1P0 (00101000) and not 1100,
What have I done wrong?
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Circuit Analysis in Non-Closed Systems
So I'm fairly confident in my ability to do circuit analysis on closed circuits, that is, circuits where all loops, sources, and elements are given. However I still find myself getting stuck on ...
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What will be the behavior of this circuit?
i have a circuit for which i have simulated its output. But i can't seem to understand how it works.
Here is the circuit..
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
For ...
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Order of precedence for parallel operator
In electrical engineering the parallel operator || gives half the harmonic mean of two values. E.g.:
\$R_1 \parallel R_2 \equiv \frac{1}{1/R_1+1/R_2} \$
But how should you compute
\$kR_1 \...
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Transistors - What is re model?
I would like to know an in depth definition of the re transistor model in BJTs. I know most diagrams very well, but the definition does not. Also, can you guys help me differentiate the small scale ...
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Calculating current in one branch of circuit
I want to calculate the current labeled in the diagram \$i\$. I am thinking that since there is 3V it would be as straightforward as \$\frac{3V}{6\Omega}\$ for the current in that branch labeled. Is ...
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How do I evaluate the resistors that have the equivalent voltage drop? [closed]
I've been given the following circuit:
I basically need to evaluate the resistors that have the equivalent voltage drop. Could I get your dear assistance?
